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Latter Day Saints -- Correspondence

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 227 Collections and/or Records:

George Washington Thatcher letter

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230347897]
Identifier: MSS 1367
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed letter, dated 3 Nov. 1885, and addressed to John Taylor, president of the Mormon Church. Thatcher requests funds for the completion of the Logan Tabernacle.

Dates: 1885

Moses Thatcher letter

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230334085]
Identifier: MSS 1111
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a handwritten letter, dated August 2, 1893, and addressed to William B. Preston. Thatcher writes about deeds to lands in Mexico "Made by Johnson and Crosby." Thatcher questions if the Mexican Colonization and Agricultural Company can own land in Mexico as a foreign corporation.

Dates: 1893 August 2

T. P. Thomas letter

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233286928]
Identifier: Vault MSS 163
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed letter, dated 7 March 1876, and addressed to Brigham Young, second president of the Mormon Church. Thomas writes concerning the Nineteenth Ward of the Mormon Church in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Dates: 1876 March 7

Thomas W. Foster letter to Joseph Smith, Jr., 1844 January 8

 Item — Box 1: Series 1 [Barcode: 31197233284774], Folder: 38
Identifier: Vault MSS 76 Series 1 Sub-Series 2 Item 5
Scope and Contents note

Letter written by Foster in New York, New York to Smith requesting information on Nauvoo and the "great cause of Mormonism," in order to establish a medical practice in Nauvoo.

Dates: Other: 1844 January 8

Thomas Ward letter to the authorities of the Church at Nauvoo, 1842 September 26

 Item — Box 1: Series 1 [Barcode: 31197233284774], Folder: 43
Identifier: Vault MSS 76 Series 1 Sub-Series 2
Scope and Contents note

Letter written by Ward in Liverpool, England to the authorities of the Church at Nauvoo, apprising them that John Wardrop, a member, had stolen the passage money of Jean McDonald and was making his way to Nauvoo.

Dates: Other: 1842 September 26

A thrilling dream

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Vault MSS 292
Scope and Contents

Handwritten account of a dream written down by William Huntington in his diary on 1 Feb. 1845 over seven months after Smith was killed and purports to be in Smith's own words. The dream tells about Smith seeing a beautiful lady and a rider.

Dates: Other: 1845 February 1

Wilford Woodruff ticket

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233284048]
Identifier: Vault MSS 114
Scope and Contents

Mechanically reproduced ticket with the stamped signature of Wilford Woodruff on it. The item admits the bearer to the dedication of the Salt Lake Temple of the Mormon Church.

Dates: 1893

John Van Cott papers

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197230217678]
Identifier: MSS 1743
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, diaries, and a family history. The correspondence is between Van Cott and family members. Also included are handwritten and signed letters from Brigham Young, second president of the Mormon Church, to Van Cott. The diaries cover the time when Van Cott served as a missionary for the Mormon Church from 1852 to 1856 and from 1859 to 1862. He was in Iowa City, Iowa, when the first handcart companies left for Utah.

Dates: 1838-1913

L. Walker letter to Brigham Young

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233287124]
Identifier: Vault MSS 181
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed letter, dated 28 March 1876, and addressed to Brigham Young, the second president of the Mormon Church. Walker writes to Young requesting trees for outside and indoor planting.

Dates: 1876 March 28

William Anderson letter to George Miller, 1845 February 19

 Item — Box 1: Series 1 [Barcode: 31197233284774], Folder: 29
Identifier: Vault MSS 76 Series 1 Sub-Series 2 Item 4
Scope and Contents note

Letter written by Anderson in Camp Creek to Miller regarding land transactions, trading, timber, and other business activities.

Dates: Other: 1845 February 19