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Latter Day Saints -- Correspondence

 Subject
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Found in 227 Collections and/or Records:

Lydia G. Knight genealogical records and correspondence

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197231567105]
Identifier: MSS 17
Scope and Contents Handwritten genealogical records and 32 miscellaneous items, mostly letters. Also included are photocopies, typescripts, and three microfilm reels of the originals. The correspondence is between Lydia and her family members in the New Albion area of New York state. They relate family matters and include Lydia's testimony of polygamy. Also included are several pages of a journal giving an account of an unnamed person on a mission in 1836 for the Mormon Church to work on the temple in...
Dates: 1833-1883
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

L. B. Adams letter to Newel K. Whitney and George Miller, 1845 August 17

 Item — Box 1: Series 1 [Barcode: 31197233284774], Folder: 47
Identifier: Vault MSS 76 Series 1 Sub-Series 2 Item 1
Scope and Contents note

Letter written by Adams in Springfield, Illinois to Whitney and Miller regarding payments owed to him by the trustees.

Dates: Other: 1845 August 17
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Newel Kimball Whitney papers / Newel Kimball Whitney collection on Mormon Church / Newel Kimball Whitney collection of correspondence

Joseph Lamborn letter to Brigham Young

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233287215]
Identifier: Vault MSS 186
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed letters, dated 18 Dec. 1845, and addressed to Brigham Young, the second president of the Mormon Church. Lamborn writes about the arrests of Mormons in Springfield, Illinois.

Dates: 1845 December 18
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Jens Larsen letter to Brigham Young

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197227342570]
Identifier: Vault MSS 180
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed letter, dated 12 Oct. 1876, and addressed to Brigham Young, second president of the Mormon Church. Larsen writes about some property held by Young in Manti, Utah. The item was also signed by Christen Larsen.

Dates: 1876 October 12
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Brigham Young legal statement

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230342252]
Identifier: MSS 261
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a handwritten, signed, and notarized statement. Young authorizes the sale of ten acres of property of lot 1 in block 104 of Salt Lake City, Utah.

Dates: 1862
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Letter to Brigham Young

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233287116]
Identifier: Vault MSS 179
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed letter, dated 2 May 1870, and addressed to Brigham Young, second president of the Mormon Church. Someone who signed his name only as "Riggs" writes to Young about financial matters.

Dates: 1870 May 2
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Letter to Newel K. Whitney and George Miller from Dixon, Illinois, 1844 May 6

 Item — Box 1: Series 1 [Barcode: 31197233284774], Folder: 45
Identifier: Vault MSS 76 Series 1 Sub-Series 2 Item 2
Scope and Contents note

Letter written by unknown in Dixon, Illinois to Whitney and Miller regarding the loss of a horse purchased from Joseph Smith, and reference to ???'s "Views of the Powers and Policy of the Government of the United States."

Dates: Other: 1844 May 6
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Newel Kimball Whitney papers / Newel Kimball Whitney collection on Mormon Church / Newel Kimball Whitney collection of correspondence

Letter to Singer Sewing Machine Company

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233287421]
Identifier: Vault MSS 206
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and unsigned letter, not in the hand of Brigham Young. The item is dated December 3, 1876 and is a notice to the Singer Sewing Machine Company concerning the rent on property. J. W. Corey is listed as the agent for the company.

Dates: 1876 December 3
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Tyler Lincoln letter to Samuel G. Flagg

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 86
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed letter, dated December 2, 1842, and addressed to Samuel G. Flagg. Lincoln writes about his feelings after joining the Mormon Church and tells about a new kind of horseshoe.

Dates: 1842
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Jesse C. Little letters received and pamphlets

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230309210]
Identifier: MSS SC 1124
Scope and Contents

Letters received, miscellaneous items, and pamphlets composed by Little. These materials largely deal with Little's activities in the mission field in the 1840's. Letters are from such prominent individuals as Brigham Young (1801-1877) and Thomas L. Kane.

Dates: 1844-1892
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

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