Contracts
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Perpetual Emigrating Fund Company contracts or bonds with emigrants departing from St. Louis, 1855
File — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197232550480], Folder: 6
Identifier: MSS 843
Dates:
1855
Perpetual Emigrating Fund Company contracts or bonds with emigrants departing from St. Louis, 1855 April-June
File — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197232550480], Folder: 19
Identifier: MSS 843
Scope and Contents
A collection of documents issued by Erastus Snow from the LDS Emigrating Office in St. Louis, Missouri, to immigration officer James McGaw in Atchison, Kansas. The documents verify a named immigrant from Europe had deposited a sum of money in Liverpool and that this money is to be used in exchange for goods and supplies for their journey to Utah. The documents are numbered No. 7-60, with some gaps, and date from 14 April to 8 June 1855. Many are signed on Snow's behalf by James M. Brown.
Dates:
1855 April-June