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Latter Day Saint churches -- Presidents -- History

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 62 Collections and/or Records:

Hancock County, Illinois summonses

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230305077]
Identifier: MSS SC 759
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and printed summonses for Joseph Smith, first president of the Mormon Church, and John C. Bennett, and apostle in the Mormon Church. Also included is a receipt from Emma Hale Smith, first wife of Joseph Smith, made out to Thomas Sharp.

Dates: 1841-1847

Harold B. Lee photographs, 1945-1973

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 9392 Series 3
Scope and Contents

Contains prints of Harold B. Lee, family members, various other individuals, and progress of the Welfare program of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints that was established by Harold B. Lee. Also includes negatives.

Dates: 1945-1973

Illinois Circuit Court (Northern District) records

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230235415]
Identifier: MSS SC 174
Scope and Contents

Phtocopies of handwritten court records. The materials are pages 1 and 486 to 697 from volume 4 of a much larger record on court proceedings. The entries regard the case of the "United States of America vs. Joseph Smith, et al." The manuscript deals with the estate of Joseph Smith, first president of the Mormon Church. The originals are located at the Federal Records Center, Chicago, Illinois.

Dates: 1850

Brigham Young land indenture

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233288510]
Identifier: Vault MSS 312
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and printed land indenture dated 18 April 1873. The item is also signed and notarized. The manuscript documents land held by Brigham Young; his wife, Mary Ann Angel Young; and his son, Willard Young.

Dates: 1873 April 18

Wilson Law legal document

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197225523056]
Identifier: MSS 1343
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a handwritten and signed legal document. The item relates to the estate of the first president of the Mormon Church, Joseph Smith.

Dates: 1845

Lease of land

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233289849]
Identifier: Vault MSS 405
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and printed lease agreement. The item is dated 8 April 1872, notarized, and signed. Mils J. Norberg leases a 28 by 75 foot lot in Salt Lake City, Utah, from Brigham Young for $28 per year for five years.

Dates: 1872

W. H. Lee letter to David McKenzie

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233287322]
Identifier: Vault MSS 210
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed letter, dated 3 Feb. 1873, and addressed to David McKenzie. The item was written from the "Assessor and Collector's Office Tooele City." Lee writes to David McKenzie for taxes on the "Richvile Mill" owned by Brigham Young, second president of the Mormon Church.

Dates: 1873 February 3

Letter and newspaper clipping

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197232489689]
Identifier: MSS 579
Scope and Contents

Two letters and one newspaper clipping. The clipping was published by the Itahca Journal News on 28 July 1962 and relates to the family of Brigham Young (1801-1877) and to the Salt Lake Theatre. One of the letters is from Dorothy Dye to Ernest L. Wilkinson, president of Brigham Young University, relating to the newspaper clipping. The other letter is from Wilkinson to the Brigham Young University Archives also regarding the clipping.

Dates: 1962

J. C. Little lists

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233289708]
Identifier: Vault MSS 418
Scope and Contents

Handwritten lists of accounts with the Mormon Church and Brigham Young, second president of that faith. The items are dated 31 Dec. 1865, 10 Sept. 1873, and 1 Oct. 1875.

Dates: 1865-1875

J. C. Little lists

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233287306]
Identifier: Vault MSS 218
Scope and Contents

Handwritten lists of accounts with the Mormon Church and Brigham Young, second president of that faith. The items are dated 31 Dec. 1865, 10 Sept. 1873, and 1 Oct. 1875.

Dates: 1865-1875