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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:

Joseph Smith Jr. speeches

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230305085]
Identifier: MSS SC 762
Scope and Contents

Typescripts of notes of speeches given by Joseph Smith. The items are dated 22 and 23 June 1844, shortly before Smith was murdered. The notes were taken down by John Erik Forsgren.

Dates: 1844

Joseph Smith land indenture

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230335850]
Identifier: MSS 1258
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a handwritten and printed land indenture. Smith, as trustee of the Mormon Church, agrees to pay for land in Macedonia, Hancock County, Illinois. The item was signed by an Abraham Lincoln as justice of the peace. The Lincoln signed his name "Abm Lincoln." The sixteenth president of the United States almost invariably signed his name as "A. Lincoln.

Dates: 1843

Joseph Smith receipt

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230335652]
Identifier: MSS 1261
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a handwritten receipt made out to Israel Duty for lands worth $150 in Lee County, Iowa.

Dates: 1840

Hancock County, Illinois Circuit Court summons for William Law

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233289724]
Identifier: Vault MSS 417
Scope and Contents

Printed and handwritten summons issued on 1 Sept. 1845 and filed on 18 Oct. 1845. The item summons William Law to answer a complaint by A. W. Babbitt relating to the funds from the estate of Joseph Smith (1805-1844), first president of the Mormon Church, for an amount of $7750.

Dates: 1845 September 1

John Taylor patriarchal blessings

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233287074]
Identifier: Vault MSS 159
Scope and Contents

Handwritten father's blessings given by John Taylor to four of his children. Taylor assures them that they can achieve salvation by obedience to the Mormon faith.

Dates: 1864-1882

The testimony of Joseph Smith's best friend

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230322338]
Identifier: MSS SC 2318
Scope and Contents

Typescript of a biography of Joseph Smith (1805-1844) by his secretary. Johnson relates his personal observations of Smith and treats many topics relating to the prophet's work and doctrines. Also included is a typescript of a vision by Joseph Eldridge Robinson (1867- ), president of the California Mission for the Mormon Church from 1901-1919, relating to Benjamin Johnson and Joseph Smith.

Dates: 1900-1910

The gospel vision of the arts

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230326800]
Identifier: MSS SC 2784
Scope and Contents

Typewritten copy of a speech. Kimball states the importance of the arts and improving the talents of members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. The date of the item is uncertain.

Dates: approximately 1980

John Mills Whitaker diaries

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 293
Scope and Contents Photocopies of typewritten transcripts of a handwritten journal. The items were originally kept in Pitman shorthand. The entries are extensive and detailed. Whitaker was raised in Centerville, Utah but lived much of his adult life in Salt Lake City, Utah. Whitaker details his life and activities and makes observations on Utah society, the Mormon Church, and state and national politics. He had numerous callings in the Mormon Church and served as a missionary for that faith in the...
Dates: 1883-1949

Brigham Young account book

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233286829]
Identifier: Vault MSS 154
Scope and Contents

Handwritten entries in a business account book recording Brigham Young's financial transactions from August 1862 to May 1864.

Dates: 1862-1864

Brigham Young account book

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233286837]
Identifier: Vault MSS 155
Scope and Contents

Handwritten entries in a business account book recording Brigham Young's financial transactions from 1856 to 1874. There are many gaps in the record. These accounts were written by Hiram B. Clawson and others.

Dates: 1856-1877