Passenger waybills, Nauvoo to Jacksonville, and Nauvoo to Quincy, Ill.
Scope and Contents
Passenger waybills for the transport of Monrow Davis from Quincy, Illinois, to Nauvoo, Illinois. The item was originally purchased at Quincy, Illinois. Also included are William Houck, listed as "Houcks Boy," and E. R. Rumsey from Warsaw to Nauvoo, Illinois, paid to R. S. Robertson.
The second waybill is for transport of James Stodgett from Nauvoo, Illinois, to Warsaw paid to Joseph Smith, first president of the Mormon Church. It contains the following holgraphic message: "Mr. Stodgett is a respectable clergiman and intitled to the good will of all men and especially the household of faith. May God bless him." Much of the message is not entirely legible.
Dates
- 1842
Conditions Governing Access
Microfilm copies are open without restriction. Originals restricted. Photocopies are also for patron use.
Conditions Governing Use
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances. Permission to publish material from Passenger waybills, Nauvoo to Jacksonville, and Nauvoo to Quincy, Ill. must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Board of Curators.
Extent
2 folders (MSS + Photocopies) ; 40 x 16 cm and smaller
1 microfilm reel
Language of Materials
English
Custodial History
Donated by Wilbur L. Snelson. A man named Wayne Stesenson (?) worked for Snelson's father and owned these items for years. He gave them to Snelson's father because of their relationship to Mormon Church history.
Appraisal
19th Century Western and Mormon Manuscripts.
General
Wilbur L. Snelson 134 Brookside Springville, Utah 84663 (801) 489-5081 Donation.
- Business, Industry, Labor, and Commerce
- Davis, Monrow
- Houck, William
- Latter Day Saint churches -- Presidents
- Nauvoo (Ill.) -- History
- Quincy (Ill.) -- History -- Sources
- Receipts (Acknowledgments)
- Robertson, R. S., 1951-
- Rumsey, E. R.
- Smith, Joseph, Jr., 1805-1844
- Stodgett, James
- Transportation
- Warsaw (Ill.) -- History -- Sources
- Title
- Register of Passenger waybills, Nauvoo to Jacksonville, and Nauvoo to Quincy, Ill.
- Author
- Leslie Evens
- Date
- 2011 November 10
- Description rules
- Appm
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English in Latin script.
Repository Details
Part of the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Repository
1130 HBLL
Brigham Young University
Provo Utah 84602 United States