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Folder 8

 Container

Contains 2 Results:

Parley P. Pratt papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Vault MSS 4
Scope and Contents

Collection contains various items related to Pratt's missionary service and letters with his wives and other family. Includes a handwritten diary of Pratt and his wife, Phoebe Sopher Pratt, kept while the Pratts were on a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in South America from 1851 to 1852. Also included are three handwritten letters and eight fragments of manuscripts by Parley P. Pratt. All items date from 1851 to 1855.

Dates: 1851-1855

Parley P. Pratt sermon fragment, approximately 1853

 File — Folder: 8
Identifier: Vault MSS 4
Scope and Contents

Handwritten fragment of a sermon delivered by Pratt at a general conference of the Church in Salt Lake City, Utah, on April 7, 1853. Recorded by George D. Watt. Pages numbered 4-7. 3 pages. Included a signed note from Watt to Pratt. Later published in the "Journal of Discourses" under the title "Spiritual Communication," volume 1, pages 13-15.

Dates: approximately 1853