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Kane family collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 3190
Abstract The Thomas L. and Elizabeth W. Kane family collection, 1835-1931, contains a series of materials relating primarily to Thomas, Elizabeth, and three of their four children: Harriet Amelia Kane, Elisha Kent Kane, and Evan O'Neill Kane. Among these is an American Civil War pocketbook kept by Thomas L. Kane; an original patriarchal blessing given to Thomas at Council Bluffs by Mormon patriarch John Smith and recorded by Wilford Woodruff; a letter sent from Brigham Young to Thomas when the latter...
Dates: approximately 1835-1931

Thomas L. Kane diary

 Item — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Vault MSS 807
Scope and Contents

Pocket diary kept by Kane beginning in June 1858, apparently while he was in Utah negotiating between the Mormons and government during the 1857-1858 Utah War.

Dates: 1858

Charles Lambert autobiography

 Item — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 927
Scope and Contents

Typescript of an autobiography. Lambert was born in England; converted to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1843; moved to Nauvoo, Illinois, in 1844; migrated to Utah in 1849; and served on missions in England in 1870 and 1882. He also writes about the "Utah War" and about problems with swarms of crickets.

Dates: 1883

Hans Peter Larsen autobiography

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 515
Scope and Contents

Typewritten copy of an autobiography. Larsen was converted to the Mormon Church in Denmark, migrated to Utah in 1855, served in the Utah Militia during the Utah Expedition of 1857-1858, helped build the fort at Wellsville, Utah, and settled in Mendon, Utah.

Dates: 1828

Life history of Albert Douglas Dickson

 Item — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 752
Scope and Contents

Typescript of an autobiography. Dickson migrated to Utah in 1852. He first settled in American Fork but later moved to Kaysville. He participated in resisting the U.S. Army during the Utah War, mentions the Morrisite War, and moved to Richville, Utah, where he served as bishop of the Richville Ward of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Also included are poems dedicated to Dickson and some anecdotes on his life.

Dates: 1892-1922

James H. Martineau map

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 979
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a hand drawn map with a handwritten explanation. The map was for "Desert Camp" in Meadow Valley, Nevada. The site was examined as a possible location for a settlement of Mormons fleeing Utah at the advent of United States Army to Utah in 1858.

Dates: 1858

Henry E. Maynadier letters

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 985
Scope and Contents

General Orders dated October 5 and 7, 1857, giving marching orders for the battalions and trains of the U.S. Army stationed at Camp Winfield in the Utah Territory (modern Wyoming). One letter is signed by Maynadier by the order of Col. Alexander.

Dates: 1857; 1857

Clarance Merrill autobiography

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 2754
Scope and Contents

Handwritten autobiography. Merrill lived in Nauvoo, Illinois, as a young boy. He migrated to Utah in 1852 and lived in Provo, Salt Lake City, Bear Lake Valley, Cove Creek, and Fillmore, Utah. He also participated in the "Utah War" of 1857 to 1858.

Dates: 1908

S. H. Montgomery receipts

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 967
Scope and Contents

Receipts for supplies received by the US Army "Utah Expedition" at Ft. Bridger Wyoming 15 July-20 Aug. 1858. They were signed by Montgomery, Lt. Canby, B.Y. Smith, and C.G. Sawtele.

Dates: 1858

Muster roll of Captain Thomas Hendrickson's Company H of the Sixth Regiment of Infantry, Army of the United States

 Item — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 576
Scope and Contents

Printed form with handwritten notations. The Company left Fort Bridger, Utah Territory, Aug. 21, 1858, enroute to Benicia, California, and was encamped at Bear River, Oregon Territory when the muster was completed. Includes enlistment and pay information and recapitulation of company statistics.

Dates: 1858

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Immigration and American Expansion 37
Pioneers 31
Diaries 28
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Politics, Government, and Law 18
Military 14
Nauvoo (Ill.) -- History 14
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints 12
Mormon pioneers 12
Social Life and Customs 10
Salt Lake City (Utah) -- History 9
Home and Family 8
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Mormons -- Illinois -- Nauvoo -- History 8
Mormons -- Utah -- History 8
Church Government 6
Polygamy -- Religious aspects -- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 6
Polygamy -- Religious aspects -- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints -- History 6
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Missions and Missionaries 5
Ogden (Utah) -- History 5
Biographies 4
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Utah -- History 4
Account books 3
American Fork (Utah) -- History 3
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Fort Crittenden (Utah) -- History 3
Mormon Church -- Presidents 3
Mormons -- Correspondence 3
Mormons -- Nevada -- History -- Sources 3
Mormons -- Persecutions 3
Nauvoo (Ill.) -- History -- 19th century 3
Overland Journeys to the Western United States 3
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Provo (Utah) -- History 3
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Fillmore (Utah) -- History 2
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Arizona -- History -- To 1912 1
Black Hawk War (Utah), 1865-1872 1
Blacksmiths -- Utah -- Salt Lake City -- Diaries 1
Books 1
Bountiful (Utah) -- History 1
Brigham City (Utah) -- History 1
Cache County (Utah) -- History 1
Certificates 1
Cheyenne Indians -- History -- Wars, 1857 1
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Church of the First Born (Morrisites) 1
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Echo Canyon (Utah) 1
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Fort Lemhi (Idaho) 1
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Genealogies 1
Genealogy -- Massachusetts 1
Great Salt Lake Valley (Utah) -- History -- Sources 1
Hawaii -- History -- To 1893 1
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Idaho -- Politics and government 1
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Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 17
Young, Brigham, 1801-1877 10
United States. Army 4
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Wells, Daniel H. (Daniel Hanmer), 1814-1891 4
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Buchanan, James, 1791-1868 2
Gallup, Luke William, 1822-1891 2
Smith, Emma Hale 2
Terry, James Parshall, 1830-1918 2
United States. President (1857-1861 : Buchanan) 2
Adams, Orson B. (Orson Bennett), 1815-1901 1
Adams, William, 1822-1901 1
Allen, Andrew Jackson, 1818-1884 1
Anderson, Washington F., 1823-1903 1
Atkin, William Frank, 1878-1966 1
Bailey, Elizabeth Young, 1833-1918 1
Bailey, George B., 1833-1895 1
Ballard, Henry, 1832-1908 1
Bench, William, Jr. 1
Bennion, John E. 1
Bernhisel, John M. (John Milton), 1799-1881 1
Bernhisel, John Milton, 1878-1957 1
Blackburn, Elias Hicks, 1827-1908 1
Blanchard, Benjamin T. (Benjamin Thomas), 1838-1915 1
Bliss, Orley Dwight, 1839-1930 1
Bridger, Jim, 1804-1881 1
Britton, Agnes 1
Brunson, Lewis, 1831-1888 1
Burton, James 1
Butler, John Lowe, 1808-1860 1
Cain family 1
Candland, David, 1819-1902 1
Cannon, George Q. (George Quayle), 1827-1901 1
Cass, Lewis, 1782-1866 1
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Cotton Mission 1
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Loa Ward (Loa, Utah) 1
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Provo 3rd Ward (Provo, Utah) 1
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Provo Ward (Provo, Utah) 1
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Thirty-fourth Quorum of the Seventy 1
Conover, Peter Wilson 1
Cooke, Philip St. George, 1809-1895 1
Crook, John, 1831-1921 1
Cummings, Benjamin Franklin 1
Curtis, Joseph, 1818-1883 1
Daughters of Utah Pioneers 1
Deseret Horticultural Society 1
Dickson, Albert Douglas, 1840-1923 1
Duke family 1
Duke, Jonathan Oldham, 1807-1868 1
Duke, Robert S. (Robert Stone), 1837-1923 1
Eldredge, Deon 1
Eldredge, Elnathan 1
Eldredge, Joseph Underwood 1
Eldredge, Kaye 1
Eldredge, Leah Lambert 1
Eldridge family 1
Farnsworth, Philo Taylor 1
Farr, Winslow 1
Gardner, Robert 1
Giles, Thomas Huskinson, 1821-1903 1
Green, Charles D. 1
Green, Mary Ann Radman 1
Greenwood, William, 1822-1891 1
Hamblin, Jacob, 1819-1886 1
Harmon, Jesse Perse, 1795-1877 1
Hatch, Lorenzo Hill, 1826-1910 1
Hawkes, Joshua 1
Hendrickson, Thomas 1
Hinckley, Ira Nathaniel, 1828-1904 1
Hinkley family 1
Hunsaker, Abraham, 1812-1889 1
Huntington, Oliver Boardman, 1823-1907 1
Johnston, Albert Sidney, 1803-1862 1
Kane (Family : Kane, Thomas L. (Thomas Leiper), 1822-1883) 1
Kane, Thomas L. (Thomas Leiper), 1822-1883 1
Lambert, Charles, 1816-1892 1
Langston, John 1
Larsen, Hans Peter, 1835-1928 1
Layne, Jonathan Ellis, 1835-1899 1
Lillywhite, Eva J., 1877-1956 1
Little, Edwin S. 1
Manti Temple (Manti, Utah) 1
Martineau, James H. (James Henry), 1828-1921 1
Maynadier, Henry E. 1
McBride, Reuben Augustus 1
Merrill, Clarance, 1841-1919 1
Montgomery, S. H. 1
Oliphant, Charles H. (Charles Henry), 1825-1902 1
Osborn, Thomas Jefferson 1
Peek, Thomas (Thomas Henry), 1839-1911 1
Phelps, J. W. (John Wolcott), 1813-1885 1
Pullan, Barbara Hall 1
Richards, F. D. (Franklin Dewey), 1821-1899 1
Robison, Lewis 1
Rockwell, Orrin Porter, 1813-1878 1
Ruggles, Daniel, 1810-1897 1
Sansom, Charles, 1826-1908 1
Shurtliff, Luman Andros, 1807-1884 1
Smith, Joseph, III, 1832-1914 1
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