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Nauvoo Legion quartermaster diary
Item — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 854
Scope and Contents
Diary of the Quartermaster's office of the Nauvoo Legion from April 12 to May 28, 1858. At that time the Nauvoo Legion was resisting the entry of "Johnston's Army" of United States government troops into Utah. Each entry records briefly the weather in Salt Lake City, and tells of the dispatching of supplies to various areas and troops. The diary also reports the arrival and departure from Salt Lake City of various important militia and Mormon Church leaders.
Dates:
1858
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Charles H. Oliphant and Orson Bennett Adams autobiographies
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 155
Scope and Contents
Coverless notebook containing handwritten autobiographies of Oliphant and Adams. Oliphant writes of his childhood, meetings with Brigham Young, his work as a horticulturalist, and the Deseret Horticultural Society. Adams' autobiography is written back to front in the same notebook. He writes about his joining the Mormon Battalion along with his wife who worked as a laundress, his settlement in Parowan, Utah, his fighting the Indian Wars, and exploration during the Utah War during which he...
Dates:
approximately 1800s
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Thomas Jefferson Osborn diary
Item — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 242
Scope and Contents
Diary and photocopy. Covers the activities of the author while serving with the Utah Militia in resisting the US Army during the "Utah Expedition, 1857-1858." He also records activities in Ogden, Utah, at the same time.
Dates:
1857-1858
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
J. W. Phelps diaries
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MSS 2318
Scope and Contents
These diaries are photocopied from a microfilm copy of the handwritten originals. Phelps kept the diaries primarily when he was involved in the Utah Expedition from 1857 to 1858 and the subsequent military occupation of Utah from 1858 to 1859. These items are volumes 15 to 26 of his diaries. Phelps writes about going to Utah "for suppression of the Mormons." He makes many negative comments on the members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. He tells about the expedition...
Dates:
1857-1859
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
F. D. Richards letter
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: Vault MSS 119
Scope and Contents
Handwritten and signed letter, dated April 5, 1858, and addressed to Jesse P. Harmon. Richards tells Hrmon to notify all officers to attend a military council to be held at the tabernacle in Salt Lake City, Utah. Pasted to the same sheet is an appointment to the Standing Committees on the Improvement and Public Grounds and a note that was certified by R. A. McBride, selectman for Millard County, Utah.
Dates:
1858 April 5
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Lewis Robison correspondence
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 2911
Scope and Contents
Two letters addressed to, and one written by, Robison at Fort Bridger in 1857. The earliest, written by Louis Vasquez on April 30, informs Robison that Vasquez and Jim Bridger will send someone to collect balance due on purchase of the fort. On verso is Robison's May 27 letter to Daniel H. Wells, forwarding the Vasquez letter. Robison also informs Wells that he has started building a wall around the fort and visited Green River to get boats in order. The latest letter is from Brigham...
Dates:
1857
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Charles Sansom diaries and an autobiography
File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 3137
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of a microfilm copy of handwritten diaries and an autobiography. Sansom writes about his early life in England, the death of his father, and his work in a woolen factory. He tells about his migration to Utah and his career as a trombone player in Salt Lake City, Utah. He also writes about the Utah Expedition, 1857-1858. He tells about his mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to England from 1873 to 1874. He writes mostly about his activities and those of...
Dates:
1873-1907
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Short history of Abraham Hunsaker
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 3217
Scope and Contents
Phtocopy of a micrifilm copy of a handwritten autobiography. Hunsaker was born in Illinois and joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1840. Hunsaker lived in Utah County, Utah, and writes about troubles with Indians. He was sent to settle in Carson Valley, Nevada, and returned to Brigham City, Utah. He metions the "Utah War" in 1857 and 1858.
Dates:
approximately 1860
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Lot Smith papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 293
Scope and Contents
Contains photocopies of letters by Smith describing his activities in settling Arizona. Materials date from between 1856 and 1892.
Dates:
1856-1892
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Persifor F. Smith letter
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 7694
Scope and Contents
A letter was written by Persifor F. Smith on January 28, 1858. The letter is five pages long and is addressed to Virginia Congressman Charles J. Faulkner, who was a Virginia politician and President Buchanan's Minister to France. Persifor references the Utah War of 1857 and 1858 in his letter.
Dates:
1858 January 28
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
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