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Nelson Wheeler Whipple diaries
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 38
Scope and Contents
Two different typescripts of the same diary kept by Whipple: one prepared by Phyllis Clayton Pettit, the other by Anor Whipple. The diary gives genealogical data about Nelson Whipple's ancestors and tells of his early experiences in the Latter-day Saint Church, his move to Nauvoo, Illinois, his journey across the Plains to Utah and his life there.
Dates:
1863-1867
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Thomas Williams correspondence
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MSS 6769
Abstract
Correspondence includes letters written to Mary Neohso Bailey Williams or "Moddie", Williams' wife.
Dates:
1858-1859
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
John Stillman Woodbury diaries
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 168
Scope and Contents
Handwritten diaries for the years 1851, 1853 to 1855, 1857, and 1876 to 1877. These are all missionary journals kept on various missions for the Mormon Church to Hawaii. Woodbury comments on visits from Mormon Church Apostles and writes about leaving Utah for Hawaii during the Mormon "Reformation" in 1857 and being called to return to face the approach of the U.S. Army.
Dates:
1851-1877
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Writings and history of Jonathan Ellis Layne
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 31
Scope and Contents
Typescript (carbon copy) of an autobiographical sketch written by Layne in 1898 which gives details of his early life in Nauvoo, Illinois; his trek across the Plains to Utah; his settlement in Davis, Weber and Cache Counties, Utah; his experiences with the Mormon soldiers sent to oppose Johnston's army; and his eventual move to Alberta, Canada to escape arrest as a polygamist. Also includes extracts from his journal, 1887-1891.
Dates:
1877-1898
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Brigham Young letter
Item — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Vault MSS 14
Scope and Contents
Handwritten and signed letter, dated September 12, 1857, and addressed to Philo Taylor Farnsworth, Mormon bishop in Beaver, Utah. Young writes to Farnsworth about the declaration of martial law. The item was also signed by Daniel H. Wells. Also included is a printed typescript and facsimile of the item made in 1963.
Dates:
1857 September 12
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Brigham Young letter
Item — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 2019
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of a handwritten letter. The item is dated Sept. 14, 1857 and is addressed to "Major McCullogh" and Lewis Brunson (1831-1888). Brunson was the bishop in Fillmore, Utah for the Mormon Church. Young states that preparations are to be made to deal with the advancing federal troops which were part of the Utah Expedition, 1857-1858. He also outlines the nature of the defense of Utah. In resistance the Utahns would "desolate the Territory" and "waylay our enemies." Young also admonishes...
Dates:
1857
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Brigham Young letter to E. B. Alexander
Item — Folder: 1
Identifier: Vault MSS 694
Scope and Contents
Letter, handwritten and signed "Brigham Young" by a scribe, addressed to Col. E.B. Alexander, commander of the 5th and 10th United States infantry regiments during the Utah Expedition. The letter is dated October 7, 1857 and was sent with two copies of the Deseret News in an attempt to "enliven the monotonous routine of camp life."
Dates:
1857 October 7
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Brigham Young letter to James Burton
Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: Vault MSS 222
Scope and Contents
Handwritten and signed letter, dated 17 April 1858, and addressed to James Burton, a teamster. Young gives Burton a pass to go safely through southern Utah on his way to California.
Dates:
1858 April 17
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Governor Brigham Young proclamation
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 107
Abstract
The folder contains a photograph of a printed broadside and a photonegative of the item. Young writes to the "Citizens of Utah" and warns them that an "armed, mercenary mob" is marching against them in 1857. He outlines the Mormons' grievances against the federal government and states that they are being unjustly persecuted. He forbids all armed forces from coming into Utah "under any pretence whatever," orders that the forces of the territory be ready to march "at a moment's notice" to...
Dates:
1857
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
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