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John Adams letter

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 733
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a handwritten and signed letter. Adams states that a Mr. Young "from Mendon" has been hired to do some work for him. It is unclear if the John Adams in the letter is the same John Adams (1786-1856) who wrote a legal history of New York State. The "Mr. Young" may have been Brigham Young (1801-1877), second president of the Mormon Church. The date of the item is also uncertain.

Dates: approximately 1830

Simeon Atwood letter to Brigham Young

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: Vault MSS 191
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed letter, dated 17 Jan. 1863, and addressed to Brigham Young, the second president of the Mormon Church. Atwood expresses the need for seed and equipment until after the harvest.

Dates: 1863 January 17

John M. Bernhisel letter

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: Vault MSS 8
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed letter, dated 18 Aug. 1841, composed in New York, and addressed to Joseph Smith, first president of the Mormon Church. Bernhisel writes concerning the purchase of land in Nauvoo, Illinois.

Dates: 1841 August 18

Biographies

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 1592
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of typewritten biographies of Henry Bailey Jacobs and Zina Diantha Huntington Young, along with photocopies of typed and handwritten letters. The items, which relate to family matters and marriage relationships, include a letter from the LDS Historical Department regarding the marriages of Zina to Joseph Smith and Brigham Young, and a letter from the U.S. Customs Court in New York denying the existence of any records relating to a divorce between Henry and Zina.

Dates: 1844-1976

Brigham Young letter to Rufus C. Allen

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 578
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a handwritten letter dated 1 March 1857 and addressed to Refus C. Allen. Young writes about protection against the Indians, presenting a good example for the Indians, and gives his approval for a school for Indian children.

Dates: 1857

Brunson family papers

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 2018
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of correspondence, a diary, newspaper clippings, certificates, and miscellaneous items. The diary was kept between December 1941 and March 1942 and relates Brunson's feelings and observations at the beginning of the United States' involvement in World War II. The correspondence includes items by Peter's father, Lewis Brunson (1831-1888), and by Mormon Church leaders. The clippings relate to the activities of Brunson family members.

Dates: 1870-1960

Augustus L. Chetlain letters

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: Vault MSS 160
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed letters addressed to Brigham Young, the second president of the Mormon Church. Chetlain invites young to dinner at the Townsend House and writes concerning an invitation to Young's farm. Also included is a letter from Annie M. Chetlain, Augustus' wife, to Young thanking him for some strawberries.

Dates: 1867

J. Reuben Clark, Jr. papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 303
Abstract

The great bulk of the J. Reuben Clark Jr. papers were inventoried in 1967. This register is only of the Clark papers that have come to the library since that time. This addendum contains a variety of papers that cover the full life span of Mr. Clark. However, the great bulk of the material here are his personal diaries and his financial records.

Dates: 1871-1961

James R. Clark manuscript drafts and book

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MSS 1599
Scope and Contents Photocopies of typed and printed official statements of the First Presidency of the Mormon Church between the years 1935 and 1951 as well as a book entitled "Statements of the First Presidency" volume 6. This item was published in 1975 and compiled and autographed by James R. Clark. The statements relate to the church members and hierarchy dealing with Mormon doctrine and theology as well as Mormon Church policy and procedure. The majority of the statements were made between the years...
Dates: 1935-1951

John T. Conk letter to Brigham Young

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: Vault MSS 177
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed letter, dated 8 Nov. 1867, and addressed to Brigham Young, second president of the Mormon Church. Conk writes to Young to give up the "charge" of the "lower Mill" to John W. Young.

Dates: 1867 November 8

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Snow, Lorenzo, 1814-1901 4
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Grant, Heber J. (Heber Jeddy), 1856-1945 3
Smith, George Albert, 1870-1951 3
Zion's Co-operative Mercantile Institution 3
Clark, J. Reuben, Jr., 1871-1961 2
Conover, William H. 2
Douglas, Stephen A. (Stephen Arnold), 1813-1861 2
Harding, Warren G. (Warren Gamaliel), 1865-1923 2
Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964 2
Kimball, Heber C. (Heber Chase), 1801-1868 2
Kimball, Spencer W., 1895-1985 2
Moore, Stephen Bliss, 1836-1894 2
Price, William E., active 1871 2
Reynolds, George, 1842-1909 2
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Smith, Emma Hale 2
Smith, George Albert, 1817-1875 2
Smith, Joseph Fielding, 1876-1972 2
Tyler, John, 1790-1862 2
Utah Southern Railway Company 2
Wells, Daniel H. (Daniel Hanmer), 1814-1891 2
Young, Brigham, 1836-1903 2
Young, Harriet Elizabeth Cook Campbell, 1824-1898 2
Young, John W. (John Willard), 1844-1924 2
Adams, John, 1786-1856 1
Allen, Rufus C., 1827- 1
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Bigler, Alice 1
Bigler, Jacob G., 1813-1907 1
Branson family 1
Brunson, Peter Lorenzo 1
Bryan, William Jennings, 1860-1925 1
Burton, James 1
Callister, Thomas 1
Canfield, Rose (Rosalthe), 1841-1931 1
Cannon, George Q. (George Quayle), 1827-1901 1
Cannon, Oa J. 1
Chase, Isaac 1
Chetlain, Annie M. 1
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Church of Jesus Christ (Strangites) 1
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Nineteenth Ward (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1
Clark, Isaac 1
Clark, James R. (James Ratcliffe), 1910-1995 1
Clawson, H. B. (Hiram B.) 1
Clayton, William, 1814-1879 1
Conk, John T. 1
Conway, Elias Nelson 1
Cook, Phineas Wolcott, 1819-1900 1
Coolidge, Calvin, 1872-1933 1
Corey, J. W. 1
Cropper, James, 1823-1900 1
Cummings, B. F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1855-1918 1
Curtis, Margaret 1
Debrowske, Caroline H. 1
Deseret Manufacturing Company 1
Deseret Museum 1
Dixon, Henry Aldous, 1835-1884 1
Dodge, W. Sumner 1
Durant, Thomas Clark 1
Echols, Robert Lee 1
Egan, Howard, 1815-1878 1
Eldredge, Horace S. (Horace Sunderlin), 1816-1888 1
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Fish, Joseph, 1840-1926 1
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Frodsham, Amelia M 1
Gardiner, Augusta 1
Goffe, Theodore A. 1
Great Western Iron Mining and Manufacturing Company 1
Green, William H. 1
Greene, B. B. 1
Greene, John P. (John Portineus), 1793-1844 1
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Harmon, Appleton Milo, 1820-1877 1
Harris, Martha Ann Smith, 1841-1923 1
Hart, James H., 1825-1906 1
Hatch, Ira 1
Hawkins, Frank S. 1
Heywood, Joseph Leland, 1815-1910 1
Hickman, William Adams, 1815-1883 1
Hinkley, Ira 1
Huntington, Oliver Boardman, 1823-1907 1
Huntington, William, 1784-1846 1
Illinois. Militia 1
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