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An act authorizing Thomas Moore to erect a ferry on Green River
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 1903
Scope and Contents
Original proclamation endorsed by Willard Richards, W. W. Phelps, and Brigham Young. The document is an act authorizing Thomas Moore to erect a ferry on the Green River. The act discusses the fares that would be charged for its use. The document also states the penalty for running unauthorized ferries.
Dates:
1852
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Arza Adams diaries
File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 729
Scope and Contents
Handwritten diaries in four volumes. Also included are photocopies of the materials. Adams mentions his youth and starts his diaries in 1830. He joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1836 and subsequently lived in Missouri, Illinois, and Iowa, and came to Salt Lake City, Utah, in 1849.
Dates:
1830-1844
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
James J. Adams autobiography
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 3040
Scope and Contents
Typescript of a autobiography. Adams writes about his birth in Springfield, Illinois, his migration to Utah as a small child, his family's move to Parowan, Utah, and his subsequent life there. The item is "by Luella Adams Dalton" who probably typed and/or edited the manuscript.
Dates:
approximately 1910
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
William Adams autobiography
File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 569
Scope and Contents
Handwritten autobiography with a typescript of the item. Adams came from Ireland, migrated to Nauvoo, Illinois, and later to Salt Lake Valley, Utah. He also lived in Springville, Spanish Fork, Parowan, and Cedar City, Utah. Adams writes about Jacob Hamblin's efforts to convert Indians, the preparations to meet the United States Army coming to Utah in 1857 and 1858, going on a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and meeting Emma Hales Smith, the wife of the first...
Dates:
1894
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
William Ajax journals
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1488
Scope and Contents
Contains holographs, photographs, and typescripts of journals, dated July 20 to December 27, 1861, and January 1, 1862 to December 31, 1863. The journals describe Ajax's activities as a missionary for the Mormon Church in England and Wales and include some newspaper clippings, part of which are from the Udgorn Seion, the Mormon publication in Wales. The clippings include British Mormon emigration statistics from 1841-1861. Ajax immigrated to the United States in 1862. Detailed diary entries...
Dates:
1861-1863
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Andrew Jackson Allen autobiography and diary
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 3213
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typescript of an autobiography and diary. Allen writes about his youth in Kentucky and move to Missouri after he joined the Mormon Church. He later moved to Nauvoo, Illinois, and joined the Mormon exodus to Utah in 1847. He tells about the hardships of early settlement in Salt Lake City, Utah. His diary starts in 1857. It has many gaps and entries were often months apart. He writes about the "Utah War;" his work on the railroad in 1868 and 1869; his...
Dates:
1857-1884
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
James Allen and R. B. Mitchell letters
File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Vault MSS 399
Scope and Contents
Handwritten and signed letter, dated 16 July 1846, and composed at the "Headquarters Morm. Batt. U.S. Volunteers." Allen writes about the march to California and the necessity of protection against Indians. On the reverse of Allen's letter is found a handwritten letter, dated 21 July 1846, and signed by R. B. Mitchell, "Indian Agent." The item was composed at "Point aux Poules." Mitchell praises the conduct of the emigrating Mormons in general and with the Indians in particular.
Dates:
1846 July
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Ellen Hanson Anderson biography
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 1613
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of a typed biography of Ellen Hanson Anderson, who crossed the plains to Utah in 1855 and settled in Mount Pleasant.
Dates:
1952
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Andrus family biographies
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 188
Scope and Contents
Photocopies of typewritten biographies of family members. Persons in the Andrus family joined the Mormon Church, migrated to Utah, and settled in various areas. The dates of the composition of these items are uncertain.
Dates:
approximately 1950
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
The Andrus recorder
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 1068
Scope and Contents
"The Andrus Recorder," vol. 1 no. 1, Oct. 1964. The "Recorder" was dedicated to family news, history, and genealogy. This item includes an autobiography of Milo Andrus (1814-1893) composed in 1875. Milo was a Mormon pioneer, missionary, and colonizer who eventually settled in St. George, Utah.
Dates:
1964
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
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