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John W. Young letters

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: Vault MSS 238
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Handwritten and signed letters dated 6 April 1874 and 15 Sept. 1887. The 1874 missive is addressed to settlements "southeast of St. George," Utah, and relates to the mission of the the Mormon Church to the Indians of Moencopi. The 1887 letter is addressed to George Alfred Townsend and relates to Townsend's disire to come to the West U.S.

Dates: 1874-1887

John W. Young passport

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 1378
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and printed passport. The item offers the protection of the United States for John Willard Young of Salt Lake City, Utah. The item was stamped by various United States embassies in Europe.

Dates: 1864

John Willard Young legal instrument

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 1396
Scope and Contents

Handwritten, signed, and notarized legal answer. The item involves a court case between plaintiff H. S. Millhouse and defendant John H. Young.

Dates: 1878

Joseph Young affadavit of Haun's Mill massacre

 Item — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Vault MSS 791
Scope and Contents

Materials include Joseph Young's original eyewitness account of events that occured during the Haun's Mill massacre on October 30, 1838. His account was witnessed and sealed on June 4, 1839, by John Woods of the Circuit Court in Adams County, Missouri. Young describes the mob, his escape, and the conditions of the victims. Young also writes that he helped bury the dead. The account was later used by the Church as evidence of the sufferings of its members in Missouri. Dated June 4, 1839.

Dates: 1839 June 4

Joseph Young diary and accounts

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: Vault MSS 24
Scope and Contents

Handwritten account book and diary. Young writes about speaking trips through central Utah with Brigham Young from 16 to 25 Sept. 1868 and from 27 Oct. to 2 Nov. 1869. Joseph Young also records his activities from 2 to 23 Sept. 1869 and notes for speeches.

Dates: 1868-1869

Joseph Young diary and accounts

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Vault MSS 23
Scope and Contents

Handwritten account book and diary. Accounts date from 1848 to 1855. Pages 67 to 104 of the diary relate Young's overland journey to Utah in 1850 by ox team. Young writes about general travelling conditions and trail landmarks, several deaths from accident and disease, encounters with Indian tribes, the condition of neighboring companies on the trail, and his duties as captain.

Dates: 1848-1855

Joseph Young letter to Jane Adeline Bicknell Young

 Item — Folder: 1
Identifier: Vault MSS 317
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed letter, dated June 14 and 17, 1844, composed in Clarksburgh, Ohio, and addressed to his wife, Jane Adeline Bicknell Young. Jane was living in Nauvoo, Illinois at the time. Joseph writes about personal matters.

Dates: 1844 June

Joseph Young letters

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 1001
Scope and Contents

Holograph letters addressed to Lewis Harvey dated 16 Nov. and 18 Nov. 1880. Young tells about his conversion to the Mormon Church and baptism into that faith in 1832. He also tells about his dealing with the Mormon prophet, Joseph Smith (1805-1844); about the Mormon Church in Kirtland, Ohio in the 1830s; and about the organizing of the Seven Presidents of the Seventies by Joseph Smith in 1835.

Dates: 1880

Joseph Young notes

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: Vault MSS 25
Scope and Contents

Handwritten notes and essays. "The Sacred History of Moses" is found on pages from 1 to 18. The "First Sermon" by Ezra T. Benson is found on pages from 18 to 24. Accounts and the location of members of the quorums of Seventies are found on pages 25 to 32.

Dates: 1868-1869

Joseph Young seventies' license

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 1900
Scope and Contents

Typewritten copy of a Seventies' License. This license gave John V. Smith the authority to preach and to officiate in ordinances of the Mormon Church.

Dates: 1859

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Jerusalem Center for Near Eastern Studies 25
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Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. First Presidency 24
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Philip II, King of Spain, 1527-1598 23
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Poll, Richard D. (Richard Douglas), 1918-1994 22
Rigdon, Sidney, 1793-1876 22
Snow, Erastus Fairbanks, 1818-1888 22
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Lee, John D. (John Doyle), 1812-1877 21
Pratt, Parley P. (Parley Parker), 1807-1857 21
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Illinois. Circuit Court (Hancock Co.) 20
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Pratt, Orson, 1811-1881 20
Smith, Emma Hale 20
St. George Temple (Saint George, Utah) 20
Widtsoe, John Andreas, 1872-1952 20
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Reynolds, George, 1842-1909 19
Steiner, Max, 1888-1971 19
Brigham Young University. Speech and Dramatic Arts Department (1967-1975) 18
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 18
McDonald, Howard S. (Howard Stevenson), 1894-1986 18
Smoot, A. O. (Abraham Owen), 1815-1895 18
Babbitt, Almon W. (Almon Whiting), 1813-1856 17
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Jones, Edith Boley, 1892-1973 17
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