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Petitions

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 26 Collections and/or Records:

Jose Maria Albiza petition

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230317460]
Identifier: MSS SC 1871
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a handwritten document. The item is a petition from Albiza requesting a discharge from the army for medical reasons.

Dates: 1831

John Sewall Pratt Alcott trusteeship petition

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230234046]
Identifier: MSS SC 102
Scope and Contents

Printed petition (1 pages) with typewritten entries in which John S.P. Alcott petitioned to become trustee of that part of the estate bequeathed to Louisa May Alcott's niece, Louisa Ream Nieriker.

Dates: 1910

American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions letter received

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 2197
Scope and Contents Materials include a five page unsigned handwritten letter dated October 2, 1833, to Reverend D. Green, secretary of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, from the chairman of a committee in Jacksonville, Illinois, requesting the Board's aid in outfitting a missionary group to the "Indians West of the Rocky Mountains." This letter is accompanied by a two page manuscript copy of a petition titled "Incipient measures in relation to the establishment of a mission," with...
Dates: 1833

Jose A. Bernal petition

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230317353]
Identifier: MSS SC 1889
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a handwritten document. The item is a petition from Bernal requesting a discharge from the army. Bernal lost two fingers in an accident while serving in the military.

Dates: 1833

Erastus Bingham pension application

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230307628]
Identifier: MSS SC 972
Scope and Contents

Holograph application to the US Department of the Interior by Erastus Bingham regarding the pension due him as guardian of his grandson, Elijah N. Freeman Jr. Freeman's father, Elijah N. Freeman Sr., died while serving in the "Mormon Battalion" on 20 Nov. 1846 during the war with Mexico.

Dates: 1859

Collection on New Mexican territorial history

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1509
Abstract

Photocopies of handwritten and printed receipts, wills, correspondence, royal decrees, proclamations, pronouncements, grants, certificates, reports, licenses, orders, inventories, petitions, claims, and requests. The items were created mainly by New Mexican government officials and persons connected with local and territorial governments of that area.

Dates: 1526-1924

Moses Franklin Farnsworth papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1678
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, record books, pension petitions, certificates, pamphlets, articles of incorporation, poems, blessings, poems, and miscellaneous items. The materials relate to Farnsworth's activities particulary in the Mormon Church. Included in the collection are letters from the fourth president of the Mormon Church, Willford Woodruff, patriarchal blessings, letters relating to Mormon polygamy, and a book recording the work done in the Manti Temple of the Mormon Church.

Dates: 1870-1900

William Adams Hickman petition

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230310747]
Identifier: MSS SC 1288
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed petition. This petition is a "writ of prohibition" of John M. Wallace to the Honorable Charles E. Sinclair, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Territory of Utah, by Wallace's attorney, William A. Hickman. The item claims that Justic of the Peace, Jeter Clinton, collected illicit fines from a Utah "gambling house."

Dates: 1859

Karl Gilbert Maeser petition for advanced credit

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197231012185]
Identifier: UA 340
Scope and Contents

Includes a petition for advanced credit at Brigham Young University. Also includes a list of classes and credit hours from the Murdock Academy.

Dates: 1909

Ła*ncut, Poland archive

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1531
Scope and Contents

Microfilmed records of the estate of Ła*ncut, Poland. The collection consists of estate, historical, and dynastic documents; maps; corresondence; account books; inventories; genealogies; petitions; testaments; privileges, and miscellaneous items. These materials document the organization and operation of the estate.

Dates: 1531-1926