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Petitions

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 53 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
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Jose Maria Albiza petition

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
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / John Sewall Pratt Alcott trusteeship petition

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
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions letter received

Arthur V. Watkins League of 20 Million Americans petition, 1953

 File — Box 47: Series 6 [Barcode: 31197233278438], Folder: 12
Identifier: MSS 146 Series 6 Sub-Series 1
Dates: Other: 1953
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 146, Arthur V. Watkins papers / Arthur V. Watkins papers on Joseph McCarthy / Arthur V. Watkins pamphlets and articles on Joseph McCarthy

Arthur V. Watkins papers on Bishop Indian Community, 1949

 File — Box 12: Series 3 [Barcode: 31197233276234], Folder: 12
Identifier: MSS 146 Series 3 Sub-Series 2
Dates: Other: 1949
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 146, Arthur V. Watkins papers / Arthur V. Watkins papers on American Indian affairs / Arthur V. Watkins tribal papers

Benjaminite Company request to the Nauvoo Legion

 Digital Record
Identifier: VMSS76_S1_SS4_B4_F4_I1
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Benjaminite Company request to the Nauvoo Legion, 1841 March 27

 Item — Box 4: Series 1 [Barcode: 31197233284212], Folder: 4
Identifier: Vault MSS 76 Series 1 Sub-Series 4 Item 1
Dates: 1841 March 27
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Vault MSS 76, Newel Kimball Whitney papers / Newel Kimball Whitney collection on Mormon Church / Newel Kimball Whitney collection on military units

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
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Jose A. Bernal petition

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
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Erastus Bingham pension application

Brigham Young Academy student petition to Bro. Talmage to give his lecture 'what to do till the doctor comes', 1886

 Item — Box 14: Series 2; Series 3; Series 4; Series 5 [Barcode: 31197227606784], Folder: 6
Identifier: MSS 229 Series 3 Item 1
Dates: 1886
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 229, James E. Talmage papers / James E. Talmage academic papers from Brigham Young Academy

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