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Petitions

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 53 Collections and/or Records:

John Steele and Hans Anderson letters and petition to Byron Groo, 1907 January 17-21

 Item — Box 2: Series 3; Series 4; Series 5; Series 6 [Barcode: 31197231564276], Folder: 1
Identifier: Vault MSS 528 Series 3 Item 20
Dates: 1907 January 17-21
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Vault MSS 528, John Steele papers / John Steele business correspondence

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
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives / Karl Gilbert Maeser petition for advanced credit

Kennedy Center Reinvention Panel report petition, 2002

 File — Box 138: Series 6 [Barcode: 31197227616031], Folder: 7
Identifier: UA 1233 Series 6 Sub-Series 2
Dates: 2002
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives / UA 1233, Brigham Young University vice-presidential records / Brigham Young University vice-presidential department records / Brigham Young University international records

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
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Ła*ncut, Poland archive

Letters and articles on LDS church history and pioneers, off-shoots, and polygamy, between 1878 and 1954

 File — Box 5: Series 6 [Barcode: 31197233277612], Folder: 26
Identifier: MSS 1511 Series 6 File 26
Scope and Contents

Contains various letters and papers written about the history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and its pioneer emigrants and immigrants. Includes information on the relationship of James Strang and Orson Hyde, as well as a copy of the Petition to the Governor of Utah to pardon various church leaders and other members being held in the Utah Penitentiary for polygamy. Materials undated, but probably written between 1878 and 1954 (when Samuel Russell was alive).

Dates: between 1878 and 1954
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 1511, Russell family papers / Samuel Russell, Jr. mission and other correspondence

Lucy Graves petition for probate of will, 1867 December

 Item — Box 2: Series 3; Series 4; Series 5; Series 6 [Barcode: 31197231564276], Folder: 13
Identifier: Vault MSS 528 Series 6 Item 34
Dates: 1867 December
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Vault MSS 528, John Steele papers / John Steele civic service papers

Memorial to congress for five thousand dollars for the university

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233292942]
Identifier: Vault MSS 734
Scope and Contents

Handwritten petition to the United States Congress. The item was "adopted in a joint session Jan. 17, 1854." The Utah Legislature asks for funds to support the University of Deseret. The item was signed by Willard Richards and Jedediah M. Grant.

Dates: 1854
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Memorial to congress for five thousand dollars for the university

Manuel Micheltorena application for naturalization

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230317387]
Identifier: MSS SC 1874
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a handwritten application for citizenship to Mexico. The petition was made in Monterey, California in 1844.

Dates: 1844
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Manuel Micheltorena application for naturalization

Mormon Church in Hawaii

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230318369]
Identifier: MSS SC 1962
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of correspondence, reports, histories, petitions, resolutions, and miscellaneous items relating to the Mormon Church in Hawaii. Most of the materials are associated with missionary work, and most date from the nineteenth century. A few items are in the Hawaiian language. One letter was written by the Mormon prophet, Brigham Young (1801-1877), and several letters are addressed to Daniel H. Wells, the Mormon apostle.

Dates: 1851-1976
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Mormon Church in Hawaii

National Archives material on the persecutions of the Church in Missouri

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197227330484]
Identifier: MSS 942
Abstract

Material pertaining to the Missouri persecutions of LDS Church members in 1839. Material is as found at the National Archives.

Dates: 1838-1842
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / National Archives material on the persecutions of the Church in Missouri

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