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Petitions

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 53 Collections and/or Records:

Petition to Harriet A. Kane, 1891 February 27

 Item — Box 37: Series 7 [Barcode: 31197232551033], Folder: 8
Identifier: Vault MSS 792 Series 7 Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents

Unsigned petition to be sent to Congress regarding the passage of a bill for the appointment of a forest commissioner, and 2 other documents promoting the bill, sent to Dr. Harriet A. Kane, Kane, from Philadelphia, includes envelope, postmarked 27 February 1891.

Dates: 1891 February 27
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Vault MSS 792, Kane family papers / Kane family personal papers / Harriet Amelia Kane papers

Petition to Joseph Smith requesting military arms and equipment

 Digital Record
Identifier: VMSS76_S1_SS4_B4_F5_I1
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Petition to Joseph Smith requesting military arms and equipment, 1843 September 9

 Item — Box 4: Series 1 [Barcode: 31197233284212], Folder: 5
Identifier: Vault MSS 76 Series 1 Sub-Series 4 Item 1
Scope and Contents

Signed petition by various officers of the Nauvoo Legion asking Smith to request arms and other military supplies from the Illinois state government.

Dates: 1843 September 9
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

Petition to the New York State Legislature

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197227626196]
Identifier: MSS 4056
Scope and Contents

Petition addressed "To the Honorable the Legislature of the State, State of New York," asking them to establish the Town of Lodi because of uncomfortable population density. The "petitioners believ[e] they will be better accommodated for by a division of said Town." December 1825. 5 photocopied pages long, including 4 pages of signatures. Yellow cover sheet including record of legislation to establish the town of Lodi, 27 January 1826.

Dates: 1825
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Petition to the New York State Legislature

Petitions placed before Congress, 1840-1844

 Series
Identifier: MSS 942 Series 2
Scope and Contents note From the Collection:

Photocopies of handwritten and printed petitions, affidavits, and published and unpublished accounts of the persecutions suffered by the Mormons in Missouri. The materials were an attempt to get redress for their grievences, especially relating to their expulsion from Missouri in 1839. The items were acquired from the National Archives and Record Service in Washington, D.C.

Material pertaining to the Missouri persecutions of the Church, 1839. As found at the National Archives.

Dates: Other: 1840-1844
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 942, National Archives material on the persecutions of the Church in Missouri

Published materials, 1839-1841

 Series
Identifier: MSS 942 Series 1
Scope and Contents note From the Collection:

Photocopies of handwritten and printed petitions, affidavits, and published and unpublished accounts of the persecutions suffered by the Mormons in Missouri. The materials were an attempt to get redress for their grievences, especially relating to their expulsion from Missouri in 1839. The items were acquired from the National Archives and Record Service in Washington, D.C.

Material pertaining to the Missouri persecutions of the Church, 1839. As found at the National Archives.

Dates: Other: 1839-1841
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 942, National Archives material on the persecutions of the Church in Missouri

Registrar's Office records

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197231027290]
Identifier: UA 79
Scope and Contents

Collection includes petitions to the faculty by students requesting change in individual registration, December 15, 1911 to March 5, 1912.

Dates: 1911-1912
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives / Registrar's Office records

Francisco Rochin petition

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230317403]
Identifier: MSS SC 1872
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a handwritten document. The item is a petition from Rochin requesting a discharge from the army.

Dates: 1831
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Francisco Rochin petition

Steel plant at Geneva correspondence, memos, petitions, and grant, 1950-1955

 File — Box 98: Series 1 [Barcode: 31197239263640], Folder: 1
Identifier: UA 1086 Series 1 Sub-Series 55 File 1
Dates: 1950-1955
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives / UA 1086, Office of the President records / Office of the President records / Office of the President records on steel plant at Geneva

Student petition to faculty

 Digital Record
Identifier: UA1093_S1_I202_B1_F2
Dates: 1893 November 29
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives

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