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Hancock County (Ill.) -- History

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Subject Source: Lcnaf

Found in 30 Collections and/or Records:

Chauncy S. Higbee precipe

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230244045]
Identifier: MSS SC 622
Scope and Contents

Holograph. The collection includes a legal document, a precipe, asking for the issuance of an order of an execution in the case of Ethan Kimball vs. David Greenleaf.

Dates: 1844
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Chauncy S. Higbee precipe

Thomas Holt letter

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230342328]
Identifier: MSS 801
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a handwritten and signed letter dated 29 Sept. 1844 and addressed to "Dear Brother." Holt writes about his negative feelings and impressions of the Mormons in the area.

Dates: 1844 September 29
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Thomas Holt letter

Jauncy and Miller v. Jacob B. Backenstos transcript

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230244151]
Identifier: MSS SC 633
Scope and Contents

Ms. contains the transcript of the case of Jauncy and Miller vs. Jacob B. Backenstos which was heard in the Hancock County, Illinois Circuit Court, Dec. 24, 1845.

Dates: 1845
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Jauncy and Miller v. Jacob B. Backenstos transcript

Hiram S. Kimball promissory note

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230320712]
Identifier: MSS SC 2251
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and printed promissory note. It was signed by Hiram Kimball. Kimball agreed to pay $545.52 to Hancock County, Illinois.

Dates: 1845; 1878-1903
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Hiram S. Kimball promissory note

Adolphus Meier and S. B. Stoddard legal papers

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230244235]
Identifier: MSS SC 641
Scope and Contents

Printed forms with handwritten entries. Two promissory notes and a writ of attachment; one note by S.B. Stoddard to Adolphus Meier for $191.21, and the other is also to Meier, but is unsigned for $96.70. The writ of attachment is to attach properties of S.B. Stoddard for Adolphus Meier.

Dates: 1843-1845
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Adolphus Meier and S. B. Stoddard legal papers

The origin of Mormonism and reminiscences of the Mormons in Illinois

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230233634]
Identifier: MSS SC 89
Scope and Contents Prepared typescript of a series of ten articles written by J.H. Sherman which appeared in the Ithaca Daily Journal during April and May, 1886. The articles, decidedly anti-Mormon, tell of Joseph Smith's early life, the Solomon Spaulding manuscript from which Smith supposedly got the idea for the Book of Mormon, the organization of the Latter-day Saint Church, the settlement of the Mormons in Nauvoo, Illinois, death of Joseph Smith, mob violence in Illinois, expulsion of the Mormons from...
Dates: 1886
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / The origin of Mormonism and reminiscences of the Mormons in Illinois

J. J. Piggott legal obligation

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230318880]
Identifier: MSS SC 2083
Scope and Contents

Handwritten legal obligation by which was to put up a certain amount of money pending an appeal of an unnamed case.

Dates: 1851
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / J. J. Piggott legal obligation

Summons of Asa Megan

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230244227]
Identifier: MSS SC 640
Scope and Contents

Printed legal document with ms. entries summoning Asa Megan to appear in answer to a complaint filed by William Smith, former Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Apostle.

Dates: 1845
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Summons of Asa Megan

John Taylor legal papers

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230244169]
Identifier: MSS SC 634
Scope and Contents

Mss. The collection includes legal documents concerning cases involving John Taylor which include writs of attachment, a declaration, an affidavit, a precipe, and an exemplification of record which originated in Lake County, Ohio and was transferred to the Hancock County, Illinois Circuit Court.

Dates: 1844-1846
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / John Taylor legal papers

William Reynolds Terry autobiography

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197232487501]
Identifier: MSS 285
Scope and Contents Photocopy of a handwritten autobiography. Terry writes about his early life in Rhode Island, Connecticut, and Iowa. He joined the Mormon Church in 1842 and moved to Hancock County, Illinois, in January of 1843 and tells of the murder of the first president of the Mormon Church, Joseph Smith (1805-1844). Terry also writes about the persecutions the Mormons faced in Illinois, tells of the Mormon migration to Utah, and describes his life in Salt Lake City, Utah, as a school teacher. Also...
Dates: 1858
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / William Reynolds Terry autobiography

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