Patriarchal blessings (Mormon Church)
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints records
File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 4123
Scope and Contents
Contains correspondence, church related, financial records, legal records, and miscellaneous documents. Notable documents (all photocopies) include an 1844 letter from Joseph Smith while in Carthage Jail and a list of Mormon Battalion soldiers.
Dates:
1831-1964
Job Smith autobiography and letters received
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230320589]
Identifier: MSS SC 2202
Scope and Contents
Typewritten autobiography and photocopies of handwritten letters received by Smith. Also included are typescripts of Job Smith's "Recollections" of the first president of the Mormon Church, Joseph Smith (1805-1844), and photocopies of handwritten and typewritten certificates. The letters are from prminent Mormon Church leaders. Also included is a photocopy of a handwritten patriarchal blessing received by Smith.
Dates:
1860-1902
Nancy Alexander Tracy autobiographical writings
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2198
Scope and Contents
Includes three reminiscent accounts written in 1880, 1885, and 1895, reflecting on her early life in New York state; marriage to Moses Tracy, 1832; conversion to Mormonism, 1834; occasional interactions with Joseph Smith Jr.; and experiences with her husband in New York, 1844. Also includes information on her activities in Kirtland, Ohio; Far West, Missouri; Nauvoo, Illinois; Council Bluffs, Iowa; Winter Quarters, Nebraska; and Ogden, Utah. She also comments on her emigration to Utah,...
Dates:
1880-1899