Latter Day Saint churches -- Presidents
Found in 146 Collections and/or Records:
William B. Pace letters to Brigham Young
Handwritten and signed letters, dated 14 April 1874 and 30 March 1875, and addressed to Brigham Young, the second president of the Mormon Church. Pace writes about the Great Western Iron Company and its need for a railroad and additional funds. The item is also signed by James H. Hart.
E. L. Parry letter to Brigham Young
Handwritten and signed letter, dated 1 Oct. 1876, and addressed to Brigham Young, second president of the Mormon Church. Parry writes to Young about the repairs on Young's house in St. George, Utah.
Passenger waybills, Nauvoo to Jacksonville, and Nauvoo to Quincy, Ill.
Passenger waybills for the transport of Monrow Davis from Quincy, Illinois, to Nauvoo, Illinois. The item was originally purchased at Quincy, Illinois. Also included are William Houck, listed as "Houcks Boy," and E. R. Rumsey from Warsaw to Nauvoo, Illinois, paid to R. S. Robertson.
James Madison Peirce letter
Handwritten and signed letter, dated 24 Nov. 1875, and addressed to Brigham Young, second president of the Mormon Church. Peirce introduces a gentleman from San Juan who has information on the missionary activities of the Mormon Church in Arizona.
Brigham Young pencil rubbing
Photocopy of a pencil rubbing. "Pencil rubbing of a brick found on the house site of Brigham Young, Mendon, N.Y." The item displays the letter B.
Photographs of Mormon prophets
Contains photographs of the presidents of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and members of the Council of the Twelve Apostles and members of the Brigham Young University Board of Trustees.
C. K. Pierce letter to Brigham Young
Handwritten and signed letter, dated 2 June 1876, and addressed to Brigham Young, second president of the Mormon Church. Pierce writes requesting that Young take Iodo-Magnesian Spring Company water to help him with his kidney problems.
Robert Pixton letter
Handwritten and signed letter, dated November 8, 1876, and addressed to Brigham Young, second president of the Mormon Church. Pixton writes concerning the sale of land near the ZCMI department store for right of way.
William J. Player letter
Handwritten and signed letter, dated April 11, 1875, and addressed to Brigham Young, second president of the Mormon Church. Player writes to resign his position as the foreman of the Trustee in Trust Blacksmith Shop.
Predictions made by President Brigham Young
Typewritten and notarized affidavits. The materials purport that the second president of the Mormon Church, Brigham Young (1801-1877), visited Provo, Utah, on numerous occasions and predicted that there would be a Mormon temple built on a bench of land northeast of the town. He also predicted that a railroad line would go west from Ogden, Utah, across the Great Salt Lake. These items are stories handed down by word of mouth through family members in Provo, Utah.