Illinois -- History -- 1778-1865
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Minor R. Deming letter
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230325752]
Identifier: MSS SC 2707
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of a handwritten and signed letter dated 17 July 1845 and addressed to "Gen. Ewing." Deming admits that the hope of expelling the Mormons from Hancock County had been abandoned and indicates that he had been accused of the murder of the first president of the Mormon Church, Joseph Smith.
Dates:
1845 July 17
William Weston letter
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230325760]
Identifier: MSS SC 2708
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of a handwritten and signed letter dated Feb. 1843 and addressed to George C. Weston of Rockville, Connecticut. The item was also written by "Rebeca Weston." The Westons express a negative view of the first president of the Mormon Church, Joseph Smith. They also dislike the fact that many Mormons are coming to Illinois.
Dates:
1843 February
James W. Woods memoirs
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230308477]
Identifier: MSS SC 1060
Scope and Contents
Photocopied typescript of an autobiography. In 1882 when Woods was "upwards of eighty years of age" he was interviewed for several weeks probably by Edgar R. Harlan with a stenographer present who wrote down the conversations. These materials were later condensed and pertinent portions were woven into a narrative. As a lawyer in Iowa, Woods was involved in many legal actions of that state.
Woods was hired by Joseph Smith (1805-1844) to serve as his counselor when he and his brother Hyrum...
Dates:
1882