Latter Day Saints -- Illinois -- Nauvoo -- History
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Hancock County, Illinois summonses
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230305077]
Identifier: MSS SC 759
Scope and Contents
Handwritten and printed summonses for Joseph Smith, first president of the Mormon Church, and John C. Bennett, and apostle in the Mormon Church. Also included is a receipt from Emma Hale Smith, first wife of Joseph Smith, made out to Thomas Sharp.
Dates:
1841-1847
Sidney Rigdon letters
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230337187]
Identifier: MSS 471
Scope and Contents
Photocopies of handwritten letters. One of which is addressed to John C. Bennett, Mormon Apostle and mayor of Nauvoo, Illinois, in which Rigdon announces his resignation as a city coucilman. Rigdon also writes to the state legislature of Pennsylvania seeking redress for the persectutions suffered by the Mormons in Missouri.
Dates:
1841-1844