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Proclamations

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 37 Collections and/or Records:

Sfondrati family papers regarding Guadalcanal

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Vault MSS 516
Scope and Contents

Contains handwritten and printed items relating to the administration of the fiefdom of Guadalcanal. Includes information on the assignment of the area to Ercole Sfondrati, as well as its later administration. The materials also document the conflict between Sfondrati and Gaspar Alfonso Perez de Guzman over its control. Documents date from between 1599 and 1659.

Dates: 1599-1659

Joseph Smith diaries

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197230364769]
Identifier: MSS 1644
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of handwritten diaries, proclamations, discourse notes, newspaper clippings, and miscellaneous documents relating to the life and career of Joseph Smith (1805-1844). Also included is a handwritten excerpt from the Book of Mormon.

Dates: 1832-1844

William Spry papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1829
Scope and Contents

Scrapbooks, speeches, proclamations, reprieves, newspaper clippings, recommendations, property appraisals, and correspondence. The materials relate primarily to Spry's administration as the governor of Utah.

Dates: 1909-1916

Utah Governor proclamation

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230310614]
Identifier: MSS SC 1305
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of printed gubernatorial proclamation dated 23 April 1853. The document describes how "a horde of Mexicans, outlandish men" was creating unrest in the Territory, and orders the arrest of "every strolling Mexican party, and those associating with them" within the area. The document further orders the Utah Militia on alert and directs all Mexicans in the Territory to remain at home. The proclamation was signed at Provo, Utah, by Brigham Young.

Dates: 1853 April 23

Governor Brigham Young proclamation

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230340199]
Identifier: MSS 107
Abstract The folder contains a photograph of a printed broadside and a photonegative of the item. Young writes to the "Citizens of Utah" and warns them that an "armed, mercenary mob" is marching against them in 1857. He outlines the Mormons' grievances against the federal government and states that they are being unjustly persecuted. He forbids all armed forces from coming into Utah "under any pretence whatever," orders that the forces of the territory be ready to march "at a moment's notice" to...
Dates: 1857