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 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms

Found in 588 Collections and/or Records:

Paternity suit of Mary Clift vs. Gustavus Hills, 1842 September 15

 Item — Box 5: Series 1 [Barcode: 31197233283982], Folder: 44
Identifier: Vault MSS 76 Series 1 Sub-Series 6 Item 2
Dates: Other: 1842 September 15
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Vault MSS 76, Newel Kimball Whitney papers / Newel Kimball Whitney collection on Mormon Church / Newel Kimball Whitney collection of legal and municipal records

Patriarchal blessings given by John Smith, 1853-1911, bulk: 1911 March

 File — Box 2: Series 3 [Barcode: 31197232548880], Folder: 3
Identifier: Vault MSS 803 Series 3
Scope and Contents

Contains handwritten copies of five patriarchal blessings given by John Smith, son of Hyrum Smith, in March 1911. Blessing recipients include Mary Peel, Olga Kratt, Wilhelma Heldebrand, Alive Eveline Ledferd, and Elizabeth Arnetta Paulseth.

Also includes a handwritten copy of a patriarchal blessing given by John Smith, uncle to the Prophet Joseph Smith, given in June 1853 to Helen Maria Fisher.

Dates: 1853-1911; Majority of material found within 1911 March
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Vault MSS 803, John Smith papers / John Smith personal papers

Jean Rio Griffiths Baker Pearce papers

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197232593530]
Identifier: MSS 8768
Scope and Contents

Contains digital copies of papers related to Jean (Jane) Rio Griffiths Baker Pearce. Includes marriage and other legal documents for her progenitors and children, letters, receipt for her burial plot, and her original handwritten diaries from 1851 and 1878. The 1851 diary documents Jean (Jane) Rio's journey from England to America to join the Latter-day Saints in Utah, including her trials crossing the ocean by ship and the plains. Dated 1780-1878.

Dates: 1780-1878
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Jean Rio Griffiths Baker Pearce papers

Pectol vs. D.U.P. Wayne County history, 1948-1951

 File — Carton 21: [Barcode: 31197239267799], Folder: 8
Identifier: MSS 7996
Scope and Contents

Regarding the decision for Wayne County to discard the history that Ephraim Portal Pectol had written.

Dates: 1948-1951
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 7996, Ephraim Portman Pectol papers

People's Canal & Irrigation Company complaint , date of production not identified

 Item — Box 2: Series 3; Series 4; Series 5 [Barcode: 31197239274704], Folder: 6
Identifier: UA 1093 Series 5 Item 99
Scope and Contents

Draft of a complaint by the People's Canal and Irrigation Company from a meeting held March 07, 1896.

Dates: date of production not identified
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives / UA 1093, Office of the President correspondence / Benjamin Cluff Jr. business correspondence

Petition to the Mayor of Nauvoo

 Digital Record
Identifier: VMSS76_S1_SS6_B5_F44_I4
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Petition to the Mayor of Nauvoo

 Digital Record
Identifier: VMSS76_S1_SS6_B5_F44_I5
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Petition to the Mayor of Nauvoo, 1844 January 18

 Item — Box 5: Series 1 [Barcode: 31197233283982], Folder: 44
Identifier: Vault MSS 76 Series 1 Sub-Series 6 Item 4
Scope and Contents note

Petition recommending Samuel Musick "as a proper person to sell and retail spiritous liquors" within the Third Ward at the City of Nauvoo. Dated January 17, 1844.

Dates: Other: 1844 January 18
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Vault MSS 76, Newel Kimball Whitney papers / Newel Kimball Whitney collection on Mormon Church / Newel Kimball Whitney collection of legal and municipal records

Petition to the Mayor of Nauvoo, 1844 January 17

 Item — Box 5: Series 1 [Barcode: 31197233283982], Folder: 44
Identifier: Vault MSS 76 Series 1 Sub-Series 6 Item 5
Scope and Contents note

Petition recommending Samuel Musick "as a proper person to sell and retail spiritous liquors" within the Third Ward at the City of Nauvoo. Dated January 17, 1844.

Dates: Other: 1844 January 17
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Vault MSS 76, Newel Kimball Whitney papers / Newel Kimball Whitney collection on Mormon Church / Newel Kimball Whitney collection of legal and municipal records

Photocopies of visas of Alta and Gail S. Halvorsen and stamps from Russia, 1995

 File — Box 68: Series 2 [Barcode: 31197232560760], Folder: 6
Identifier: MSS 2220 Series 2 Sub-Series 4 Sub-Series 2
Dates: 1995
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 2220, Gail S. Halvorsen papers / Gail S. Halvorsen papers, audio-visual recordings, and artifacts / Gail S. Halvorsen papers on missions / Gail S. Halvorsen papers on Russia mission

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