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Nauvoo (Ill.) -- History

 Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Joseph Smith III agreement

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233283404]
Identifier: Vault MSS 41
Scope and Contents

Handwritten, signed agreement dated February 19, 1856, between Joseph Smith III of Nauvoo, Illinois, and Henry R. Dickinson of Hamilton, Illinois, regarding the sale of land.

Dates: 1856 February 19
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Joseph Smith III agreement

Enoch B. Tripp papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 2032
Scope and Contents Eighteen volumes of journals and other papers. Volumes document Enoch B. Tripp's conversion to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, his missions to the state of Maine, his visit with Joseph Smith's mother (Lucy Mack Smith), wife (Emma Smith), and son (Joseph Smith III) in Nauvoo in November 1855, his participation in the Utah War in 1857, and his life in Salt Lake City. Tripp discusses anti-polygamy legislation, his time on the Mormon "Underground" to avoid arrest for practicing...
Dates: 1841-1908
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Enoch B. Tripp papers

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