Nauvoo (Ill.) -- History
Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
William Adams autobiography
File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 569
Scope and Contents
Handwritten autobiography with a typescript of the item. Adams came from Ireland, migrated to Nauvoo, Illinois, and later to Salt Lake Valley, Utah. He also lived in Springville, Spanish Fork, Parowan, and Cedar City, Utah. Adams writes about Jacob Hamblin's efforts to convert Indians, the preparations to meet the United States Army coming to Utah in 1857 and 1858, going on a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and meeting Emma Hales Smith, the wife of the first...
Dates:
1894
Jesse Hale letter
Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197231044899]
Identifier: MSS 1009
Scope and Contents
Typescript of a signed letter dated March 30, 1845 and addressed to Emma Hale Smith, wife of Joseph Smith (1805-1844). Hale comments on Joseph Smith's generosity to him.
Dates:
1845
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
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Jesse Hale letter
O. C. Skinner bill of exception
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230244839]
Identifier: MSS SC 678
Scope and Contents
Holograph. A bill of exception to a court decision involving property once belonging to Emma Smith in the case of Isaac S. Sanders and Evert L. Gates vs. William Smith.
Dates:
1851
Testimony regarding Emma Smith Bidamon, Nauvoo, Illinois
File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 2884
Scope and Contents
Jemison was born in Nauvoo in 1854 and lived there all her life. She and her sister had worked for Emma Smith in the Mansion House in Nauvoo. At the time of the interview Jemison and her husband lived in a house formerly owned by Lorenzo Snow, a leader in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon). Also included is a two-page handwritten quote from "The Book of the Law" by James J. Strang.
Dates:
1912 July 29
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