Nauvoo (Ill.) -- History
Subject
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Found in 4 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
Enoch B. Tripp journals, 1854-1908
Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2032 Series 1
Scope and Contents
Contains 18 journals kepts by Enoch B. Tripp, dated 1854 to 1908.
Dates:
1854-1908
Enoch B. Tripp personal papers, 1841-1906
Series
Identifier: MSS 2032 Series 2
Scope and Contents
Contains correspondence, writings, and other personal documents such as a license, a certificate, and blessings. Dated 1841 to 1906.
Dates:
1841-1906
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