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Nauvoo (Ill.) -- History

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Found in 203 Collections and/or Records:

Hancock County records

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230236942]
Identifier: MSS SC 212
Scope and Contents

Film contains 22 items, including three collections: Nauvoo court records; Eudocia Marsh's Mormons in Hancock County : a Reminiscence; and the Strangite Papers, 1851-1963.

Dates: 1840-1963
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Hancock County records

Harris & Waters letter to Reed & Company

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233288379]
Identifier: Vault MSS 263
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed letter, dated July 18, 1859, and addressed to Reed & Co. The item was written in Oquawka, Henderson County, Illinois. Harris & Waters write about land titles, the loss of business due to the departure of the Mormons and the selfishness of the Icarian Community, and states that Nauvoo, Illinois, will soon exist no more.

Dates: 1859 July 18
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Harris & Waters letter to Reed & Company

Lorenzo Hill Hatch autobiography and diary

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230330463]
Identifier: MSS SC 3135
Scope and Contents Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a handwritten autobiography and diary. Hatch writes about his early life, joining the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1839, his life in Nauvoo, Illinois, his migration to Utah in 1850, and settling in Lehi, Utah, in 1851. He tells about his mission for the Mormon Church from 1856 to 1858, his work as a farmer and a carpenter, and Mormon Church meetings. He writes about serving in the legislature of Utah. He also tells about his service as a...
Dates: 1855-1885
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Lorenzo Hill Hatch autobiography and diary

Joshua Hawkes autobiography

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230232727]
Identifier: MSS 726
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a typescript. Hawkes was born in Missouri and lived in Nauvoo, Illinois, as a small child. He later came to Utah and lived in several places. He eventaully settled in Franklin, Idaho. He participated in the Walker War against the Ute Indians and also in the Utah War against the United States Army.

Dates: approximately 1884
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Joshua Hawkes autobiography

Joseph Leland Heywood letter to Mary R. Shumway

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230241439]
Identifier: MSS SC 460
Scope and Contents

Typescript of a letter describing the Mormons leaving Nauvoo amid mob persecution.

Dates: 1847
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Joseph Leland Heywood letter to Mary R. Shumway

Historical sketch of James Hendricks and Drusilla Dorris Hendricks

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230323070]
Identifier: MSS SC 2409
Scope and Contents

Typewritten copy of an autobiography. Drusilla married James Hendricks (1808-1870) in 1827. They joined the Mormon Church in 1835 and lived with the Mormons in Clay County, Missouri and Nauvoo, Illinois. They migrated to Utah in 1847 where they lived in Salt Lake City, Springville, and Richmond.

Dates: 1877
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Historical sketch of James Hendricks and Drusilla Dorris Hendricks

History of the life of Thomas Ephraim Thornton

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230340447]
Identifier: MSS 2473
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typewritten biography. Thomas Ephraim Thornton was born in Canada in 1835. His family joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1837. The family later moved to Nauvoo, Illinois. He migrated to Utah in 1852 and married Priscilla Covington in 1856. They had 11 children. He resided in American Fork, Utah, where he died in 1918.

Dates: 1935
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / History of the life of Thomas Ephraim Thornton

Hudson family papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1429
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, diaries, legal documents, newspaper clippings, obituaries, and memorabilia. The materials relate to the lives, finances, and activities of the Hudson family largely in Nauvoo, Illinois, Ohio, and nearby states.

Dates: 1845-1973
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Hudson family papers

William Huntington diary and autobiography

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Vault MSS 272
Scope and Contents Handwritten diary including a retrospective account of Huntington's life. Huntington writes about his early life, his conversion to the Mormon Church, and his experience as a Mormon in Ohio, Missouri, and Illinois. He also writes about the death of Joseph Smith, the first president of the Mormon Church, service in the Nauvoo Legion militia organization, and preparations of the Mormons to migrate to the mountains. Huntington made diary entries in 1846. The item was transcribed by O. B....
Dates: 1784-1846
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / William Huntington diary and autobiography

Elias Hutchings autobiography

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 2470
Scope and Contents

Handwritten autobiography and photocopies of the item. Hutchings was born in New Hampshire and lived later in Vermont, New York, Ohio, Iowa, and Illinois. He was baptized a member of the Mormon Church in 1830, participated in the "Zion's Camp" march of 1834, served on a mission to New York and Pennsylvania, and personally knew Joseph Smith (1805-1844), first president of the Mormon Church. Hutchings died in 1845 in Nauvoo, Illinois.

Dates: circa 1842
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Elias Hutchings autobiography

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