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Nauvoo (Ill.) -- History

 Subject
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Found in 203 Collections and/or Records:

Nauvoo (Ill.) legal proceedings

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230310994]
Identifier: MSS SC 1262
Scope and Contents

Two handwritten transcripts of court cases regarding the slandering of Joseph Smith (1805-1844), the Mormon prophet. The first item is dated Dec. 5, 1842 and involves the City of Nauvoo vs. Thomas J. Hunter. The second item is dated Feb. 17, 1843 and involves the City of Nauvoo vs. Amos Davis.

Dates: 1842-1843
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Nauvoo (Ill.) legal proceedings

Nauvoo library and literary institute

 Collection
Identifier: Vault MSS 1945
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of handwritten records. The materials list members of the society, contributions made, and resolutions of meetings.

Dates: 1844
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Nauvoo library and literary institute

Nauvoo Masonic Lodge minutes

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230307883]
Identifier: MSS SC 989
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of handwritten minutes taken at the meetings of the Nauvoo Masonic Lodge in Nauvoo, Illinois, from October 15, 1841 to May 6, 1842. The documents include rolls of those present. The items were signed by Hyrum Smith and by the secretary, John C. Bennett. Contains two copies. Dated 1841-1842.

Dates: 1841-1842
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Nauvoo Masonic Lodge minutes

Joseph Bates Noble papers

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 705
Scope and Contents

Handwritten letters, deeds, histories, newspaper clippings, and an autograph album. Family papers include an autograph album owned by Noble's wife, Mary Beeman Bates, which includes a prophecy by Wilford Woodruff about the end of the world. Also included are property deeds on a lot in Nauvoo, Illinois, and a bishop's court document from 1848 in Salt Lake City, Utah, which involves a dispute over foodsuffs in payment for services.

Dates: 1832-1897
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Joseph Bates Noble papers

Eunice Coffin O'Neil letter to William B. Coffin in Nauvoo (1846)

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197227626188]
Identifier: MSS 4031
Abstract

The Eunice Coffin O'Neil letter to William B. Coffin in Nauvoo (1846) is a letter from Eunice, the sister of William, regarding family matters, and her worries concerning William associating with the Mormon Church (LDS).

Dates: 1896
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Eunice Coffin O'Neil letter to William B. Coffin in Nauvoo (1846)

The origin of Mormonism and reminiscences of the Mormons in Illinois

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230233634]
Identifier: MSS SC 89
Scope and Contents Prepared typescript of a series of ten articles written by J.H. Sherman which appeared in the Ithaca Daily Journal during April and May, 1886. The articles, decidedly anti-Mormon, tell of Joseph Smith's early life, the Solomon Spaulding manuscript from which Smith supposedly got the idea for the Book of Mormon, the organization of the Latter-day Saint Church, the settlement of the Mormons in Nauvoo, Illinois, death of Joseph Smith, mob violence in Illinois, expulsion of the Mormons from...
Dates: 1886
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / The origin of Mormonism and reminiscences of the Mormons in Illinois

Passenger waybills, Nauvoo to Jacksonville, and Nauvoo to Quincy, Ill.

 Collection
Identifier: MSS SC 2865
Scope and Contents

Passenger waybills for the transport of Monrow Davis from Quincy, Illinois, to Nauvoo, Illinois. The item was originally purchased at Quincy, Illinois. Also included are William Houck, listed as "Houcks Boy," and E. R. Rumsey from Warsaw to Nauvoo, Illinois, paid to R. S. Robertson.



Dates: 1842
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Passenger waybills, Nauvoo to Jacksonville, and Nauvoo to Quincy, Ill.

David Pettigrew autobiography and diary

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 473
Scope and Contents Photocopy of a handwritten autobiography and diary with a typescript of the item. Pettigrew (apparently also spelled Pettegrew) started his autobiography in 1840. His diary is sporatic and has many gaps. Pettigrew writes about his conversion to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1832, his life in Missouri during the persecutions of Mormons there, his experiences in Nauvoo, Illinois, his work as an LDS missionary, his participation in the migration of Mormons from Nauvoo,...
Dates: 1840-1861
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / David Pettigrew autobiography and diary

James W. Petty Nauvoo baptismal records

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197225562666]
Identifier: MSS 3867
Abstract

Photocopy of LDS church records from Nauvoo, about 1843, with an index added by James W. Petty, about 1973.

Dates: 1843
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / James W. Petty Nauvoo baptismal records

Warren Post diaries

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197233288312]
Identifier: Vault MSS 245
Scope and Contents

Handwritten diaries in pencil with a typescript of the items. Post writes about his life in Nauvoo, Illlinois, as a Mormon, his conversion to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Strangites), his activities in Iowa, and his finances.

Dates: 1846-1855
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Warren Post diaries

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