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Politics, Government, and Law

 Subject
Subject Source: Cclabroad

Found in 1673 Collections and/or Records:

Missouri legal documents

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 1226
Scope and Contents

Handwritten legal documents from the state of Missouri. Included are financial notes and bonds, contracts, indentures, inventories, letters, affidavits, court writs, and a land survey.

Dates: 1783-1869

Missouri legal writ

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230310721]
Identifier: MSS SC 1290
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed writ from Daviess County, Missouri, dated July 5, 1839. The writ involves a case between the State of Missouri and Lemuel Bent.

Dates: 1839

John W. Moffet land deed

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233245007]
Identifier: MSS SC 590
Scope and Contents

Printed form with handwritten notations. Deed for land in Sanpete County, Utah, purchased by John W. Moffet.

Dates: 1899

Joel L. Molyneux diary and letters

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230236934]
Identifier: MSS SC 277
Scope and Contents

Typescript of a Civil War diary and letters, poems, military forms and a short biography.

Dates: 1862-1913

Charles Monk letters and financial receipts

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 166
Scope and Contents

Letters written primarily from Spanish Fork, Utah, to relatives in St. Johns, Arizona. Monk describes farm life and relates the legal problems of Mormons practicing polygamy. One letter dated August 27, 1888 describes Monk's life in a Utah prison for polygamy.

Dates: 1885-1909

Mons L. Smith ephemera, 1917-1918

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 7579 Series 4
Scope and Contents

Contains various personal items belonging to Mons L. Smith, including personal photographs, postcards, a diary, and a notice of certification. Materials dated 1917-1918.

Dates: 1917-1918

S. H. Montgomery receipts

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230307552]
Identifier: MSS SC 967
Scope and Contents

Receipts for supplies received by the US Army "Utah Expedition" at Ft. Bridger Wyoming 15 July-20 Aug. 1858. They were signed by Montgomery, Lt. Canby, B.Y. Smith, and C.G. Sawtele.

Dates: 1858

Juan Bautista Morales certificate

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233288643]
Identifier: Vault MSS 298
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of an handwritten certificate in Spanish affirming that Juan Bautista Morales was elected to the office of president of the supreme court. The item is dated 15 April 1850.

Dates: 1850 April 15

George Horace Morgan letter

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230334424]
Identifier: MSS 1068
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed letter, dated 20 December 1900, and addressed to Lt. Col. R.[?] W. Leonard. Morgan writes about his activities and the conditon of his men while fighting the Filipinos.

Dates: 1900 December 20

William Morgan certificate

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230308345]
Identifier: MSS SC 1045
Scope and Contents

Account certifying that Joseph Smith, Caleb Baldwin, and Lyman Wight escaped from Morgan "without the common concent or negligence of myself or gard" on April 16, 1839. The item was written on July 6, 1839. Morgan and others were escorting the prisoners to Boone County to be tried for various crimes.

Dates: 1839