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Affidavits

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms

Found in 60 Collections and/or Records:

Arza Adams affidavit

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230307610]
Identifier: MSS SC 971
Scope and Contents

Holograph document and statement of damages amounting to $775 sustained in the war with Chief Walker and his Utes due to Indian activities in Utah County, Utah in 1853.

Dates: 1855
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Arza Adams affidavit

Alma L. Jensen affidavit and statement

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230335736]
Identifier: MSS 911
Scope and Contents

Typewritten and signed affidavit and a handwritten statement. Jensen affirms that he met Martin Harris (1783-1875) in the summer of 1875. Harris told him about the authenticity of the Book of Mormon.

Dates: 1936
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Alma L. Jensen affidavit and statement

Arthur V. Watkins affidavits and resolutions, 1939

 File — Box 19: Series 5 [Barcode: 31197233276283], Folder: 7
Identifier: MSS 146 Series 5 Sub-Series 2 Sub-Series 2
Dates: Other: 1939
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 146, Arthur V. Watkins papers / Arthur V. Watkins reclamation papers / Arthur V. Watkins papers on Utah reclamation / Arthur V. Watkins papers on Metropolitan Water District of Pleasant Grove vs. Lindon

Circuit Court legal documents

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1247
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of handwritten legal documents. The collection includes petitions, contracts, appeals, court orders, and summonses involving members of the Mormon Church.

Dates: 1838-1846
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Circuit Court legal documents

Oliver Cowdery affidavit

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 2499
Scope and Contents

Notarized affidavit signed by Oliver Cowdery as a notary public. The item verifies that a notice relating to a certain property in Walworth County, Wisconsin had been listed in a local newspaper for E. A. Cooley.

Dates: 1848
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Oliver Cowdery affidavit

Oliver Cowdery notarized affidavit

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230308246]
Identifier: MSS SC 1035
Scope and Contents

Notarized affidavit affirming that an add had been run in the newspaper the "Walworth County Democrat" advertising land sales. The document was signed by O. Cowdery "Notary Public."

Dates: 1848
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Oliver Cowdery notarized affidavit

John Davis testimony and affidavit

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230309889]
Identifier: MSS SC 1206
Scope and Contents Printed testimony from Massechusetts. This item is dated Nov. 4, 1841 and is signed by Governor Davis and Secretary Bigalow. It testifies that George Phillips is a Justice of the Peace for the County of Suffolk. On the inside of this item, and connected to it by the Seal of the Commonwealth, is an affidavit signed by Harrison Gray and George Phillips and intended for the St. Louis, Mo. Court. This document states that the plaintiffs in a court case have given all credit and payments that...
Dates: 1841
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / John Davis testimony and affidavit

Documents and corresponding affidavits, 1838-1842

 Series
Identifier: MSS 942 Series 3
Scope and Contents note

Each folder containts a document, coded HR 27A-G10.1 or something similar, relating an instance of persecution, and is accompanied by anywhere from 7 to 61 affidavits.

Dates: Other: 1838-1842
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 942, National Archives material on the persecutions of the Church in Missouri

Documents in the Case of John W. Archer vs. James J. Strang and John Cole

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197233289716]
Identifier: Vault MSS 408
Scope and Contents

Handwritten legal documents including affidavits, writs, depositions, and decisions. The items relate to a suit brought by John W. Archer, a disaffected Strangite, against James J. Strang and John Cole in the summer of 1849 to recover a wagon Archer had consecrated to Strang's group. The case was heard in Walworth County, Wisconsin.

Dates: 1849
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Documents in the Case of John W. Archer vs. James J. Strang and John Cole

Edwin and Margaret Marsh guardianship transfer affidavit, 1888 May 16

 File — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197239235176], Folder: 4
Identifier: MSS 8849
Scope and Contents

Affidavit (original and photocopies) recording the transfer of guardianship of the Richard Butler's mother, Rose Zipporah Marsh, to William and Sarah Beecher. Document dated May 16, 1888.

Dates: 1888 May 16
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 8849, Richard Marsh Butler papers

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