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Latter Day Saints -- Correspondence

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 227 Collections and/or Records:

Adelia H. Hardin papers

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197233609707]
Identifier: MSS 1324
Scope and Contents

Handwritten letters and miscellaneous papers. The materials relate to the Patty and Hardin families and include a sixteen-page letter by J. R. Hardin telling about his journey from Missouri to Salt Lake City, Utah. Some of the materials relate to the American Civil War. Many of the items were written in California and Missouri.

Dates: 1843-1904
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Adelia H. Hardin papers

Henry B. Marsden letter to Joseph Smith, Jr., approximately 1840-1849

 Item — Box 1: Series 1 [Barcode: 31197233284774], Folder: 39
Identifier: Vault MSS 76 Series 1 Sub-Series 2 Item 2
Scope and Contents note

Letter written by Marsden to Smith regarding a conflict in Marsden's Branch of the Church.

Dates: Other: approximately 1840-1849
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Vault MSS 76, Newel Kimball Whitney papers / Newel Kimball Whitney collection on Mormon Church / Newel Kimball Whitney collection of correspondence

Horace R. Hotchkiss letter to Sidney Rigdon, 1842 November 8

 Item — Box 1: Series 1 [Barcode: 31197233284774], Folder: 31
Identifier: Vault MSS 76 Series 1 Sub-Series 2
Scope and Contents note

Letter written by Hotchkiss in Fair Haven, Connecticut to Rigdon, requesting information on the progress of the construction of buildings on Nauvoo lands and the payment of taxes on those lands.

Dates: Other: 1842 November 8
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Vault MSS 76, Newel Kimball Whitney papers / Newel Kimball Whitney collection on Mormon Church / Newel Kimball Whitney collection of correspondence

Hugh Rhodes letter to William Clayton, 1844 August 8

 Item — Box 1: Series 1 [Barcode: 31197233284774], Folder: 22
Identifier: Vault MSS 76 Series 1 Sub-Series 2 Item 5
Scope and Contents note

Letter written by Rhodes in Stark County, Illinois, to William Clayton regarding payment of debts from an estate.

Dates: Other: 1844 August 8
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Vault MSS 76, Newel Kimball Whitney papers / Newel Kimball Whitney collection on Mormon Church / Newel Kimball Whitney collection of correspondence

Hugh Rhodes letter to William Clayton, 1845 February 8

 Item — Box 1: Series 1 [Barcode: 31197233284774], Folder: 22
Identifier: Vault MSS 76 Series 1 Sub-Series 2 Item 6
Scope and Contents note

Letter written by Rhodes in Stark County, Illinois to Clayton regarding payment of claims and land restrictions.

Dates: Other: 1845 February 8
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Vault MSS 76, Newel Kimball Whitney papers / Newel Kimball Whitney collection on Mormon Church / Newel Kimball Whitney collection of correspondence

Edward Hunter letter

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233283941]
Identifier: Vault MSS 104
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed letter, dated December 5, 1873, written in Salt Lake City, Utah, and addressed to J. G. Bigler. Hunter writes concerning problems with Bigler's accounts with the general tithing store of the Mormon Church because several persons handled them.

Dates: 1873 December 5
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Edward Hunter letter

J. C. Wear letter to Joseph Smith, Jr., 1842 January 12

 Item — Box 1: Series 1 [Barcode: 31197233284774], Folder: 33
Identifier: Vault MSS 76 Series 1 Sub-Series 2 Item 5
Scope and Contents note

Letter written by Wear in Fairfield, Iowa to Smith introducing Wear's brother William.

Dates: Other: 1842 January 12
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Vault MSS 76, Newel Kimball Whitney papers / Newel Kimball Whitney collection on Mormon Church / Newel Kimball Whitney collection of correspondence

J. H. Maitland letter to Newel K. Whitney, 1845 March 2

 Item — Box 1: Series 1 [Barcode: 31197233284774], Folder: 44
Identifier: Vault MSS 76 Series 1 Sub-Series 2 Item 2
Scope and Contents note

Letter written by Maitland to Whitney reporting the delivery of goods for the construction of the Nauvoo Temple, shipped by Orson Hyde from St. Louis, Missouri.

Dates: Other: 1845 March 2
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Vault MSS 76, Newel Kimball Whitney papers / Newel Kimball Whitney collection on Mormon Church / Newel Kimball Whitney collection of correspondence

J. H. Sherman letter to William Clayton, 1844 April 30

 Item — Box 1: Series 1 [Barcode: 31197233284774], Folder: 22
Identifier: Vault MSS 76 Series 1 Sub-Series 2 Item 4
Scope and Contents note

Letter written by Sherman in Carthage, Illinois to Clayton regarding a land sale.

Dates: Other: 1844 April 30
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Vault MSS 76, Newel Kimball Whitney papers / Newel Kimball Whitney collection on Mormon Church / Newel Kimball Whitney collection of correspondence

J. W. Whitcomb letter to Daniel S. Miles, 1841 June 21

 Item — Box 1: Series 1 [Barcode: 31197233284774], Folder: 28
Identifier: Vault MSS 76 Series 1 Sub-Series 2 Item 1
Scope and Contents note

Letter written by Whitcomb in Washington, D.C. to Miles responding to an inquiry concerning a land title.

Dates: Other: 1841 June 21
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Vault MSS 76, Newel Kimball Whitney papers / Newel Kimball Whitney collection on Mormon Church / Newel Kimball Whitney collection of correspondence

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