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Latter Day Saints -- Correspondence

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 227 Collections and/or Records:

John Workman, Sr. letter to George Miller, approximately 1840-1849

 Item — Box 1: Series 1 [Barcode: 31197233284774], Folder: 29
Identifier: Vault MSS 76 Series 1 Sub-Series 2 Item 8
Scope and Contents note

Letter written by Workman, Sr. to Miller regarding services to the kingdom and asking for sustenance and foodstuffs.

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

William Dydamous Johnson letters to Brigham Young

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233287397]
Identifier: Vault MSS 203
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed letters, dated 29 Oct. 1875 and 16 Feb. 1876, and addressed to Brigham Young, the second president of the Mormon Church. Johnson asks for help in his personal finances and also writes about funds for the Deseret Museum.

Dates: 1875-1876
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / William Dydamous Johnson letters to Brigham Young

Joseph H. Tippets letter to Joseph Smith, Jr., 1843 April 2

 Item — Box 1: Series 1 [Barcode: 31197233284774], Folder: 36
Identifier: Vault MSS 76 Series 1 Sub-Series 2 Item 3
Scope and Contents note

Letter written by Tippets near Ramus and Carthage, Illinois to Joseph Smith, Jr. regarding service to the Church from Kirtland to Nauvoo, past hardships endured, a recent dream, present difficulties, and a plea for council from Smith.

Dates: Other: 1843 April 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

Joseph L. Heywood letter to Joseph Smith, Jr., 1843 June 5

 Item — Box 1: Series 1 [Barcode: 31197233284774], Folder: 25
Identifier: Vault MSS 76 Series 1 Sub-Series 2 Item 1
Scope and Contents note

Letter written by Heywood in Quincy, Illinois to Joseph Smith regarding Jacob Shoemaker, a Nauvoo blacksmith.

Dates: Other: 1843 June 5
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

Joseph L. Heywood letter to Newel K. Whitney, 1845 August 21

 Item — Box 1: Series 1 [Barcode: 31197233284774], Folder: 25
Identifier: Vault MSS 76 Series 1 Sub-Series 2 Item 2
Scope and Contents note

Letter written by Heywood to Whitney regarding the contributions of John Weinel for tithing, to be applied to the building of the Nauvoo Temple.

Dates: Other: 1845 August 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

Joseph L. Heywood letter to Newel K. Whitney, 1844 October 29

 Item — Box 1: Series 1 [Barcode: 31197233284774], Folder: 25
Identifier: Vault MSS 76 Series 1 Sub-Series 2 Item 3
Scope and Contents note

Letter written by Heywood to Whitney regarding the contributions of John Weinel for tithing, to be applied to the building of the Nauvoo Temple.

Dates: Other: 1844 October 29
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

Joseph Smith, Jr. letter to A. Jonas, 1843 March 25

 Item — Box 1: Series 1 [Barcode: 31197233284774], Folder: 36
Identifier: Vault MSS 76 Series 1 Sub-Series 2 Item 1
Scope and Contents note

Letter written by Joseph Smith, Jr. to Jonas regarding the Nauvoo Legion, new county of Marquette, and a response to a request for a cannon.

Dates: Other: 1843 March 25
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

Joseph Smith, Jr. letter to Horace R. Hotchkiss, 1842 November 26

 Item — Box 1: Series 1 [Barcode: 31197233284774], Folder: 35
Identifier: Vault MSS 76 Series 1 Sub-Series 2 Item 1
Scope and Contents note

Letter copy written by Joseph Smith, Jr. to Hotchkiss in Fair Haven, Connecticut, an answer to Hotchkiss's letter addressed to Sidney Rigdon requesting information on land sales at Nauvoo.

Dates: Other: 1842 November 26
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

Joseph Smith, Jr. letter to I. N. Morris, 1843 June 16

 Item — Box 1: Series 1 [Barcode: 31197233284774], Folder: 37
Identifier: Vault MSS 76 Series 1 Sub-Series 2 Item 1
Scope and Contents note

Letter written by Smith to Morris regarding payment for land.

Dates: Other: 1843 June 16
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

Joseph Smith, Jr. letter to J. J. Butterfield, 1843 January 16

 Item — Box 1: Series 1 [Barcode: 31197233284774], Folder: 35
Identifier: Vault MSS 76 Series 1 Sub-Series 2 Item 4
Dates: Other: 1843 January 16
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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