Nauvoo (Ill.) -- Church history -- 19th century
Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Bradford family biography and papers
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197227629372]
Identifier: MSS 6053
Scope and Contents
Collection includes biographies, correspondence, newspaper clippings and patriarchal blessings. Biographies are about Abigail Sprague Bradford, 1812-1879; Je Hial "Hial" Bradford, 1804-1845; Jane Jones Bradford, 1849-1909; Janet Johnston Hamilton, 1841-1914; Rowsel Bradford, circa 1833-; Pleasant Sprague Bradford, 1843-1906; Hezekiah Sprague, 1775-1850; Abigail Jeffers, 1772-1847; Charles Jones, 1819-1898; and Mary Ann Weekes, 1826-1885. All the biographies were compiled by Lavon Bradford...
Dates:
1841-1983
Benjamin Riter letters
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197225522272]
Identifier: MSS 3140
Scope and Contents
Two letters, written by Benjamin Riter in 1849 and 1850, describing the conditions in Nauvoo, Ill. following the exodus of the Saints. Letters are addressed to a Morgan J. Thomas of Philadelphia, Pa. The first letter describes the future prospects of the city, including information on land purchases and some of the recent settlers. It also describes Riter's involvement in mob activities against the Latter-day Saints. The second seeks additional information about some of the individuals...
Dates:
1849-1850