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Latter Day Saint churches -- Presidents -- History

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 62 Collections and/or Records:

Man who helped kill Mormon head in 1844 confessed in Mt. Airy

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197231045284]
Identifier: MSS 1200
Scope and Contents

Typewritten account probably copied from a newspaper from the year 1927. The article states that Dr. H. K. Doyer "tells of getting confession from Corporal Bolton." Bolton "disclosed details of Crime on his Death Bed." The item states that Bolton was one of the men who shot the first president of the Mormon Church, Joseph Smith (1805-1844). The confession was suposedly given in 1898.

Dates: approximately 1927

Martha Coray notebook

 Digital Record
Identifier: VMSS230
Dates: 1845

J. S. Miles letter

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233287272]
Identifier: Vault MSS 214
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed letter, dated 16 Sept. 1875, and addrssed to Lucy Young. Miles asks Young to remind Brigham Young, second president of the Mormon Church, of his promise to send him a team.

Dates: 1875 September 16

New chart for making character

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233283834]
Identifier: Vault MSS 91
Scope and Contents

Printed and handwritten chart dated 5 Feb. 1872. McDonald presents an analysis of Brigham Young, second president of the Mormon Church, using the techniques of phrenology.

Dates: 1872 February 5

Joseph Bates Noble papers

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 705
Scope and Contents

Handwritten letters, deeds, histories, newspaper clippings, and an autograph album. Family papers include an autograph album owned by Noble's wife, Mary Beeman Bates, which includes a prophecy by Wilford Woodruff about the end of the world. Also included are property deeds on a lot in Nauvoo, Illinois, and a bishop's court document from 1848 in Salt Lake City, Utah, which involves a dispute over foodsuffs in payment for services.

Dates: 1832-1897

Note on Morris Snedaker

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230333889]
Identifier: MSS 1157
Scope and Contents

Handwritten note by an unknown author. The item is dated 17 Oct., but the year is not given. The note relates to Morris Snedaker trying to get permission from the second president of the Mormon Church, Brigham Young, to resume the manufacutre of Salt.

Dates: approximately 1870

James A. Little papers on Brigham Young and the history of the Mormon Church

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197232486081]
Identifier: MSS 376
Scope and Contents

Typewritten book draft. Little compiled numerous sources including correspondence and newspaper articles by and about the second president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Brigham Young (1801-1877). The materials cover Young's career as an LDS Church leader until his death and are often interspersed with brief narratives by Little. The items also document LDS Church history. The date of this compilation is uncertain.

Dates: approximately 1900

Sally Randall letter

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197231044956]
Identifier: MSS 1015
Scope and Contents

Typed copy of a letter written in Nauvoo, Illinois, on July 1, 1844 and addressed to "Dear Friends." Randall writes about the murder of the first president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Joseph Smith, and his brother, Hyrum.

Dates: 1844 July 1

Record proceeding at the direction of St. George Temple

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197232539152]
Identifier: MSS 617
Scope and Contents

Typewritten excerpt from a diary. The item is a typed copy of Woodruff's diary entry for 1 Jan. 1877. Woodruff was present at the "direction" of the St. George Temple in St. George, Utah, and offered a "Dedication Prayer" which he wrote into his diary. This dedication was for part of the temple.

Dates: 1877 January 1

Samuel Russell, Sr. correspondence

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230310473]
Identifier: MSS SC 1317
Scope and Contents Three handwritten and signed letters. One was written by Samuel Russell (1891) and the other two, by William Maughn (1863) and Nathanial V. Jones (1889), were written to him. Maughn responds to Samuel Russell's criticism of Judge Cradlebaugh's speech on "Utah and the Mormons," telling him that Cradlebaugh's criticism could also be applied to his own letter. Jones writes of raids that have occurred at Samuel Russell's home and the resulting trouble for his wives. Russell comments on an...
Dates: 1863-1891