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Letters

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints records

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 4123
Scope and Contents

Contains correspondence, church related, financial records, legal records, and miscellaneous documents. Notable documents (all photocopies) include an 1844 letter from Joseph Smith while in Carthage Jail and a list of Mormon Battalion soldiers.

Dates: 1831-1964
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints records

Timothy and Elisa Gunn letter to Levi Benyamen

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233292900]
Identifier: Vault MSS 729
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed letter by Gunn and his wife, Elisa, dated June 15, 1834 and addressed to Levi Benyamen in Massachusetts. This item describes the difficulties of raising crops in Connecticut and expresses strong anti-Mormon feelings. It also mentions Sidney Rigdon who was a Baptist minister and later joined the Mormon Church.

Dates: 1834 June 15
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Timothy and Elisa Gunn letter to Levi Benyamen

Sidney Rigdon letters

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230337187]
Identifier: MSS 471
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of handwritten letters. One of which is addressed to John C. Bennett, Mormon Apostle and mayor of Nauvoo, Illinois, in which Rigdon announces his resignation as a city coucilman. Rigdon also writes to the state legislature of Pennsylvania seeking redress for the persectutions suffered by the Mormons in Missouri.

Dates: 1841-1844
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Sidney Rigdon letters

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