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Includes journals and photocopies of journals created by John L. Smith, from 1846 to 1895. Journals discuss early history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, personal history, and the missionary service of John L. Smith in Switzerland, Italy, and England. Also includes letters and photocopies of letters.

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Contains priesthood blessing transcripts, legal documents, articles, letters, and other Smith family papers, dated 1792 to 1950.

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Photocopy of a handwritten patriarchal blessing given to George Mumford on December 9, 1845. The item was recorded by Albert Carrington. Mumford is promised blessings for obedience to the Mormon faith.

Scope and Contents Contains seven journals of John Lyman Smith, and other autobiographical manuscripts, as wells as a bound typescript volume of an autobiography/journal. The journals include accounts of persecutions in Ohio, Missouri, and Illinois, pioneering in Utah, Lyman's two missions to Europe, and his service as president of the Swiss-Italian and the Swiss-Italian-German missions. There is also a contemporary account of the cricket-and-seagull episode in Salt Lake in 1848, Lyman's service as a member of...

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Handwritten letter signed by John Smith which was addressed to "Dear Chitenen" and dated 15 Dec. 1851. The item tells about the potato harvest, expresses concern about the cow which has nothing to eat, and includes a request to see the children.