Letters
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Lillburn W. Boggs letters received
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230325661]
Identifier: MSS SC 2698
Scope and Contents
Photographs of a handwritten and signed letters addressed to Lilburn W. Boggs and dated 22 and 24 July 1840. One of the items is from Chauncey Durkus denying reports that he has been involved in arresting Mormons in Illinois and taking them back to Missouri. The veracity of his statements was confirmed by the signatures of 37 residents of Lewis County, Missouri. The other item was signed by 11 residents of Lewis County claiming that persons; who went to Nauvoo, Illinois, to recover stolen...
Dates:
1840 July 24; 1840 July 22
George Miller letter
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230307925]
Identifier: MSS SC 977
Scope and Contents
Letter to Thomas Reynolds, Governor of Missouri, dated 4 Sept. 1842. The missive is in defense of Joseph Smith (1801-1844) in any implication in the assassination attempt on Governor Lilburn Boggs of Missouri.
Dates:
1842 September 4
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
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George Miller letter
Mormon War papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS FM 7
Scope and Contents
Microfilmed copies of original joint legislative committee journals (1838-1839), legislative proceedings (1838-1841), correspondence and orders (1838-1839), evidence given at the court of inquiry held in November 1838 to investigate Joseph Smith (1805-1844) and others for high treason, and certificates dealing with indictments against Mormons (1841) pertaining to the Mormon disturbances in Missouri (1838-1841). The film is 16 mm. and 35 mm. and is photonegative.
Dates:
1838-1841
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
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Mormon War papers