Richards, Willard, 1804-1854

Variant names
Dates:
Birth 1804-06-24
Death 1854-03-11
Gender:
Male
English,

Biographical notes:

Richards was member of Council of the Twelve Apostles (1840-1847), Church Historian, and second counselor in First Presidency (1847-1854).

From the guide to the MS 1490 Willard Richards journals 1836-1853 (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Church History Library)

Second president of the Mormon Church.

From the guide to the Brigham Young letter, 1849, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections)

Mormon Church leader, pioneer, apostle, politician, and counselor to Brigham Young (1801-1877), the second president of the Mormon Church.

From the description of Letter, 1853. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122322641

From the guide to the Willard Richards letter, 1853, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections)

Second President of the Mormon Church, colonizer, and territorial governor of Utah.

From the guide to the An act authorizing Thomas Moore to erect a ferry on Green River, 1852, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections)

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Subjects:

  • Religion
  • Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
  • Civic Activism
  • Correspondence
  • Ferries
  • Government, Law and Politics
  • Immigration and American Expansion
  • Laws
  • Material Types
  • Medicine
  • Missionary work
  • Mormon Church
  • Mormon Church
  • Mormon pioneers
  • Overland Journeys to the Western United States
  • Pioneers
  • Territorial Government
  • Trails
  • Trails
  • Voting

Occupations:

  • General Authorities
  • Missionaries

Places:

  • West (U.S.) (as recorded)
  • Utah (as recorded)
  • Utah (as recorded)
  • Utah (as recorded)
  • Utah (as recorded)
  • Green River (Wyo.-Utah) (as recorded)
  • Salt Lake City (Utah) (as recorded)

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