Papers, 1837-1892.

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Papers, 1837-1892.

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Photocopies of handwritten and printed certificates, letters of appointment, letters, an invitation and a patriarchal blessing. The materials include a missionary recommendation dated 1851 when Smoot was called on a mission for the Mormon Church in Britain; a patriarchal blessing from Joseph Smith, Sr., the father of the first president of the Mormon Church, Joseph Smith, Jr.; two appointments as an agent for the Perpetual Emigration Fund for the Mormon Church; a letter from Brigham Young, second president of the Mormon Church; and an invitation to a "Grand Military Ball."

11 items (15 pages).

Harold B. Lee Library

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Young, Brigham, 1801-1877

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Second president of the Mormon Church. From the description of Certificate, 1876. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122630973 American religious leader, second president of the Mormon Church, first governor of the Territory of Utah, and colonizer who significantly influenced the development of the American West. From the description of Cash ledger books, 1862-1877. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122480196 From the description of Cash ledger books 1862-1877 ...

Smith, Joseph, Sr., 1771-1840

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Joseph Smith Senior (1771-1840) was born in Massachusetts and married Lucy Mack in 1795. Among his eleven children was the founder of the LDS Church, Joseph Smith Junior. Being plagued by crop failures in Vermont, Smith moved his family to upstate New York where the birth of the Latter-day Saint movement began. In late 1833, Joseph Smith Junior called upon his father to become the first presiding patriarch of the LDS Church. Patriarchal blessings often state an individual's particular talents an...

Smoot, A. O. (Abraham Owen), 1815-1895

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Abraham O. Smoot was born 17 February 1815 in Owenton, Franklin County (later Owen County), Kentucky. He was baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1835, when twenty years old, and led a group of Saints from the south to Far West, Missouri in 1837. He later served as captain of the second company to enter the Salt Lake Valley, arriving in September of 1847. He served approximately nine different missions for the Church, acted as president of the Perpetual Emigrating Fun...