Letterbook [microform] 1833-1846.

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Letterbook [microform] 1833-1846.

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Born in Wells, Vermont, son of William Cowdery, Jr. and Rebecca Fuller. Correspondence, 1833-1846, discusses L.D.S. Church government and doctrine; attitudes toward the Federal government; Missouri difficulties; education; appointments; travels; contacts with porminent Saints; personal affairs; disassociation from the Church; state government candidacies; and the Chandler mummies and papyrus purchased by Joseph Smith. Correspondents include: Warren Cowdery, Ambrose Palmer, Samuel Bent, Horace Kingsbury, Elizabeth Ann Cowdery, William W. Phelps, John Gilbert, Lyman Cowdery, John Whitmer, J.G. Fosdick, Thankful Halsey, Elijah Fordham, John F. Boynton, John Bryan, William Kennon, R.M. Johnson, Martin Van Buren, William Fry, F. Wilbur. Also included is a letter from J.M. Carrel to R.M. Williams concerning the appointment of Oliver to the elected office of Postmaster.

96 p.; holograph; partial reel : microfilm ; 35 mm.

Harold B. Lee Library

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