Collection, 1857-1877.

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Collection, 1857-1877.

Copies of the Office Journal, correspondence and will. Journal entries date from January 1858 to January 1860. Correspondence is outgoing to such names as Horace S. Eldredge, J.W. Coward, Alfred Cumming, Charles C. Rich, Albert Carrington, Newel K. Whitney. Includes also a copy of the will and various other items.

1.5 lin. ft.

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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 ...

Eldredge, Horace S. (Horace Sunderlin), 1816-1888

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Eldredge was an elder in the Mormon Church, and was sent by Mormon president Brigham Young on several journeys to get supplies for the Mormons and to help the emigrants who were pouring into Salt Lake City. Young's letters were written a few months after Colonel Albert Sydney Johnston occupied Salt Lake City by order of the United States government for the refusal of the Mormons to obey Federal laws. From the description of Letters from Brigham Young and other papers, 1850-1897 (bulk...

Rich, Charles C. (Charles Coulson), 1809-1883

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Charles Coulson Rich was born on August 21, 1809, in Campbell County, Kentucky. He was instructed in the Mormon faith by Lyman Wight and baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by George M. Hinckle in 1832. In 1838 he married Sarah D. Pea, the first of his six wives. Rich lived in Calfwell County, Missouri, and fought in the Battle of Crooked River. He and his family later settled in Nauvoo, Illinois, where Rich was made a member of the Council of Fifty and served in the Na...

Whitney, Newel Kimball, 1795-1850

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Early leader of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. From the guide to the Newel Kimball Whitney certificate, 1838, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) Early leader of the Mormon Church. From the description of Newel Kimball Whitney certificate, 1838. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122609347 Mormon church leader and businessman. From the description of Legal documents, 1842-1843. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122652938 Fr...

Cumming, Alfred

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Alfred Cumming was born in 1802 in Augusta, Georgia. As Mayor of the city of Augusta, he achieved prominence by his active work in curbing a yellow fever epidemic. In May 1857, President James Buchanan appointed him the second Governor of Utah Territory, following Brigham Young. His trip West took several months and included a winter near Fort Bridger. He finally arrived in Utah with his wife, Elizabeth, in the spring of 1858. At the time, the territory was in conflict as the Mormon...

Carrington, Albert, 1813-1889

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Mormon handcart pioneer and polygynist who came to Utah 16 September 1848 with the Brigham Young company. Phelps served as a justice of the peace, notary public, and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Utah legislature. From the guide to the Per diem receipt, 1852, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) LDS apostle, member of the first pioneer company in 1847, participant in the Stansbury suvery of 1848-50. From the description of Papers, ca. 1840-1889. (Unknown...