Also present is a deed, dated 1845, autograph manuscript, signed by John S. Twiss, conveying land in Nauvoo, Illinois, to Bingham Bement, of Hillsborough County, New Hampshire. Additional items are visiting cards and poems, undated; an autograph manuscript invoice for livestock, 1868; printed Salt Lake County and City tax receipts, completed in autograph manuscript, 1861-1876; and a printed program for a missionary farewell, Salt Lake City, 1897., Circa 80 items, mostly ALS written to Alice M. Bement Fletcher in Salt Lake City, Utah Territory, by members of her family. Thirty-three letters, 1865-1886, were written to Fletcher by Charles H. Bement, most discussing his life as a rancher near Kanosh, Millard County, Utah Territory. A few of these letters, written from Michigan, Illinois, and Indiana, 1884-1885, relate to his experiences as a missionary in those states., and Other letters, 1873-1889, include ALS written to Alice M. Bement Fletcher from Mary and Jessie Cook, Jasper Fletcher, Ida A. and Maria J. Searle, Addie L. Fletcher, Rosa Adams, and Annie Rogers. Also included are single letters from Alice M. Bement Fletcher to Charles H. Bement, from Charles H. Bement to Arthur Bement, and from Sarah Warburton to Jasper Fletcher. These letters mostly concern family news, some also referring briefly to Mormon religious life. A letter written by Sarah J. Bement to Fred C. Pierce, and a letter from him to Bement, relate to Pierce's research in Forbes-Forbush family genealogy.
Description:
Alice M. Bement Fletcher was born ca. 1855 and was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. She married William Fletcher in the 1870s. Family members who corresponded with Alice M. Bement Fletcher included her brothers, Charles H. and Arthur Bement; Mary and Jessie Cook, a sister and niece; Jasper Fletcher, a brother-in-law; and Ida A. Searle, a cousin. and From the collection of Herbert S. Auerbach. Purchased from Ken Lopez on the Frederick W. and Carrie S. Beinecke Fund for Western Americana, 1992.
Subject (Geographic):
Millard County (Utah) and Nauvoo (Ill.)
Subject (Name):
Adams, Rosa, Bement family, Bement, Arthur, Bement, Bingham, Bement, Charles H., Bement, Sarah J., Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints--Missions--Middle West, Cook, Jessie, fl. 1886-1889, Cook, Mary, Fletcher, Addie L., Fletcher, Alice M. Bement, Fletcher, Jasper, Forbes family, Forbush family, Pierce, Fred C., Rogers, Annie, Searle, Ida A., Searle, Maria J., Twiss, John S., and Warburton, Sarah
Subject (Topic):
Frontier and pioneer life--Utah--Millard County, Mormons--Utah, and Ranch life--Utah--Millard County
Generalʹnai︠a︡ karta Ledovitago mori︠a︡ i Vostochnago okeana, Генеральная карта Ледовитаго моря и Восточнаго океана, and Карта Ледовитаго моря и Восточнаго океана / составлена сь новѣйших описей в Географическом департаментѣ Морскаго министерства.
Description:
"1345" in lower left corner., "Noi︠a︡ 1858" in lower left corner., "Ноя. 1858" in lower left corner., Depths shown by soundings in coastal waters., Greenwich, Paris, and Petersburg meridians; Greenwich degrees numbered westward to 240°., and Includes Hydrographic
Subject (Geographic):
Alaska--Maps, Arctic Ocean--Maps, North Pacific Ocean--Maps, and Russian Far East (Russia)--Maps
Copy 1: Advertising on verso: Evan Evans ... tinsmith, plumber, and gas-fitter; John C. Ritter ... marble and granite monuments; the Smith Granite Co., Westerley, R.I.
Vue and description de la ville de Lovango dans le royaume de Congo avec plusieurs
Description:
"Tom VI, no. 16, pag. 66.", Caption title., Engraving of bird's-eye view of "Lovango" at top, with 10 vignettes surrounding descriptive text in the middle., and From Chatelain's Atlas historique, 1718-1732.
Subject (Geographic):
Kongo Kingdom--Description and travel--Early works to 1800 and Kongo Kingdom--Pictorial works--Early works to 1800