The appointment as elder was given to John Whitmer at a conference in Fayette, Seneca County, New York. Both signatures appear to be in the same hand, possibly Cowdery’s writing.
Subject (Name):
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Cowdery, Oliver, Smith, Joseph, 1805-1844, and Whitmer, John, 1802-1878
ADS by Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery dated June 9, 1830, stating that "License Liberty Power and Authority [is] given to Christian Whitmer signifying & proving that he is a Teacher of this Church of Christ established and regularly organized in these last days ..." The document also states that Whitmer was baptized and received into the Church according to the Articles of the Covenants of the Church and ordained under the hand of Oliver Cowdery, Second Elder of the Church.
Description:
Verso blank.
Subject (Name):
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Cowdery, Oliver, Smith, Joseph, 1805-1844, and Whitmer, John, 1802-1878
At head of title: Quincy herald-extra. Quincy, Friday morning, 5 o'clock., In two columns., and Includes a statement by Governor Ford to the people of Illinois.
Subject (Name):
Illinois. Governor (1842-1846 : Ford) To the people of the state of Illinois, Smith, Hyrum, 1800-1844, and Smith, Joseph, 1805-1844
The letters from friends in Nauvoo to Leonard Pickel describe the journey from Pennsylvania to Nauvoo, economic conditions, the community's growth, the arrest and death of Joseph Smith, and the departure of Sidney Rigdon. There are also letters from Elisha Davis, a Mormon missionary.
Description:
Gift of William Robertson Coe. and Leonard Pickel, a cooper of Bart Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, became a Mormon and considered moving to Nauvoo.
Photographs of the homes and haunts of prominent Mormons in Illinois, Missouri and Utah, and of Salt Lake City and Saltair views, In Nauvoo, Illinois, views of the homes of Joseph Smith, Brigham Young, Lorenzo Snow and John Taylor and the grave of Joseph Smith, and of the jail in Carthage where Joseph and Hyram Smith were held, and the room in which they were killed. In Missouri, views of the jail at Liberty and of Lyman Wight's home at Adam-on-di-Aliman [?], near Gallatin, Missouri, and In Utah, views of the Tabernacle, Beehive houses, Eagle Gate, Temple Block, Assembly house, Court house, the grave of Brigham Young, and various street scenes in Salt Lake City. One photograph shows an advertisement for a baseball game between Salt Lake and Spokane. There are also views of the pavilion at Saltair Beach featuring bathers at Black Rock floating in the salt water, and of produce farming (beans, potatoes, onions) showing irrigated fields and water pipes
Description:
Individual prints are 9.6 x 12.8 cm. or smaller and are attached to both sides of large ledger pages. They are accompanied by manuscript captions and numbers. and The pages appear to constitute a proof book of photographs. See also WA Photos Folio 17 and WA Photos 1175.
Subject (Geographic):
Utah, Salt Lake City (Utah), Nauvoo (Ill.), and Carthage (Ill.)
An account of the first remarkable vision of Joe Smith
Description:
Cover title: The "endowment", or, Peculiar ceremonies of the Mormons. and Originally published in 1847 with the title: A dialogue between Adam and Eve ...
