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 Kan...
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...
Subject (Geographic):
Middle West., Utah., Millard County (Utah), Utah, Millard County., and Nauvoo (Ill.)
Subject (Name):
Adams, Rosa., Bement family., Bement, Arthur., Bement, Bingham., Bement, Charles H., Bement, Sarah J., 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., Warburton, Sarah., Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints., and Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Subject (Topic):
Missions, Mormons, Frontier and pioneer life, and Ranch life
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 thes...
Description:
Joseph Smith organized the Mormon Church on April 6, 1830, and was its leader until he was murdered in Carthage, Illinois, on June 27, 1844.
Subject (Geographic):
New York (State)
Subject (Name):
Cowdery, Oliver., Smith, Joseph, 1805-1844., Whitmer, Christian., and Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Hiram Rumfield's six letters to his wife are accompanied by a photograph, four colored views of Salt Lake City, a printed program of the 15th anniversary celebration at Salt Lake, and a letter from T. S. Boardman and one from Brigham Young. 23 p.
Description:
Typed transcript available.
Subject (Geographic):
Utah. and Salt Lake City (Utah)
Subject (Name):
Boardman, T. S., Rumfield, Hiram S., Rumfield, Hiram S., Mrs., and Young, Brigham, 1801-1877.
The letter to the Attorney General in Washington describes the situation of gentile federal officials under a Mormon governor and their inability to enforce the laws of the United States
Description:
William W. Drummond, associate judge, Utah Territory, 1854-57.
Subject (Geographic):
Utah. and Utah
Subject (Name):
Drummond, William W., Cushing, Caleb, 1800-1879., and United States. Attorney-General.
Franklin Richards's letter describes his westward journey from St. Louis, the hostility of settlers, the massacre at Haun's Mill, and his stay in the West. He also writes about the Mormon war, relatives in the West, his faith, the fertility of the cou...
Subject (Geographic):
West (U.S.)--Description and travel
Subject (Name):
Richards, Phineas. 1788-1874 and Richards, Wealthy Dewey, 1786-
Autograph manuscript, signed, by "H. A. L." containing lines from Lucy Smith's Moroni's Lamentation (a Mormon hymn given to Smith in 1833 and sung in the Nephite tongue), undated but possibly created during the 19th century. The manuscript does not fo...
