Archive: "Missouri" Tag
L. Tom Perry Special Collections is pleased to announce the availability of a new digitized collection: Jackson County, Missouri, tax receipts (MSS SC 631). The collection includes seven individual state and county property tax receipts for various properties owned in Jackson County, Missouri, from 1839 to 1843. While there are no known connections to Latter-day …
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In honor of those who lost their lives during the Haun’s Mill Massacre 179 years ago today, L. Tom Perry Special Collections is pleased to announce the availability of a new digitized collection: Joseph Hawkins papers (Vault MSS 724). This collection includes six items relating to Joseph Hawkins’ role in the Mormon War in Missouri. From …
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June 26, 2017 by Ryan K. Lee •
family bible,
Far West,
genealogy,
Hyrum Smith,
Illinois,
Jerusha Smith,
Joseph Smith Sr.,
Kirtland,
Lucy Mack Smith,
Missouri,
Nauvoo,
Ohio,
property records,
William Marks,
William Robinson
As we prepare to remember the lives of Joseph and Hyrum Smith on the 173rd anniversary of their deaths on June 27th, L. Tom Perry Special Collections is pleased to announce the availability of additional documents from the Hyrum Smith papers (Vault MSS 774) that were recently digitized. These include property records and a family record. The …
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November 10, 2014 by Ryan K. Lee •
Civil War,
Dixie Cotton Mission,
Gold Rush,
Joseph Smith,
martyrdom,
Missouri,
Mormon Battalion,
St. George,
Sutter's Mill,
Utah
This week we are highlighting another item from our 19th Century Mormon and Western Manuscripts that was digitized this past year: the (Auto)biography of Samuel Miles. Samuel Miles Jr., son of Samuel Miles Sr. and Prudence Marks, was born on April 8, 1826 in Attica, New York. During the winter of 1833-1834, after moving to …
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On October 27, 1838, Missouri governor Lilburn W. Boggs issued Missouri Executive Order 44, known more commonly among Latter-day Saints as the “Extermination Order,” in response to the conflict between Mormon and Missouri settlers in the northwestern counties of the state. The premise of the order was that the Mormons should be “exterminated” or driven from the …
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At this time of year the minds and hearts of many Utahans and members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints across the world often drift toward the pioneers of the Church and the stories of their toil and sacrifice to trek to the Great Basin and establish a place of refuge where …
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Few stories from the early history of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints create stronger emotions and more vivid images than those from the Church’s first ventures into Missouri. Words like “Adam-ondi-Ahman” or “the New Jerusalem” often emit feelings of joy and excitement. However, mention Hawn’s Mill, Governor Boggs and his “Extermination Order,” …
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