Manuscripts

Father Joseph O'Reilly letter to Olive Percival

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Description: In this letter, the current pastor of Mission San Juan Bautista, regretfully informs Miss Percival that Father Closa [Father Ricardo Valentin Closa, 1841-1916] died three years earlier and that he is now the current pastor. He writes that the sundial is still "recording time in the garden."
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1919, August 19.
Call number: mssHM 16374
Creator: O'Reilly, Joseph(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Florence Kreider, June 26, 1945.
Dimensions: 23 cm

Joseph C. Sasia letter to Olive Percival

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In this letter, Fr. Sasia regrets that he was unable to secure any reliable information on the sundial at the San Juan Bautista Mission, but if she would write the present rector of the mission, he might be able to furnish some information. He gives the name and address of the rector and promises to keep her letter on file and contact her should he find any information on the sundial.

mssHM 16373

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Joseph Gregorio letter to the Duchess de Aveiro y Arcos

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In this brief letter, Father Joseph Gregorio informs the Duchess de Aveiro of the departure of Father Eusebio Kino to the missions of California.

mssHM 22488

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Joseph Smith, Jr. letter to Oliver Granger

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Letter from Joseph Smith to Oliver Granger written from Nauvoo, Illinois. Smith writes of not receiving Granger's previous letters and that their content may have changed the "proceeding of [the] last Conference." He writes that they thought it "advisable to appoint someone to preside in Kirtland," and asks Granger to join Brother Babbit in the work. Smith asserts his hopes for Granger's welfare and "prosperity for the Saints in Kirtland." He also writes of Granger's securing of the "keys of the Lords House" and that he might pay a visit after the "New York debt is settled." The attribution of the signature to Joseph Smith is questionable, and the letter may have been written by Smith's secretary Robert B. Thompson.

mssHM 28168

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John Conness letter to Joseph F. Wilson

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Conness informs Wilson that he has moved, and will be happy to host Wilson and his wife when they have time to visit.

mssHM 29229

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William Knight letter to Edward Meyer Kern

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William Knight informs Kern that he has "lost part of his pack." He requests that if it is found, to send it to his wife Lucy in Sonoma, and to reward the finder.

mssHM 20658

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Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo letter to Edward Meyer Kern

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Señor Vallejo informs Mr. Kern that he has returned home from the prison at Fort Sutter, and is sending Mr. Kern the items he promised. In Spanish, with undated one-page typescript translation by H. Noya.

mssHM 20662

Father Joseph O'Reilly letter to Olive Percival

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