Manuscripts

First Trial of John D. Lee

Description: The collection contains the complete typed and shorthand records of the Mountain Meadows Massacre trial, held in Beaver, Utah, from 1875 to 1877. It also contains Boreman's personal correspondence, records of the 2nd Judicial District Court of Utah, 1857 to 1877, and Boreman's reminiscences of early Utah life and legislation. Several items talk about Brigham Young's divorce from his 17th wife, Anne Eliza Young.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1875 July-August
Call number: HM 16903-16906
Creator: Boreman, Jacob S (1831-1913)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased from G.F. Boreman, September 1934.
Restrictions: Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.

Second Trial of John D. Lee

Manuscripts

The collection contains the complete typed and shorthand records of the Mountain Meadows Massacre trial, held in Beaver, Utah, from 1875 to 1877. It also contains Boreman's personal correspondence, records of the 2nd Judicial District Court of Utah, 1857 to 1877, and Boreman's reminiscences of early Utah life and legislation. Several items talk about Brigham Young's divorce from his 17th wife, Anne Eliza Young.

HM 16907-16914

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Correspondence and notes

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HM 16915-16937

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Jacob Smith Boreman papers

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mssHM 16903-16937

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Kimball Young notes from the Salt Lake daily review newspaper

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Kimball Young's notes from the Salt Lake Daily Review newspaper in which Kimball briefly summarizes the contents of each issue. In addition to frequent references to Brigham Young, short notes are included on the Mountain Meadows Massacre, polygamy, women's suffrage, and Utah statehood.

mssHM 73054

Statements on John D. Lee and the Mountain Meadows Massacre, assembled by Edna L. Brimhall, Marion Lee, and Sarah Virginia Lee [microform]: 1929-1931

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Microfilm of typed statements, letters, and other documents assembled by John D. Lee's grandchildren Edna L. Brimhall, Marion Lee, and Sarah Virginia Lee. The stated purpose of the manuscript is to "teach the truth about a much misrepresented affair [the Mountain Meadows Massacre], and to show that the family need not be ashamed of John D. Lee, but can be proud of him." It begins with a brief biography of Lee and some letters to and from Mormon Church officials regarding Lee's life and the teaching of the Mountain Meadows Massacre in school history books. The majority of the document consists of statements on Lee's character and perceptions of the events of Mountain Meadows made by his relatives and acquaintances, including Lehi Smithson, Samuel B. Curtis, Lorenzo Watson, Juliette Low, Walter J. Winsor, Samuel B. Tenney, Thomas Kimball, Frances Kimball, Alice S. Harris, John D. Young, B.W. Richardson, William N. Young, Lucinda Lee, John Amasa Lee, Evans Coleman, William Franklin Lee, Edith Robinson, Amorah Lee Smithson, and Benjamin Samuel Johnson.

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John D. Lee diaries (originals)

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A collection of 99 items from 1841 to 1967; the collection consists of diaries, letters, documents and manuscripts primarily by John Doyle Lee. There is a letter by William W. Bishop that includes a list of names of persons in and present at the Mountain Meadows Massacre (mssHM 31237). There are also letters by and to several of John D. Lee's wives. There are six volumes of diaries by John D. Lee which span the years 1846 to 1876, as well as several facsimiles of Lee's diaries dating 1841 to 1860, and one diary of his wife, Rachel Andora Woolsey Lee, from 1856 to 1860. Many of the items in the collection are contemporary copies or facsimiles.

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Second Trial of John D. Lee

Correspondence and notes

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Statements on John D. Lee and the Mountain Meadows Massacre, assembled by Edna L. Brimhall, Marion Lee, and Sarah Virginia Lee [microform]: 1929-1931

John D. Lee diaries (originals)