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Statement regarding payment for passing the Mortgage Tax Bill

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    John W. Barrett bill of sale for ship Walter Scott

    Manuscripts

    This manuscript is a bill of sale for one half of the ship Walter Scott, sold to George B. Upton by John W. Barrett. The ship is registered at the port of Nantucket, and Cromwell Bunker it its current shipmaster. Printed form, filled in and signed by hand.

    mssHM 4159

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    Tax list of the Salt Lake City Tax Assessors Office

    Manuscripts

    This manuscript is a tax list created by the assistant assessor's office of Salt Lake City, Utah. It records the names of individuals and companies, their location, the nature of their occupation or business, and the amount of tax. Such individuals and companies included are James Willard Cummings (1819-1883), William Samuel Godbe, Godbe & Mitchell, George Goddard (1815-1899), W. H. (William Henry) Hooper (b. 1813), Hosea Stout (1810-1889), Samuel Pierce Hoyt (1807-1889), William Henry Kimball, A. Milton Musser, W. H. H. (William Henry Harrison) Sharp, T. B. H. (Thomas B. H.) Stenhouse, and Edward Stevenson (1820-1897).

    mssHM 66418

  • Easter, 1916 [typescript manuscript]

    Easter, 1916 [typescript manuscript]

    Manuscripts

    The manuscript is the first typed copy of the poem Easter, 1916 by W. B. Yeats. It has handwritten corrections by Yeats.

    mssHM 43250

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    Memorandum regarding California Bi-Centennial and Centennial

    Manuscripts

    This memorandum by Frederick W. Cropp talks about the Bible being brought to California shortly after gold was discovered. He talks about Reverend Frederick Buel, the American Bible Society and the role of God and religion in California becoming part of the United States. With the memorandum is a facsimile copy of Cropp's article "Old Fine Gold in California," which he quotes in his memorandum.

    mssHM 75106

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    Los Angeles, California, 1894

    Rare Books

    B. W. Pierce notes lower left, "Finding it impossible to properly illustrate the whole city as seen from one direction, I found it necessary to make the view in two sections. The UPPER VIEW shows the city as seen from the Electric Power House, corner of Wilder St. and Central Ave. looking north. This section shows the business portion and is the main view. The LOWER VIEW shows all that part of the city not shown in the main view." Vignettes: Prominent buildings. "Printed by L. A. Litho. Co. Copyrighted by B. W. Pierce 1894." "Drawn & Lithographed by B. W. Pierce, Stimson Block." Prime meridian: GM. Relief: pictorial. Projection: Birds-eye view. Printing Process: Lithography. Other Features: Vignettes.

    152149

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    Miscellaneous newspapers and clippings regarding Mormons

    Manuscripts

    Several newspaper clippings, most from the Salt Lake City Daily Tribune, regarding opposition to Mormon doctrine and actions in Utah. The three full newspaper sheets from The Daily Tribune are dated May 16, 1886 (headline: "Jude Baskin's Speech before the House Judiciary Committee" regarding polygamy bill), October 17, 1886 (headline: "David Whitmer Talks: Interview with him on the first Book of Mormon"), and November 15, 1889 (headline: "Alien Oaths required of Mormons in the Endowment House"). Also included is a sheet from the Rocky Mountain Christian Advocate dated January 23, 1876 (headline: "Brigham Young's Record of Blood," a lecture delivered in the First M.F. Church by Rev. C.P. Lyford including references to the Mountain Meadows Massacre). In addition to the full sheets, there are several newspaper clippings, with articles including "Strong Doctrine: Brigham's Celebrated Blood Atonement and Polygamy Sermon" (September 21, 1856), a reprint of "Strong Speech: Out of Their Mouths, we Get Their Gospel" (discourse by Heber C. Kimball in the Bowery, dated October 1, 1856), an address to the members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from John Taylor, John Q. Cannon, and Joseph F. Smith on the Edmunds-Tucker Act (August 31, 1882), and a Mrs. B. Spurlock opinion column entitled "Utah: Hindrances to Our Work" (undated story on Mormons and polygamy).

    mssHM 75637