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Robert E. Lee letters to Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee
Manuscripts
Five letters that Robert E. Lee wrote to his wife during his service in Virginia and the Midwest (the summer of 1835): 1832, April 17, Old Point Comfort, Va. (HM 20560); 1832, July 6, Old Point Comfort, Va. (HM 23236); 1833, November 27, Fort Monroe, Va. (HM 23096); 1835, August 21, Detroit, Mich. (HM 20561), and 1835, September 2, South Bend, Ill. (HM 20562).
mssHM 20560-20562, HM 23096, HM 23236
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William A. Steel letterbooks
Manuscripts
Seven letterpress books of Steel's business and private outgoing business and personal correspondence: 1) 1862, Aug. 28 -- 1864, Feb. 29 (HM 76186); 2) 1864, Feb. 29 -- 1864, Dec. 21 (HM 76187); 3) 1864, Dec. 21 -- 1865, Dec. 18 (HM 76188); 4) 1865, Oct. 13 - 1867, June 15 (HM 76189); 5) 1867, June 15 -- 1869, Apr. 7 (HM 76190); 1870, Nov. 12 -- 1873, Jan. 14 (HM 76191); 7) 1875, Jan. 1 -- 1877, Oct. 22 (HM 76192).
mssHM 76186-76192
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William Young Empey Papers
Manuscripts
The bulk of the papers consist of account books, passenger lists, and receipts documenting William Young Empey's work in England and America as an agent of the Perpetual Emigration Fund (PEF) of the Mormon Church. There are also letters relating to Empey's service as a missionary in England and to his personal affairs in later life. Among these papers, which concentrate primarily upon the years 1853 and 1854, are lists of PEF passengers on emigrant vessels from Liverpool, bills of landing and receipts for the purchase and shipment of many goods to equip the emigrant parties, and receipts and promissory notes from the emigrants themselves for wagons and teams or supplies purchased for them by the PEF's agent. These various documents illuminate many phases of the emigration process and the Church's careful, business-like organization of all the details. Some notable items include William Empey's incomplete diary account of the pioneer expedition to the Salt Lake Valley and the operation of the North Platte ferry (HM 52586), Empey's account book including accounts kept for the PEF (HM 52587), an 1853 list of Danish Mormons who had provided money for the purchase of cattle, wagons and other material (HM 52599), lists of P. E. Fund passengers on board various ships sailing for the United States in 1854 (HM 52603, 52605-07 and 52610-11), and two letters from Samuel W. Richards to Empey discussing Mormon missionary work in Great Britain and emigration of the Saints to the United States (HM 52593 and 52597).
mssHM 52583-52617
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William Henry Pratt papers
Manuscripts
Collection consists of material relating to William Henry Pratt's activities in California. Items include a certificate for Pratt's appointment as Surveyor General of California signed by Benjamin Harrison, 1890 March 4 (HM 73028); a certificate for his appointment as Collector of Customs for Humboldt County signed by Chester A. Arthur, 1883 December 26 (HM 73026); a typescript letter signed congratulating Pratt from then-Governor of Ohio William McKinley, 1893 November 13 (HM 73029); a letter addressed to "Lyman" in which Pratt writes of the ships Corona and Pomona, and a postcard of a ship at Fort Ross sent to Pratt by "Walter." Also included is a certificate appointing Jared Turner Deputy Postmaster of Georgetown, California, signed by President James Buchanan, dated 1857 August 14 (HM 73027).
mssHM 73026-73031
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William Henry Pratt papers
Manuscripts
Collection consists of material relating to William Henry Pratt's activities in California. Items include a certificate for Pratt's appointment as Surveyor General of California signed by Benjamin Harrison, 1890 March 4 (HM 73028); a certificate for his appointment as Collector of Customs for Humboldt County signed by Chester A. Arthur, 1883 December 26 (HM 73026); a typescript letter signed congratulating Pratt from then-Governor of Ohio William McKinley, 1893 November 13 (HM 73029); a letter addressed to "Lyman" in which Pratt writes of the ships Corona and Pomona, and a postcard of a ship at Fort Ross sent to Pratt by "Walter." Also included is a certificate appointing Jared Turner Deputy Postmaster of Georgetown, California, signed by President James Buchanan, dated 1857 August 14 (HM 73027).
mssHM 73026-73031
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William E. Lovett letters to Elizabeth Lovett Lee Davis
Manuscripts
In these two letters to his cousin, dated 1863, September 3 and 1864, January 15, William E. Lovett writes of political details in California, and advises Elizabeth on her own personal legal matters. HM 16515 also contains a short note written in a different hand addressed "Dear Mom" and signed "Your son, John."
mssHM 16515-16516