Manuscripts
Frederick Kesler papers
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Journals, financial papers, and newspaper clippings
Manuscripts
A collection of 184 items from 1852 to 1898; it consists of correspondence and journals relating to Frederick Kesler and his duties as a master millwright and bishop of the 16th Ward, as well as financial papers and newspaper clippings. Correspondents in the collection include John M. Bernhisel, George Reynolds, Joseph F. Smith, and Brigham Young. A major portion of the correspondence and manuscripts relate to the divorce between Frederick Kesler and Jane Elizabeth Pratt Kesler and Abigail Dow Snow Kesler. The material covers the reasons for the divorces as well as the financial compensation they would receive from Kesler per the instructions of Brigham Young. The 58 journals written by Frederick Kesler primarily contain notes on mills, tithing records and receipts for expenditures in the ward. A journal written by Alexander Ott includes the names of and provisions provided to Mormon immigrants.
mssHM 63493-63537
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Journals
Manuscripts
A collection of 184 items from 1852 to 1898; it consists of correspondence and journals relating to Frederick Kesler and his duties as a master millwright and bishop of the 16th Ward, as well as financial papers and newspaper clippings. Correspondents in the collection include John M. Bernhisel, George Reynolds, Joseph F. Smith, and Brigham Young. A major portion of the correspondence and manuscripts relate to the divorce between Frederick Kesler and Jane Elizabeth Pratt Kesler and Abigail Dow Snow Kesler. The material covers the reasons for the divorces as well as the financial compensation they would receive from Kesler per the instructions of Brigham Young. The 58 journals written by Frederick Kesler primarily contain notes on mills, tithing records and receipts for expenditures in the ward. A journal written by Alexander Ott includes the names of and provisions provided to Mormon immigrants.
mssHM 63493-63537
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Manuscripts and correspondence
Manuscripts
Box contains manuscripts and correspondence by Brigham Young and others (HM 63493-63537).
mssHM 63493-63537
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Frederick Thomas Perris letterbook
Manuscripts
Letterbook kept by Fred Thomas Perris while he worked as an agent for Cronyn and Perris, general merchandise of Salt Lake City. The volume references Perris' Mormon customers, including Brigham Young. It includes entries from New York, St. Louis, and North Platte, Nebraska, among other cities.
mssHM 35296
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Frederick Samuel Dellenbaugh correspondence
Manuscripts
This collection consists of 32 letters between Frederick Samuel Dellenbaugh and family and friends including letters from Irving Bacheller and Elwood P. Bonney. The letters from Bacheller are mainly personal with references to a screenplay. Bonney's letters include subjects on the Colorado River, John W. Powell, and the Grand Canyon. There is a manuscript by Maria Dellenbaugh McFarland titled, Graphic Account of the Emigration of the Dellenbaugh Family...1824-1827. In addition, there is an excerpt from B. [or R?] Young on the cause of death of three men from Powell's 1869 expedition.
mssHM 80532-80565
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Frederick Samuel Dellenbaugh correspondence
Manuscripts
This collection consists of 32 letters between Frederick Samuel Dellenbaugh and family and friends including letters from Irving Bacheller and Elwood P. Bonney. The letters from Bacheller are mainly personal with references to a screenplay. Bonney's letters include subjects on the Colorado River, John W. Powell, and the Grand Canyon. There is a manuscript by Maria Dellenbaugh McFarland titled, Graphic Account of the Emigration of the Dellenbaugh Family...1824-1827. In addition, there is an excerpt from B. [or R?] Young on the cause of death of three men from Powell's 1869 expedition.
mssHM 80532-80565