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Ann Moore journals, (bulk 1756-1760)
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Mary Ann Hafen reminiscences
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This small group consists of three letters Mary wrote to her children and relatives as well as two versions of reminiscences of her family's voyage from Switzerland to New York City and then on to Utah in a handcart company. In these accounts she describes the harsh conditions of their journey to Utah and the struggles of frontier and pioneer life. With the help of her son, Le Roy Reuben Hafen (1893-), his wife Ann W. (Ann Woodbury) Hafen (1893-1970), and granddaughter, Juanita Brooks (1898-), Mary was able to publish her life story, "Recollections of a handcart pioneer of 1860: with some account of frontier life in Utah and Nevada" in 1938.
mssHM 66379-66383
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Moore family papers, (bulk 1850-1930)
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Boxes 1-3 contain correspondence, organized alphabetically by the last name of the sender. The correspondence contains letters sent to Rebecca Lash Miller by J. A. Heagy, her longtime suitor. The correspondence, dated between 1861 and 1865, describes the couples courtship, secret engagement, and break up. Heagy was studying to be a minister, and Miller's parents actively discouraged their relationship, possibly on the grounds that Miller possessed little wealth. The letters could be of use to a scholar interested in the culture of 19th-century courtship, perhaps particularly the interesting literary genre of the love-letter. Heagy's demonstrative and lengthy missives negotiate a fine balance between making love with paper and pen and confronting the practical, business side of marriage. The correspondence also includes letters from Maria N. James to Dr. John P. Moore, dated between 1869 and 1871. The correspondence between James and Moore is that of friends, though perhaps not strictly. James' letters betray her jealousy over Moore's time spent with mutual female friends in company, and James' laments that the two of them will never be more than friends. James works in secretarial positions, and often wishes she had more time to be sociable and be seen. Again, these letters might be of use to scholars interested in the history of 19th century courtship and love (though this was strictly flirtation, it is clear that James feels deeply for Moore).
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Sophronia Moore Martin autobiography
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This typescript of Sophronia Moore Martin describes her family's relocation from Nauvoo, Illinois, to Council Bluffs, Iowa, and then to Salt Lake City, Utah. It also depicts her life as a Mormon wife and mother living on the Utah frontier.
mssHM 66673
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John Moore papers, (bulk 1761-1828)
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Miscellaneous papers, chiefly business records and business correspondence of John Moore and his father, with a few letters of his sons John and Townsend Moore. There are a few items relating to the New York politics, including a letter to a newspaper editor containing an attack against the Church of England (1769), and a satire depicting political parties of the revolutionary New York
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Ann Jordan album; or selections from many authors; interspersed with drawings and poetry, 1828-approximately 1885
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An illustrated commonplace album with transcribed verses, watercolors, and drawings; the album was a gift to Ann Jordan from her brother W. P. Jordan in 1828. The album contains 27 watercolor illustrations including flowers and butterflies (the latter usually cut and pasted to various leaves), and nine pencil sketches. Also included are poems by Thomas H. Bayly, Mary Ann Browne, Lady Byron, Lord Byron, Benjamin Franklin, Oliver Goldsmith, Peter Pindar (whose real name was John Wolcot), Ann Radcliffe, and George R. Sims. The album contains a number of blank pages and is bound in contemporary red half morocco; the corners and spine are worn and damaged.
mssHM 84113
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Ann S. Ludlum letter to Eliza Jane Brown Anderson
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In this letter, Ann S. Ludlum thanks Eliza Jane Brown Anderson for the gift of "the album with the photographs of your husband and family" and relates the news of the mutual friend, Mrs. Colo. Chambliss. She notes that San Antonio, Texas "is improving rapidly," with "things are beginning to resume the appearance of old times," and people in "the country" being "very anxious to resume their political relations with the government."
mssHM 75842