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Hosea Stout autobiography

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Description: This is a typescript of the autobiography written by Hosea Stout in 1845 for the Eleventh Quorum of Seventies in Nauvoo, Illinois. In it he describes the early period of his life from his childhood to his service in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He includes his move from Illinois to Missouri to join the Mormons in Caldwell County as well as providing details about his participation in the Battle of Crooked Creek, covering the attack, the death of David Wyman Patten (ca. 1800-1838), and the escape of the Mormons into Iowa
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Production date: 1845.
Call number: mssHM 66521
Creator: Stout, Hosea (1810-1889)(Opens in new tab)

Stout family correspondence [microform] : 1836-1859

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Microfilm of 29 letters sent to or by Hosea Stout and his brother Allen Stout between 1836 and 1859. Recipients of letters from Hosea Stout include his wife Louisa Stout, his sisters Surmantha and Anna Stout, and his brother Allen Stout. Letters to Hosea Stout were written by Brigham Young, Allen Stout, Willard Richards, and Stout's cousins Daniel B. Capps in Grainger County, Tennessee, and Thomas Smith. There is also correspondence between Allen Stout and Benjamin Jones, William Fowler, John and Lydia Larkey, and John and Sarah Capps. The letters, which are not in chronological or alphabetical order on the reel, were sent from Illinois, Utah, Arkansas, California, Missouri, Tennessee, and Iowa. Some notable items include a letter from Hosea to his sister Anna in which he writes that he had failed in getting a school and that "it appears that misfortune comes upon me at every attempt to make an honest living" (Apr.5, 1832). A letter to Hosea from his cousin Daniel B. Capps asks for a description of the Mormons, as Capps had heard some disconcerting stories about them, although he concludes that "I do not want you to think this is a reprimand against you for joining their society, for it is not" (June 6, 1839). A series of letters to Louisa Stout from 1852-1853 describe Hosea's mission to Iron County, include portions of a journal he kept while traveling to Los Angeles and sailing to Monterey Harbor and ultimately San Francisco to arrange for passage to Hong Kong, and his dissatisfaction with the Mormon mission work in San Francisco ("We can do nothing here among the Chinese"). There is also a letter from Allen Stout informing Hosea of Louisa's death in childbirth while he was serving on a mission in Hong Kong (Apr.11, 1853), and a letter from Brigham Young to Stout while he was still in Hong Kong in which Young writes of troubles in Utah with "Walker and his band of Utes," who had murdered Brother Kill, John Dixon, John Quayle, and William Walton, terrorized the populations of Springfield and settlements in Sanpete County (including causing the abandonment of Salt and Summit Creeks) and fled into the mountains. Young also writes that many new Mormon immigrants have been arriving, of the Temple Block wall construction, and of Stout's family living with Allen Taylor after Louisa's death (Sep.30, 1853).

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Journal of Hosea Stout, vol.8, [microform]: 1829-1889

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Microfilm of the Journal of Hosea Stout, Vol. 8, 1829-1889. Divided into four parts. Part I includes letters to and from Stout and the Capps family, Stout's wives Surmantha and Louisa, Allen J. Stout, Benjamin Jones, William Fowler, Thomas Smith, John Larkey, Major General Wilson Law, Hyrum Smith, Willard Richards, Charles C. Rich, Parley Pratt, John Taylor, Brigham Young, and various letters related the Nauvoo Legion. It also contains proclamations and certificates regarding Stout's elections to the Representative Assembly for the Utah Territory and related events, as well as a family record of births, marriages, and deaths. Part II includes Stout's phonographical chart book and items related to the Nauvoo Legion. Part III includes references to Stout from the Journal History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (1838-1889). Part IV consists of family reminiscences of Stout by L. Lee. Includes a detailed index of contents. The reel also contains a printed biography of Stout.

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Journal of Hosea Stout, vol.8, [microform]: 1829-1889

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Microfilm of the Journal of Hosea Stout, Vol. 8, 1829-1889. Divided into four parts. Part I includes letters to and from Stout and the Capps family, Stout's wives Surmantha and Louisa, Allen J. Stout, Benjamin Jones, William Fowler, Thomas Smith, John Larkey, Major General Wilson Law, Hyrum Smith, Willard Richards, Charles C. Rich, Parley Pratt, John Taylor, Brigham Young, and various letters related the Nauvoo Legion. It also contains proclamations and certificates regarding Stout's elections to the Representative Assembly for the Utah Territory and related events, as well as a family record of births, marriages, and deaths. Part II includes Stout's phonographical chart book and items related to the Nauvoo Legion. Part III includes references to Stout from the Journal History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (1838-1889). Part IV consists of family reminiscences of Stout by L. Lee. The entire reel opens with a detailed index of contents.

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Stouts, Hosea

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Professional and personal papers of Otis R. Marston and his collection of the materials on the history of Colorado River and Green River regions.

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Wandle Mace autobiography

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Manuscript of Wandle Mace's autobiography, a vivid and thorough firsthand account of the early days of the Mormon Church. Mace writes of the "extermination" of Mormons in Missouri, the order from Joseph Smith to purchase land in Illinois, the election of Brigham Young as president of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, the arrests and trials of various Mormon leaders, the founding of Nauvoo, Smith's trips to Washington, the story of the seeing stones Urim and Thummin, a variety of Church conferences (including notes on charters, the organization of the Church, and doctrinal debates), Smith's death, a speech by Lucy Mack Smith to Mormons in Nauvoo after her son's death, the exodus from Nauvoo in 1846, the death of Parley Pratt, discord between Church members and Brigham Young, the arrival of Thomas B. Marsh in 1857, and many theological thoughts and quotations. Mace also recounts events in his personal life, including his early years as an apprentice, his invention of a portable mill and other mechanical devices, his observance of a meteor shower on November 8, 1833, his doubts about organized religion and impromptu preaching to the poor, his introduction to and acceptance of Mormonism, the deaths of his wife and nine of his children, and moves throughout New York, Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, and Utah. The end of the volume includes handwritten copies of various essays, including Celestial Family Organization by Parley Pratt (1845); a funeral sermon preached by Joseph Smith on the death of Elder King Follett (1844); One Hundred Years Hence, 1845-1995: A Vision (published in the Millennial Star, 1845); Two Minutes in Jail, an account of the death of Joseph Smith by Willard Richards (published in the Nauvoo Neighbor); a discourse on priesthood by Joseph Smith (1839); The Origin, Object, and Destiny of Women by John Taylor (1857); and another discourse by Joseph Smith dated 1844. The final pages include genealogical notes on the Mace family that appear to have been added at a later date. The manuscript is in the handwriting of Mace's wife, Rebecca E. Howell Mace.

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Wandle Mace autobiography

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Carbon copy typescript of a greatly abridged version of Wandle Mace's autobiography, covering events from his childhood until his death in 1890. The majority of the autobiographical excerpts included focus on Mace's family life and his travels with the Mormons through Illinois, Missouri, Iowa, and Utah.

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Hosea Stout autobiography

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