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Oliver Cowdery transcription of a letterbook to Warren and Lyman Cawdery : Far West, Mo

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    Letter book, docket, and correspondence of Oliver Cowdery, bulk (1833-1838)

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    The unbound letter book consists primarily of copies of letters written by Oliver Cowdery. They cover such subjects as his duties as editor of the Evening and Morning Star, problems regarding the procurement of printing equipment, his political aspirations, the persecution of Mormons in Missouri, discussion on church doctrine, and his excommunication from the church.

    mssHM 63646-63653

  • Oliver Cowdery Letter Book

    Oliver Cowdery Letter Book

    Manuscripts

    The unbound letter book consists primarily of copies of letters written by Oliver Cowdery. They cover such subjects as his duties as editor of the Evening and Morning Star, problems regarding the procurement of printing equipment, his political aspirations, the persecution of Mormons in Missouri, discussion on church doctrine, and his excommunication from the church. Some of the addressees are Richard M. Johnson (1780-1850), Sidney Rigdon (1793-1876), Martin Van Buren (1782-1862), and Newel Kimball Whitney (1795-1850).

    mssHM 63646

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    A trip to the far west : lecture

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    This lecture details a trip the British speaker took to the United States and Canada in 1877 (the speaker's name is unknown). His travel companion for some of the trip was Reverend Thomas Harwood Pattison who would become the Pastor of the First Baptist Church, Hartford, Conn. The trip started in New York City after a voyage from Liverpool. He and Pattison traveled throughout New England and Canada, making stops in Boston, Providence, Poughkeepsie, Albany, Saratoga, Montreal, Toronto, and Niagara Falls. In Johnsbury, Vermont they heard a talk by Henry Ward Beecher. The trip then took them to Detroit, Chicago, St. Louis, Kansas City, Omaha and Salt Lake City; while in Kansas City, Pattison returns to England . The speaker describes in detail the Rocky Mountains and the canyons of Utah. While in Salt Lake City he attends a Mormon service and describes the Tabernacle and the Mormon people in attendance. He then crossed the Sierra Nevadas and stopped in Sacramento, Oakland, San Francisco and Yosemite. On his train trip to San Francisco, he met a group of American Indians, whom he describes in detail as well as some men of "questionable character." His last stop, before returning to New York City, is at the Mammoth Caves in Kentucky. The speaker, throughout the lecture, makes comments on "Americans," the people he met along the way, the landscapes he saw, and the events he attended (church services, fairs).

    mssHM 71164

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    David Clarkson letterbook, (bulk 1766-1775)

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    Letters written by David Clarkson between November 1765 and December 1780, mostly dealing with his attempts to collect debts, the property of his uncle and aunt in the Netherlands, political news, especially the consequences of the Stamp Act, settlement of the estate of a Mrs. Brockhurst; the Charity School of Trinity Church, and his brother Levinus and Matthew.

    mssHM 42383

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    Olive Helms Mulholland correspondence

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    The correspondence of Olive Helms Mulholland chiefly contains letters by her to her husband and daughter, as well as letters to her from her parents, in-laws, sisters, college friends, and colleagues in YWCA and church groups. The correspondence describes various aspects of women's lives in the Midwest and Southern California including professional activities, charity and church work, etc. The letters from her father, R. E. Helms, contain accounts of his various business pursuits. The letters from her daughter Rachel Isabel Mulholland Cramer describe her studies at Knox College and Mills College.

    mssMulholland

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    Oliver Eldridge journals

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    Two journals that Capt. Oliver Eldridge kept from Feb. 7, 1857 and Dec. 31, 1866 , and from May 31, 1876 and Mar. 4, 1894. The first journal also contains logs of the ships under Eldridge's command -- the Atlantic, State of Maine, Constitution, Golden Age, and Golden City, interspersed with personal entries. The personal entry concern Eldridge's family, friends, and business associates; social life in Massachusetts, New York, and San Francisco, war news, travels, etc. Also included a copy of the resolution of the meeting of the passengers of the Atlantic expressing their appreciation to Capt. Oliver Eldridge for his exemplary command of the ship (1856, June 21) The resolution is signed, among other, by Millard Fillmore and Erastus Corning.

    mssHM 70388-70390