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Charles C. (Charles Coulson) Rich letter to Sarah D. Rich

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Description: Letter from Charles Rich in Little Salt Lake City to his wife Sarah D. Rich in Great Salt Lake City, Deseret. Rich writes that he has been ill but is recovering, describes his supplies and food, and asks Sarah to pay the taxes at home. He writes that he will send her something when he gets to the mines, gives instructions on building a storehouse, and implores Sarah to "take special care of the children." He also includes notes to his children telling them to behave properly.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1851, April 20.
Call number: mssHM 72835
Creator: Rich, Charles C (1809-1883)(Opens in new tab)
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Charles C. and Sarah D. Rich letters

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Typescript of letters written by Charles C. Rich and his first wife Sarah D. (Pea) Rich from August 1, 1853, to January 11, 1863. Rich's letters are addressed to his wives, primarily his second wife Eliza A. (Graves) Rich. He writes from his missions in San Bernardino, California (August 1, 1853 and June 1, 1856) of hot weather, poor crops, and his intentions to leave when the "Lord wills." His letter from a mission in Liverpool, England (January 11, 1863) focuses on a Church conference held at Birmingham from January 1-6, 1863. Two other letters from Rich were written from Nottinghamshire, England (November 22, 1861) and South Wales (January 31, 1861). The majority of Rich's letters focus on instructions and well wishes for his wives and children. Also included is a letter from Sarah Rich to Eliza Rich, and a letter from Sarah to Charles Rich, sent from Salt Lake City and dated August 25, 1853. In it, Sarah writes of the death of their daughter Henrietta from scarlet fever, that the Indians are "at open war with us as a people" and had killed several Mormons at Parley's Canyon, her belief that "Old Bridger [James Bridger, 1804-1881] is at the head of all the war," and her fears about lack of money and supplies for the coming winter. Bound.

mssHM 72836

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Ben E. (Benjamin Erastus) Rich letter to Sarah D. Pea

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Letter from Benjamin Rich to his mother Sarah Pea, written from Ogden City, Utah. Rich writes that he likes Ogden "better and better every day" and that Brother Watson's family has been very kind to him. He also assures his mother that he has not had anything "stronger than coffee" to drink and that he has been staying out of trouble. Written on Zion's Co-operative Mercantile Institution letterhead.

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Rich family photographs

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Modern reproductions of 25 black and white photographs showing members of the Rich and Hunter families. Individual portraits include several of Charles Coulson Rich in middle and old age, three photographs of Sarah DeArmon Pea Rich in her 60s and 70s, and a photograph of Sarah Jane Rich Miller in her early 80s. Other portraits show Joseph C. Rich at age 19 (taken during his work on his father's mission to England in 1860), as a young attorney, at about the time he became judge of the Fifth District of Idaho, and with his wife, Ann Eliza Hunter Rich. Additional photographs depict Ann as a young girl, Joseph and Ann's three children (Edward, Susanna, and Sarah Jane), Ann's father Edward Hunter (taken in Salt Lake City in 1881), and Ann's mother Ann Standley Hunter. Also included are six family tree style pages with photographs depicting Charles Rich's wives and children, including his first wife Sarah DeArmon Pea, second wife Eliza Ann Graves (1811-1879), third wife Mary Ann Phelps (1829-1912), fourth wife Sarah Jane Peck (1825-1893), fifth wife Emeline Grover (1831-1917), and sixth wife Harriet Sargent (1832-1915).

mssHM 72988 (1-25)

Diary of Charles C. Rich [microform] : 1860-1864

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Microfilm of a diary and notebook kept by Charles C. Rich in 1860 and 1864. The volume opens with various saw mill and labor notes. The actual diary entries begin in 1860, when Rich was leaving New York for Philadelphia. The diary picks up again in 1864 when he was living in Salt Lake City. The volume also includes various notes on a schoolhouse and Rich's British mission, as well as miscellaneous account notes.

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Diaries of Joseph Coulson Rich [microform] : 1860-1869

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Microfilm of five diary volumes kept by Joseph C. Rich between 1860 and 1869. The first diary, dated 1860-1861, begins in Utah and follows Rich's overland travels to New York, his voyage to England, and his experiences during his British mission, primarily in the area around Nottingham. The second diary, dated 1861-1862, was also kept at Nottingham. Between the second and third diaries is a typed essay entitled "Joseph C. Rich in Memoriam" by S.A. Kenner. The third and fourth diaries were also kept in England in 1862, and the third volume also includes miscellaneous notes and poems primarily related to American Indians, as well as some receipts. The final diary volume was begun in 1869 when Rich was departing Uintah with an emigrant train to "perform a mission to our relatives and friends in the United States." It follows his rail travels through Omaha, Chicago, and Nauvoo, and ends while he was at Louisville.

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Autobiography of Sarah D. Pea Rich [microform] : 1893

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Microfilm of a typescript of Sarah D. Pea Rich's autobiography, copied at the Church Historian's Office by A.M. Rich in 1933. Includes a brief forward by Sarah Rich dated 1885 (the autobiography was finished in 1893). It begins with stories about Sarah's family history and her childhood in Illinois and Tennessee, and goes on to describe her family's conversion to Mormonism in 1835, of her first meeting with Charles C. Rich, experiences during her early years of marriage, mob violence against Mormons in Missouri, living in Nauvoo, her positive reminiscences on polygamy, the family's 1847 travels to Iowa, living in Mount Pisgah, traveling overland to Utah, and life in Utah during her husband's seven year mission to California. Also includes some genealogy.

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Charles C. (Charles Coulson) Rich letter to Sarah D. Rich

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