Manuscripts

The revelation revisions of 1835 and the fullness of the gospel

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Description: Two works by Jack Raveill examining revisions made to the Revelations of Joseph Smith. The first, The Revelation Revisions of 1935, offers a word by word comparison of the Early Revelations and 1835 Revisions. Appendices include "Historical Events Relating to the Revelations of Joseph Smith, Jr., and the Financial Law;" statements removed from the 1835 Revisions; a page number index for The Far West Record (1983); and the text of two unpublished Revelations of Joseph Smith, from May 15, 1829, and March 1832.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1984.
Call number: mssHM 72838
Creator: Raveill, Jack(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Jack Raveill, 1984.
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Mormon theory of church and state : a dissertation

Manuscripts

Typewritten dissertation for Jensen's Ph.D. degree in philosophy from the University of Chicago. The dissertation describes the separation of church and state in Mormon theology and philosophy, with an emphasis on the theological underpinnings of Mormon political practices. Includes a descriptions of Mormon links to Islamic practices (including a comparison of Mohammed and Joseph Smith and the Mormon "jihad"); the "theocratic era" in Illinois from 1839 to 1840 and the 1846-1849 theocracy in Iowa and Utah; the creation of government for the State of Deseret and Nauvoo, Illinois; the western expansion of the Mormon church; the establishment of Mormon ecclesiastical courts; conflicts between Mormon and non-Mormon factions; and speculations on the future of the Mormon church. Also covers church and political history centered around Joseph Smith and Brigham Young. Includes a table of contents and bibliography.

mssHM 72273

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The complete mystery of Matthew Alcott : heritage of secrets

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Some of the thirty-plus polygamous marriages Joseph Smith engaged in before his death in 1844 shocked Matt's sensibilities, but nothing affected him like discovering Smith's last revelation. The church fathers told him the revelation was bogus. Matt knew different. People had a right to know. Matt learned the hard way: it was the sacred duty of the patriarchy to protect the membership from all things non-faith promoting. After a harrowing attempt on his life Matt was forced to disappear in order to write his book. When completed his publisher informed him that a Salt Lake City law firm, representing an undisclosed party, offered two million to buy his manuscript outright.

637627

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1835-1849

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A collection of 422 items from 1835 to 1886, it consists of military, personal, and family papers of Mansfield Lovell. The bulk of the collection consists of correspondence, dispatches, communications, reports, and other military records accumulated by Lovell during his military career, particularly his command of Department No. 1. Correspondents include Judah P. Benjamin, Johnson K. Duncan, Joseph E. Johnston, and others. Also included are Lovell's letter books, special and general order books, and items relating to Lovell's Court of Inquiry. The collection also includes a group of manuscripts dealing with Lovell's Mexican War experience, including his journals from 1848 to 1849, correspondence, memoranda, and other items. Personal and family papers include letters to Mansfield Lovell from his brother Joseph Lovell written from Yale, Williams College, Poughkeepsie Collegiate School, and elsewhere from 1836 to 1847, Lovell's valedictory address at West Point, notes on travel in Virginia, New York, and Canada from 1842 to1843, correspondence between Mansfield Lovell and Emily Plympton Lovell from 1862 to 1863, and miscellaneous papers dealing with the family property.

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Logbook of a whaling voyage in the South Atlantic and the Southwest Indian Ocean, 1833-1835

Manuscripts

The logbook author and ship are unidentified. Brief entries date from September 23, 1833 to February 6, 1835 and mention the ship's position, weather, prevailing winds, other ships sighted, and whales encountered with outcomes (these entries are usually marked with inked images of whales). There is little mention of land sighted or visits ashore, though the entry for February 19, 1834 notes Table Bay, Cape of Good Hope and the several pages following record the voyage from Table Bay to the Indian Ocean.

mssHM 26610

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The Book of Mormon and plural marriage :

Manuscripts

A facsimile of Tanner's paper asserting that the Book of Mormon has always condemned plural marriage and that Mormon leaders in various periods believed that if Joseph Smith's revelation concerning polygamy were false, the entire Mormon religion would be false. The manuscript is a compliation of annonated citations from numerous religious publications (including the Book of Mormon, Doctrine and Covenants, History of the Church, and the Bible) and from the writings, speeches, and testimony of several important figures in the history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and the Senate hearings on the election of Reed Smoote, a Mormon apostle, to Congress (1904-1907).

mssHM 69947

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1835-1908

Manuscripts

A collection of 371 items from 1835 to 1938, which contains letters, manuscripts, documents, and maps, in both English and Spanish, related to the life and career of Reginaldo Francisco Del Valle. It includes material on California politics and government, water resources, agriculture in the Owens Valley, the St. Francis Dam disaster, Stephen Mallory White, the Del Valle family (including a copy of the will of Ygnacio del Valle) and the William Mulholland Memorial. There are also land papers for the Camulos Ranch in Ventura County, California.

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