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  Correspondence, photographs, and manuscripts related to the Rich family [microform] : 1854-1908

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  Microfilm of photographs, letters, and typed manuscripts primarily related to Joseph Coulson Rich and Ann Eliza Hunter Rich. The first 48 frames of the microfilm include various photographs of Rich family members. The correspondence, consisting of 90 pieces, includes a letter from Charles C. Rich to his sons (1854); 19 letters from Edward Hunter to Joseph and Ann Eliza Rich dated 1872-1883; 5 letters from Sarah D. Pea Rich to Joseph C. Rich and James Brown dated 1859-1861; 6 letters from Ann Hunter to dear sister (1851), Hannah Pauley (1854), Annabell Cowperthuik (1857), and Edward Hunter (1848); 50 letters from Joseph C. Rich to his sister Sarah Jane Rich (1855-1868), mother Sarah D. Pea Rich (1855-1887), father Charles Coulson Rich (1861-1870), grandfather Joseph Rich (1862), the President of the Derby Conference 1862), wife Ann Eliza Rich (1868-1885), father-in-law Edward Hunter (1869-1872), daughter Susanna L. Rich (1884-1893), and son Eddie C. Rich (1884); and one letter from Edmund Hood to Joseph C. Rich (1872). The correspondence was written in Utah, San Bernardino, Kentucky, New York, Illinois, Idaho (including while Rich was working at the Crawford and Rich law firm), and during Joseph Rich's mission to England. The rest of the film consists of various typescripts, including Paris, Idaho, by Standley H. Rich; Joe Rich's Account of Launching His Steamer on the Bear Lake; Pioneer Joseph Rich, 1786-1866 by Zule R. Cole (1948); Copy of a Record Written by Edward Hunter; Early Days in Bear Lake Valley by S.H. Rich; Will of Charles Coulson Rich; Health Report of the Charles Coulson Rich Family by Dr.Edward I. Rich; Joseph C. Rich citizenship certificate; and Funeral Services Held Over the Remains of the Hon.Joseph C. Rich (1908).

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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.

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

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  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.

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  Heritage of valor: the life story of Joseph C. Rich and Ann Eliza Hunter Rich [microform]: approximately 1950

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  Microfilm of the typescript manuscript of "Heritage of Valor," Ezra J. Poulsen's novelized life story of Joseph C. Rich and his wife Ann Eliza Hunter Rich. The story unfolds from approximately 1841-1930 and gives parallel accounts of the two protagonists' lives. Much of the story focuses on Joseph and Ann's experiences growing up Mormon and relating to their families, although it also includes stories of major life events such as Joseph's experiences crossing the plains to Utah, as a missionary in England and Wales, and in Bear Lake County, Idaho. The story appears to have been based on letters and family stories, and the microfilm includes a letter from Poulsen to Standley H. Rich laying an outline for the book and asking him various questions about his family's life.

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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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