Manuscripts

Record of orders, returns, and court martials of 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, Nauvoo Legion [microform]: 1857-1858

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Description: Microfilm of a typescript of the Nauvoo Legion record book, kept in Salt Lake City from 1857-1858. The typescript was made from the original by Brigham Young University in 1946. The majority of the volume consists of orders and instructions given by Brigadier General Franklin D. Richards to Legion officers, including Jesse P. Harmon, Thomas Callister, A.H. Raleigh, John Bennion, Samuel Bennion, James Ferguson, Jonathan Pugmire, James G. Willis, David Pettigrew, Heman Hyde, John Cottam, John Rowberg, A.L. Fullmer, Reddin A. Aldre, K.W. Richards, and George D. Grant. It also includes detailed battalion-by-battalion charts, including lists of names with ranks, supplies given, remarks on duties, and other notes.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1857; 1858
Call number: MSS MFilm 00377
Creator: Deseret

Diary and family record of May Hunt Larson [microform]: 1894-1942

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Microfilm of a diary and genealogical and family record kept by May Hunt Larson. The diary, identified as Journal No.2, was kept at Snowflake, Arizona, from 1897-1907. In it May records her daily activities, her attendance of church and suffrage meetings, and news on family members and acquaintances. The second volume, identified as Journal No.1 and dated 1894, contains a detailed family history and genealogy. The family history includes a detailed memoir covering the years 1866-1896. It also includes a history of Jefferson Hunt, with references to his service in the Nauvoo Legion and Mormon Battalion, as well as copied biographies of various family members including John Hunt, Happylona Sanford Hunt, Sarah Jane Crosby Hunt, Belle Hunt Flake, Mons Larson, and Louisa Barnes Pratt. The genealogy in the volume goes through 1942.

MSS MFilm 00311

Auotobiography and diary of James Pace [microform] : 1832-1888

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Microfilm of a typescript of James Pace's autobiography and diary, made from the original by Brigham Young University in 1946.The autobiography covers Pace's early life in Tennessee, his move to Illinois in 1832, his baptism into the Mormon Chuch, the births of his children, serving in the Nauvoo Legion and Nauvoo police department, his mission to Arkansas (1844), fleeing Nauvoo and traveling to Pisgah (1846), joining the Mormon Battalion and marching to California, including references to traveling through Arizona, Nevada, and Idao, passing through Utah on his way back to Winter Quarters (1847), working in Missouri and finally emigrating to Utah in 1850, his mission to England (1852-1855), his being called to Wahsington County (1861), his family's move to Arizona (1882), and added notes on his death in 1888. Also included is Pace's Mormon Battalion diary (1846-1847), which includes references to his enlistment, overland travels, interactions with Mexican villagers, arriving in San Bernardino, rationing and camp life, travel to the "Spanish settlement" in Tucson, trading with Maricopa Indians, difficult travels down the Gila and Colorado Rivers, arrival at Warner's Ranch, travels to San Diego, drunkenness among Mormon soldiers, marching to the Cajon Pass, inspecting the Donner Party valley, traveling through Nevada, and setting course for Salt Lake City.

MSS MFilm 00187

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.

MSS MFilm 00089

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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A sketch of Silas Harris's life, as written by himself [microform]: c.1880

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Microfilm of a typescript of Silas Harris' autobiography, written in about 1880 and completed by his daughter Sarah F. Cutler sometime after Silas' death in 1897. In the autobiography Silas writes very briefly of his childhood and conversion to Mormonism, his experiences in the Mormon Battalion, his overland travels back to Council Bluffs from California, his return to Utah, his mission work, and notes on his children. The final few paragraphs were written by his daughter Sarah, and contain reminiscences of her father.

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Journal no. 16 [microform]: 1857-1863

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Typescript of Amasa Lyman's journal, identified as Journal #16, with entries spanning the years from 1857-1863. The first part describes Lyman's travels from April 18, 1857, to July 2, 1857, along the California Road and Indian Trail from the Rio Virgin. It continues with his participation in an exploratory party that traveled south from Cedar City, Utah, to Las Vegas, the Vegas Fort, and the Mojave Desert from January-May 1858, and also charts its return to Salt Lake City. References are made to Hyatt's war with the Apaches and Lyman's encounters with an Indian chief he calls Oat-sen-a-wantz. The final section of the diary, kept from December 1862 to April 1863, describes Lyman's daily life near Farmington, Utah, including his attendance of the local theatre, a listing of the books he was reading, and his encounters with John Taylor. Includes a description of the original diary.

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Record of orders, returns, and court martials of 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, Nauvoo Legion [microform]: 1857-1858

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