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Letters to William Atkin [microform]: 1884-1889

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Description: Microfilm of 29 letters sent by Lewis Allen to William Atkin between April 24, 1884, and January 30, 1889. The majority of the letters are on letterhead from the President's Office of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Salt Lake City. Allen writes primarily of Mormon leadership and church events ("never been in deeper water in my life in Church Matters than today," he wrote in 1884), local residents, and family issues. Also includes one letter from Wilford Woodruff to Atkin dated April 23, 1888, in which Woodruff replies to Atkin's letter describing a visit from Marshals at St. George and subsequent arrests (frames 39-40).
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1884; 1885; 1886; 1887; 1888; 1889
Call number: MSS MFilm 00378 item 01
Creator: Allen, Lewis (1813-1883)

Letters to William Atkin [microform]: 1889-1894

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Microfilm of 30 letters sent by Wilford Woodruff to William Atkin between March 18, 1889, and February 12, 1894. The majority of them are on letterhead of the President's Office of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Salt Lake City (many of the letters are typed, but others appear to be in the handwriting of Lewis Allen). In addition to family news and various church notes, the letters include references to "getting a state government for Utah" and the prospects of Utah statehood, the release of George Q. Cannon and Woodruff from prison on polygamy charges, Woodruff and Cannon's mission trip to California, local elections, flooding of the Rio Virgin, and the "water question" for the St. George Temple. There is also one letter addressed to J.D.T. McAllister (January 7, 1892).

MSS MFilm 00378 item 02

Autobiography and diary of William McIntosh [microform]: c.1857-1889

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Microfilm of the autobiography and diary of William McIntosh. The early part of the volume focuses on McIntosh's early years in the United States and his emigration to Utah. Many of the entries focus on his involvement in preparations for the Utah War from 1857-1858. He also describes the presence of soldiers in Rush Valley and seeing Indians in army uniforms while traveling around Pond Town (now Salem, Utah) in 1858. The early diary entries end in 1866, and the latter part of the volume resumes with entries from 1884-1898. McIntosh includes anecdotes about his family, his life in Mt. Pleasant and surrounding areas, his work on ditches and other forms of irrigation, water rights in southern Utah, and being advised by a bishop not to vote against Utah statehood. Toward the end of the volume is the transcribed text of "A Fatal Accident at St. Johns," which recalls the death of John McIntosh (probably William McIntosh's son) after he was crushed by wagon wheels in 1889.

MSS MFilm 00066 item 01

Diary of Christopher Jones Arthur [microform] : 1884

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Microfilm of a diary of Christopher Jones Arthur, kept in 1884. Arthur was living near Salt Lake City and writes of his daily activities, his attendance of meetings, visiting acquaintances, the weather and his health, news of the British and Welsh mentions, and going to a circus.

MSS MFilm 00239 item 01

Diary of Lewis William Barry Wride [microform] : 1898-1901

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Microfilm of a diary probably kept by Lewis William Barry Wride from 1898-1901. The diary opens with Wride's departure from American Fork in November 1898 and records his travels to Mexico. The diary resumes in 1900 and traces Wride's daily life in Mexico and Utah until 1901.

MSS MFilm 00402 item 01

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Richardson family record and miscellaneous family material [microform]: approximately 1884-1894

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Microfilm of various materials related to the Richardson family, including a family record, autobiography, and unidentified diary. The reel opens with a family record kept by William Richardson through approximately 1884. It traces his ancestors primarily in Scotland, and includes birth and death dates as well as information on marriages and children.The reel also contains a brief autobiography kept by Mary Muir Hughes Bunnell (a sister-in-law of William Richardson), including descriptions of Mary's childhood in Scotland, her conversion to Mormonism, her move to Utah, and her marriage to Ross Burton Hughes. The reel also contains a diary kept by an unidentified man in about 1894 (although portions are dated 1884-1885 and 1890, and some pages may be out of order on the reel). It primarily chronicles daily activities in Utah such as agricultural work, attendance of religious meetings, and Church and community affairs. The second half of the unidentified diary is included on MSS MFILM 00160.

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.

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Letters to William Atkin [microform]: 1884-1889

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