Descriptive Summary
Vault MSS 76
Newel Kimball Whitney Papers,
1825-1906
Whitney, Newel Kimball, 1795-1850
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
8 boxes (4 linear feet).
Merchant, pioneer, and
second general bishop of the Mormon Church from 1831-1850. Whitney joined the
Mormon Church in Ohio in 1830 and was a personal friend of Joseph Smith
(1805-1844) who founded that faith. He also served as associate justice and
treasurer of the provincial state of Deseret (later Utah) in 1849.
Correspondence; financial and legal
documents; ecclesiastical, municipal, and military records; early drafts of
religious revelations; poetry; patriarchal blessings; certificates; account
books; journals; newsclippings; genealogical records; and related literary
memorabilia.
Provenance
The materials of the Witney Collection were acquired by the Harold B.
Lee Library between the years 1969 and 1974, from Mrs. Claire C. Groo, Barbara
Groo Hansen, and R. Whitney Groo, Jr. Chad Flake, Special Collections
Librarian, was the Lee Library official most significantly involved in getting
the collection placed at Brigham Young University, although others also
contributed in securing these valuable materials. Some documents (both personal
and church-related) were preserved through the years by Newel K. Whitney in his
files. Others appear to have been gathered by him from other sources. Family
tradition holds that sometime between 1846 and 1848 Bishop Whitney returned to
Nauvoo on a short visit and there gathered documents related to the Latter-day
Saints which he took with him to the West.
Sometime after the death of Bishop Whitney, the papers came into the
possession of his daughter, Mary Jane, who had married Isaac Groo. Thereafter,
the materials were preserved by the Groo family, and documents related to Isaac
Groo and others were added to the collection. Some materials, however, were
apparently separated form the main body of the collection. A few of these items
have been acquired from Rulon Brown of Wells, Nevada, and added to the
collection. There is no way of knowing at this date whether the collection
contains all the documents which Bishop Whitney had originally in his
possession.
Access
The collection is unrestricted for acceptable research use. As the
exclusive owner and custodian of the Whitney papers, the Harold B. Lee Library
at Brigham Young University expressly prohibits the unauthorized reproduction
of this material by any institution or private individual. With the exception
of brief extracts, permission to publish any of the letters and documents in
the Whitney Collection must be secured from the Harold B. Lee Library. In
citing documents in this collection, the researcher should credit the library
as owner and custodian of the original papers.
Conditions of Use
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary
copyright clearances.
Permission to publish material from Newel Kimball Whitney Papers must
be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the Special
Collections Board of Curators.
Preferred Citation
Initial Citation: Vault MSS 76; Newel
Kimball Whitney Papers; 19th & 20th Century Western & Mormon Americana;
L. Tom Perry Special Collections, Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young
University.
Following Citations: Vault MSS 76,
LTPSC.
Biographical History
NEWEL KIMBALL WHITNEY--merchant, pioneer, and colonizer--was an early
convert to the teachings of Joseph Smith, and the second man appointed to the
office of bishop in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. In that
office, he was a close associate of the Prophet, with a direct supervision of
many of the temporal affairs of the Church.
Whitney was born 5 February 1795 at Marlborough, Windham
County, Vermont, the eldest son and second child among nine born to Samuel and
Susanna Kimball Whitney. Being an intelligent and energetic businessman by
nature, he made his own way in the world at an early age. An nineteen, he was
engaged as a merchant, in a small way, at the historic village of Plattsburg,
New York, on the west shore of Lake Champlain, where he participated in the
defeat of the British forces at the Battle of Plattsburg in September 1814.
Thereafter, he established himself as an Indian trader at Green Bay, Lake
Michigan, from which place he traveled extensively. Having moved to
Painesville, Ohio, a few miles north of Kirtland, on the shore of Lake Erie, he
met and married Elizabeth Ann Smith, who was born 26 December 1800 in Derby,
New Haven County, Connecticut, the eldest child of Gibson Smith and Polly
Bradley. "Ours was strictly a marriage of affection," Elizabeth Ann wrote. "Our
tastes and feelings were congenial, and we were a happy couple with bright
prospects in store."
[(1)](a)
At Painesville, Whitney became acquainted with Algernon Sidney
Gilbert, who thereafter became his business associate, and in a few years the
prosperous mercantile firm of Gilbert and Whitney was formed at Kirtland.
Newel and Elizabeth Ann were among other thoughtful and intelligent
souls who revolted against the narrow and contracted creeds of the sectarian
world, yet maintained a fundamental faith in God and adherance to the ethical
code of the Bible, while searching for a religious faith and practice that
conformed to the New Testament. After serious study, they united with the
"Disciples," or "Campbellites," a reform church under the leadership of Thomas
Campbell and his son Alexander, who achieved national notoriety in a debate
with the communitarian Robert Owens. Sidney Rigdon was one of the most popular
preachers among the Disciples in the vicinity of Kirtland, and the Whitneys
became members of his congregation.
The Disciples taught a doctrine of religious expectancy. Not only did
Christianity have to be reformed, to many it had to be restored; and the terms
"reformation," "restoration," and the "ancient order of things" were common
among them. They spoke of a "new religion," and some of a "new Bible." Several,
like the Whitneys, were seeking for the Holy Ghost and its sacred spiritual
gifts. Elizabeth Ann wrote of their experience:
One night--it was midnight--as my husband
and I, in our house at Kirtland, were praying to the Father to be shown the
way, the Spirit rested upon us and a cloud overshadowed the house. It was as
though we were out of doors. The house passed away from our vision. We were not
conscious of anything but the presence of the Spirit and the cloud that was
over us. We were wrapped in the cloud. A solemn awe pervaded us. We saw the
cloud and we felt the Spirit of the Lord. Then we heard a voice out of the
cloud saying: "Prepare to receive the word of the Lord, for it is
coming!"
At this we marvelled greatly; but
from that moment we knew that the word of the Lord was coming to
Kirtland.
[(2)](b)
Shortly thereafter, four missionaries came to Kirtland from New York
state, proclaiming that the fullness of the gospel of Jesus Christ had been
restored, and that a new volume of ancient scripture had been found and
translated by the gift and power of God. A prophet of God had been raised up;
and by the ministering of angels, the Holy Priesthood had been restored and the
Church of Jesus Christ organized. Sidney Rigdon soon embraced the restored
gospel, followed by many of his congregation, including Newel and Elizabeth Ann
Whitney, who were baptized in November 1830.
Whitney's first meeting with Joseph Smith was unique. Having moved the
headquarters of the Church to Kirtland, the Prophet arrived there early in
1831. As his sleigh stopped in front of the Gilbert and Whitney store, he
sprang lightly out, bound up the steps into the store and, extending his hand,
said cordially, "Newel K. Whitney, thou art the man!"
Taken back, Whitney responded, "Stranger, you have the advantage of
me; I could not call you by name, as you have me."
The stranger then said, "I am Joseph, the Prophet. You have
prayed me here. Now, what do you want of me?"
[(3)](c)
The Whitneys welcomed Joseph and his wife, Emma, into their
home where they occupied the "East Room."
[(4)](d) Said Elizabeth Ann: "I
remarked to my husband that this was the fulfillment of the vision we had seen
of a cloud, as of glory, resting upon our house."
[(5)](e) During the time the
Prophet resided with them, a number of revelations were given that were later
included in the Doctrine and Covenants.
Though there are several handwritten copies of revelations to Joseph
Smith in the Whitney Collection, it is not known to what extent Whitney was
given copies of such documents for his own files. It is clear, however, that at
one time or another he possessed copies which are not now in the collection.
For example, Oliver Cowdery wrote to him 4 February 1835:
Will you have the kindness to send
us, by the bearer, the original copy of the revelation given to 12 elders Feb.
1831 called "The Law of the Church?" We are preparing the Old Star for
reprinting, and have no copy from which to correct, and Kno [sic] of no other
besides yours.
[(6)](f)
The revelation about which Cowdery spoke is now known as Section 42 in
the Doctrine and Covenants. The "Old Star" was the Evening and the Morning
Star, published at Independence, Missouri, between June 1832 and July 1833 when
the printing press was destroyed by a mob.
Extracts of Section 42 had been published in the July issue of the
Star. When the Kirtland reprint of that periodical was being issued, Whitney's
copy of Section 42 was apparently used to correct the earlier printed copy of
that important revelation. Unfortunately, the Whitney copy is not now part of
this collection.
It is also known that the original manuscript of the revelation on
eternal and plural marriage was given to Whitney for safekeeping, and that he
had his clerk make a copy of it. The original was later destroyed, and the
Whitney copy was given to Brigham Young to become the document from which the
printed revelation was produced. The Whitney copy is not now in the collection.
Soon after the Church was headquartered at Kirtland, Whitney
was called in August 1831, to serve as an agent in the economic order known as
the law of consecration and stewardship
[(7)](g). In the following
December he was ordained to serve as a bishop over the temporal affairs of the
Church in Ohio and the East
[(8)](h), taking the place of
Edward Partridge who was sent to direct the new economic order in Missouri
where the center place of Zion was being established. This was not the office
of ward bishop, but that of a general bishop in the Church. One of the two
earliest known copies of the revelation calling Whitney to serve as a general
bishop is in the Whitney Collection.
Though few men have been better qualified to serve in the office of
bishop, by natural gifts and abilities, Whitney was reluctant to accept the
position until he prayed and heard a voice from heaven say, "Thy strength is in
me." Prior to his death in 1850, he had served as a bishop for eighteen years
including several years as the Presiding Bishop of the Church. It was said of
him:
He was one whom he [Joseph Smith]
trusted implicitly, not only in monetary matters, in which he often went to him
for counsel, but with many of his most secret thoughts, those keen-edged
swords, which, blinding by their far-flashing brilliance, he could unsheath but
to few. But, though Joseph loved him as a bosom friend, he did not fail to
correct him whenever occasion required, and the candor of his rebuke, and the
outspoken nature of their friendship, served only to knit their souls more
closely together.
[(9)](i)
Bishop Whitney was directly involved in several important
activities of the early Church. He and his partner, Algernon Sidney Gilbert,
provided the nucleus of capital, goods, and expertise for the organization of
the United Firm, a mercantile corporation organized under the law of
consecration and stewardship, with two branches--one in Missouri (Zion) called
"Gilbert, Whitney & Company," and one in Kirtland called "Newel K. Whitney
& Company." Gilbert directed the Missouri branch and Bishop Whitney the
Kirtland branch. One of the things Bishop Whitney did at Kirtland under the
Prophet's direction was to sponsor a "sumptuous feast...after the order of the
Son of God," to which the lame, the halt, and the blind, in particular, were
invited. The intent of the feast was to center attention upon the objectives of
Zion to uplift the poor and to promote social justice and union. The feast
lasted for three days. Of it Joseph Smith wrote: "The company was large, and
before we partook we had some of the songs of Zion sung; and our hearts were
made glad by a foretaste of those joys that will be poured upon the heads of
the Saints when they are gathered together on Mount Zion, to enjoy one
another's society for evermore, even all the blessings of heaven, when there
will be none to molest or make us afraid."
[(10)](j)
Besides his duties in the area of temporal affairs, Bishop Whitney was
called by revelation in September 1832 to proclaim the gospel in the East. The
earliest known copy of that revelation (Doctrine and Covenants 84) is now in
the Whitney Collection. He performed the mission in company with the Prophet.
Bishop Whitney was also a member of the School of the Prophets which was
organized early in 1833 and met, initially, in a room over the kitchen of a
house which belonged to Whitney, where Joseph Smith then lived.
Having removed from Kirtland in the fall of 1838, Bishop Whitney and
his family arrived in Missouri in time to be numbered among the Latter-day
Saints who were driven from the state by the unjustifiable executive order of
Governor Lilburn W. Boggs. In May 1839, the Bishop attended a conference at
Quincy, Illinois, to consider the relocation of the Saints in Illinois. On 17
June he arrived at Commerce (later named Nauvoo) which Joseph Smith had
designated as a new place of gathering, and on 5 October 1839 he was called to
serve as bishop of the Middle Ward of the Nauvoo Stake.
Thereafter, Bishop Whitney played an important role in the development
of Nauvoo, particularly in the economic affairs of the city and the stake. He
served as an alderman on the city council and as a member of the board of
trustees of the University of the City of Nauvoo, which was designed to stand
at the apex of a unified school system in which a student could move
progressively upward from the elementary level of instruction. Bishop Whitney
was also closely associated with Joseph Smith in the operation of the Prophet's
store at Nauvoo.
Newel and his wife, affectionately known as "Mother Whitney," were
conspicuous figures in the religious and social life of Nauvoo, where she was
known as "the sweet songstress of Zion." Bishop Whitney often sang with her in
his fine tenor voice. The gospel expressed itself in a social spirit, and the
close association of the Whitneys with Joseph Smith gave them and their family
a prominent place in the activities of the Saints. With ten thousand people in
attendance, Bishop Whitney laid the northeast cornerstone of the Nauvoo Temple
in impressive services that were held in April 1841. In March 1842 Mother
Whitney was called to serve as second counselor to Emma Smith, the Prophet's
wife, in the presidency of the newly-organized female Relief Society. In 1886
she was again called to serve as second counselor in the Relief Society, and
she served in that capacity until her death seventeen years later.
At Nauvoo, Newel and Elizabeth Ann were directly involved in
the introduction of plural marriage among the Latter-day Saints. That order of
marriage had its origin early in the Kirtland period of the Church, but Joseph
began to develop it significantly in Nauvoo. His friendship and intimacy with
Bishop Whitney was such that, in obedience to a revelation directing the
action, the Whitneys gave their daughter, Sarah Ann, to the prophet as a plural
wife, in the summer of 1842. "She was the first woman, in this dispensation,
who was given in plural marriage by and with the consent of both parents."
[(11)](k) Bishop Whitney performed
the marriage ceremony.
After the death of Joseph Smith, Bishop Whitney continued to be
identified with major events at Nauvoo. In August 1844, he and Bishop George
Miller were appointed to serve as trustees-in-trust of the Church with the
added responsibility of settling the estate of their martyred leader.
Consistent with the order of the Church, he presided over the trial of Sidney
Rigdon, when the latter was severed from the Church. As bishop and trustee,
Whitney had much to do with the work of finishing the Nauvoo Temple. He
participated in its dedicatory services, and he and Mother Whitney were engaged
in administering the ordinances of the temple to the Saints.
Of the conclusion of one day's administration in the temple, Brigham
Young recorded in his journal:
The labors of the day having been brought
to close at so early an hour, viz.: eight-thirty, it was thought proper to have
a little season of recreation, accordingly Brother Hanson was invited to
produce his violin, which he did, and played several lively airs accompanied by
Elisha Averett on his flute, among others some very good lively dancing tunes.
This was too much for the gravity of Brother Joseph Young who indulged in
dancing a hornpipe, and was soon joined by several others, and before the dance
was over several French fours were indulged in. The first was opened by myself
with Sister Whitney and Elder Heber C. Kimball and his partner. The spirit of
dancing increased until the whole floor was covered with dancers, and while we
danced before the Lord, we shook the dust from off our feet as a testimony
against this nation
After the dancing had continued
about an hour, several excellent songs were sung, in which several of the
brethren and sisters joined. The 'Upper California' was sung by Erastus Snow,
after which I called upon Sister Whitney who stood up and invoking the gift of
tongues, sang a beautiful song of Zion in tongues. The interpretation was given
by her husband, Bishop Whitney, and me, it related to our efforts to build this
house to the privilege we now have of meeting in it, our departure shortly to
the country of the Lamanites, their rejoicing when they hear the gospel and of
the ingathering of Israel.
[(12)](l)
Mother Whitney had been among the first members of the Church to
receive the gift of tongues, which she exercised in singing. Joseph Smith
promised that if she kept the faith the gift would never leave her. It never
did. The last time she sang in tongues was on her eighty-first birthday, at the
home of Emmeline B. Wells who arranged a social gathering in honor of Mother
Whitney.
Bishop Whitney's service to the Church continued as the Saints made
their exodus west from Nauvoo. He and Elizabeth Ann crossed the Mississippi
River on the ice with their family, and from sleeping on the ground Mother
Whitney contracted a cold which settled in her limbs causing rheumatism, from
which she never fully recovered. Having started west, Bishop Whitney went to
St. Louis in the summer of 1846 to purchase goods for the Church. At Winter
Quarters, he was busily engaged in directing the temporal affairs of the
Saints, as well as superintending their movement to the Great Salt Lake Basin.
Finally, in the summer of 1848, he was put in charge of a company which he led
to Salt Lake City where they arrived in October of that year.
As the Presiding Bishop of the Church, Whitney became involved in the
work of establishing the Latter-day Saints in the West. He was a member of a
committee that subdivided the stake at Salt Lake City into wards. He assisted
Brigham Young and other authorities in locating and planning the city of Ogden.
When the provincial state of Deseret was organized in 1849, he was elected to
serve as associate justice and as treasurer. As treasurer, his name was
imprinted on the first currency issued in the Great Basin. Bishop Whitney was
also an officer in the Perpetual Emigration Fund, which was designed to aid
needy saints in migrating to the West.
Bishop Whitney's death, 23 September 1850, came as a shock to
the church. Two days earlier, in the midst of a busy life, he returned home
from the labors of the day complaining of a severe pain in his side from which
he never recovered. He was eulogized as "one of the oldest and most exemplary,
and useful members of the church," and as "a wise and able counselor and a
thorough and straightforward business man."
[(13)](m) Physically, he spanned
the continent, from Vermont to the Great Salt Lake Basin. In life's activities,
with his intelligent and faithful wife, Elizabeth Ann, he also spanned the full
dimension of human experience, from the practical activities of a pioneer and
colonizer to the sublime spiritual heights of enjoying the gifts and the glory
of the Holy Spirit.
Mother Whitney lived with her family in Utah for nearly thrity-three
years after the death of her husband. She was the mother of eleven children
(seven sons and four daughters), six of whom survived her. Horace Kimball
Whitney, born 25 July 1823 at Kirtland, Ohio, was noted for his intelligence
his love of literature, and his dramatical gifts. He was also an expert
mathematician and an accomplished musician. Having learned the printer's trade
in Nauvoo, he set type for the first issue of The Deseret News in June 1850.
Among his children was Orson F. Whitney, who rose to occupy a position in the
Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of the Church.
Other sons of Newel and Elizabeth Ann whose papers are found in the
collection are Orson K., born 20 January 1830 at Kirtland; Joshua K., born 13
February 1835 at Kirtland; Don Carlos, born 18 February 1841 at Nauvoo; and
Newel Melchizedek, born 6 February 1847 at Winter Quarters, Iowa Territory.
Orson served the Church as a missionary in Hawaii from 1854 to 1856, was a
member of the Mormon forces that opposed the coming of Johnston's Army to Utah
in 1857, and took part in numerous expeditions in connection with Indian
depredations. Joshua served the Church as a missionary to the British Isles
from 1863 to 1865. He and Don Carlos were also engaged in the work of
pioneering the West, and Don Carlos spent considerable time in mining ventures
in the West. Melchizedek was feeble from birth and died at an early age.
Among the daughters of Bishop Whitney were Anna Maria, Mary Jane, and
Isabel Modalena, the latter born to Emmeline B. Woodward (Emmeline B. Wells
following her marriage to Danniel H. Wells after the death of Bishop Whitney)
whom he married as a plural wife in 1845. Documents in the collection related
to Anna Maria and Isabel Modalena are sketchy. Mary Jane married Isaac Groo as
a plural wife, and part of the collection relates to the Groo family with which
her papers are arranged.
Issac Groo was born 8 April 1827 at Neversink, Sullivan County, New
York, the son of Samuel Groo and Mercy Tuttle. Having married Sarah E. Gillett,
a Mormon girl, in 1847, he was later converted to the restored gospel and did
missionary work in Sullivan County where he baptized a number of people. In
1854 he crossed the plains to Utah. There he taught school for a time and
became involved in community affairs. He served as a member of the Salt Lake
City Council, as city recorder, as a regent of the University of Deseret, and
as a lieutenant-colonel in the Nauvoo Legion. In 1875 through 1876, he served
the Church as president of the Australian Mission. During his lifetime he was
engaged in business activities in Utah, and in cattle ranching. He was gifted
with poetic ability, and many of his poems are found in the collection.
Newel Kimball Whitney Chronology
1795 February 5
Born in Marlborough, Windham County, Vermont.
1814
September Participated in the Battle of Plattsburg, in the
War of 1812.
1817
Became a business partner with Algernon Sidney Gilbert, at
Painesville, Ohio.
1822 October 20
Married Elizabeth Ann Smith, at Kirtland, Ohio.
1830 November
Baptized into The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Saints.
1831 August
Appointed an agent of the Church in Ohio.
December 4
Called to be the second bishop in the Church.
1832 March 1
Appointed a member of the Central United Order Board.
April-June
Went with Joseph Smith to Missouri on business for the
Church.
May
Made a director of the United Firm, with branches at
Kirtland, Ohio, and Independence, Missouri.
September 23
Instructed by revelation to go to New York City, Albany, and
Boston on church business, and to proclaim the gospel.
1833 January 23
Charter member of the School of the Prophets at
Kirtland.
1835
October Went to Buffalo and New York City to purchase goods
for the Saints.
1836 January 7-9
Sponsored a feast "after the order of the Son of God," to
demonstrate the liberal spirit of the gospel and the concern the Saints were to
have for the poor.
February and March
Received the sacred rites of the Kirtland Temple.
1838
Autumn. Left Kirtland to join the Saints in Missouri.
1839
Spring. Removed with the Saints to Illinois.
June 17
Arrived at Commerce (later Nauvoo), Illinois, where he and
other bishops began to settle the Saints in that area.
October 5
Appointed bishop of the Middle Ward of the Nauvoo
Stake.
1841 February 1
Elected an alderman on the city council of Nauvoo.
February 3
Appointed a member of the Board of Trustees of the University
of the City of Nauvoo.
April 6
Laid the northeast cornerstone of the Nauvoo Temple in solemn
ceremony.
1842 May 4
One of the first group of men to whom Joseph Smith
administered the more complete temple ceremony.
July 27
Revelation received by Joseph Smith giving Bishop Whitney the
ceremony to marry his daughter, Sarah Ann Whitney, to the prophet as a plural
wife.
1844 August 9
Appointed to act with Bishop George Miller as a
trustee-in-trust of the Church.
September 8
Conducted the trial of Sidney Rigdon when the latter was
severed from the Church.
October 7
Sustained as the Presiding Bishop of the Church.
1846 Spring
Assisted in directing the exodus of the Saints from
Nauvoo.
August
Went to St. Louis, from Iowa, to purchase goods for the
Saints.
1848 Summer
Put in charge of a pioneer company going to the Salt Lake
Valley.
1849 February
Placed on a committee to lay out Salt Lake City into
ecclesiastical wards.
March
Elected as associate justice and treasurer of the state of
Deseret.
1850
Assisted Brigham Young and other officials in locating and
planning the city of Ogden.
Served as an officer of the Perpetual Emigration Fund.
September 23
. Died of bilious pleuris in Salt Lake City.
Newel Kimbal Whitney Family
[ (14)](n)
Wives
1. Elizabeth Ann Smith (1800-1882) Married 20 October 1822
Children
- Horance K. -
25 July 1823
- Sarah Ann -
22 March 1825
- Franklin K. -
25 February 1827
- Mary Elizabeth -
26 September 1828
- Orson K. -
20 January 1830
- John K. -
13 September 1832
- Joshua K. -
13 February 1835
- Anna Maria -
1 October 1836
- Don Carlos -
14 February 1841
- Mary Jane -
17 February 1844
- Newel Melchizedek -
6 February 1847
2. Emmeline Belos Woodward (1828-1921) Married 24 February 1845
Children
- Isabel modalena
3. Olive Maria Bishop (1803-?) Married 7 January 1846
4. Anna Houston (1821-1848)
Children
- Jethro Houston -
6 May 1848
5. Elizabeth Mahal More (1826-?) Married 7 January 1846
6. Elizabeth Almira Pond (1827-?) Married 7 January 1846
7. Abigail Agusta Pond (1828-1846) Married 7 January 1846
8. Henrietta Keys (1821-1901) Married 26 January 1846
Works Cited:
(1) Andrew Jensen, L.D.S. Biographical Encyclopedia, 4 volumes,
(Salt Lake City, 11901-1940), I, p. 223.
[(Back)](aa)
(2) Edward Tullidge, The Women of Mormondom, (new
York: 1877), p. 41-42.
[(Back)](bb)
(3) Orson F. Whitney, “Newel K. Whitney,” The
contributor, 6 (January 1885): #125; Address of Elder Orson F. Whitney,
Conference Report, 6 April, 1912, p. 50.
[(Back)](cc)
(4) Horace K. Whitney, to Elizabeth Ann Whitney, 16 February
1870, Newel K. Whitney Collection, Vault MSS 76, Harold B. Lee Library, Provo,
Utah.
[(Back)](dd)
(5) The Contributor, p. 125.
[(Back)](dd)
(6) Newel K. Whitney Collection.
[(Back)](ff)
(7) Doctrine and Covenants 63:42-47.
[(Back)](gg)
(8) Doctrine and Covenants 72:8.
[(Back)](gg)
(9) The Contributor, p. 126.
[(Back)](ii)
(10) The Contributor, p. 129; History of the
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, (Salt Lake City, 1946) II,
p. 362-363.
[(Back)](jj)
(11) B.H. Roberts, ed., History of the Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter-day Saints (Salt Lake City, 9146), VII, p. 557-558.
[(Back)](kk)
(12) B.H. Roberts, ed., History of the Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter-day Saints (Salt Lake City, 1946), VII, p. 557-558.
[(Back)](ll)
(13) Deseret News, Salt Lake City, Utah, September
23, 1850.
[(Back)](mm)
(14) Taken from Larry N. Poulsen, The Life and
Contributions of Newel Kimball Whitney (Master’s Thesis, Brigham Young
University, 1966), p. 105.
[(Back)](nn)
Scope and Content Note
The Newel K. Whitney collection is arranged into three major areas: I.
Records Of The Mormon Church And Community; II. Records Of The Whitney Family;
and III. Records of The Groo Family. In light of its historical significance,
the Whitney collection is without doubt the most valuable body of manuscript
material in the Harold B. Lee Library pertaining to the early history of The
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and it ranks among the leading
single collections related to that period now found in any repository. The bulk
of material is from the Illinois era of the Church, 1839-1846, although there
are significant documents from the Ohio period, 1831-1837, and some from the
Missouri period, 1831-1839. Important documents are not those produced by
Whitney as an individual, but those produced by officers and members of The
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and community in the routine
operations of life, and in the development of their society. The collection is
of special value to researchers interested in these aspects of Latter-day Saint
history during the lifetime of Joseph Smith and until the Saints left Nauvoo in
1846. It also has special value to researchers interested in early manuscript
copies of revelations to Joseph Smith, those interested in the family of Bishop
Whitney, and those interested in the life of Isaac Groo, a son-in-law of
Whitney.
I. RECORDS OF THE MORMON CHURCH
COMMUNITY
A. Revelations
The most important documents in the collection are early copies of
more than twenty revelations, all but two of which have since been published in
the Doctrine and Covenants. It is not known in every case why these manuscripts
were in Bishop Whitney's possession. Some mention him in a priesthood role, or
give him instructions, and probably for this reason he was given a copy of the
particular revelation. Of the Prophet's published revelations, ten make mention
of Whitney; and of those, seven are in the Whitney collection. There is no
known or implied reason why he had copies of other revelations.
Several of these manuscripts are the earliest known
copies of the given revelations, predating their publication in the Book of
Commandments (1833) or the Doctrine and Covenants (1835), thus enabling the
researcher to determine more accurately what refinements, alterations, or
additions were made in publishing the formal revelations
[(1)](scope). They also provide an
enlarged basis for studying the process of revelation as expressed through
Joseph Smith.
B. Correspondence
As a rule, letters are placed under the name of the originator of the
given document, with such persons being listed alphabetically in the
collection. There is an exception to this rule, where the sender is not a
prominent figure or is not a well-known Latter-day Saint. In such cases, the
given letter is listed under the receiver. Following this arrangement, incoming
and outgoing letters are listed under their respective figures in a single
chronological sequence.
Most of the letters in this part of the collection pertain to the
operations of the Church and its expanding activities. Several are directed to
Joseph Smith, and some were written by him or by officials representing him.
Others were sent either to or from other prominent figures, including Bishop
Newel K. Whitney and Bishop George Miller, who acted for a time with Bishop
Whitney as a trustee-in-trust of the Church.
Other letters in the collection are arranged in the materials that
relate to the Whitney family and the Groo family.
C. Ecclesiastical Records
Manuscripts in this area consist of a variety of materials arranged
under the Ohio, Illinois, and Utah periods of the Church. They include charges
of misconduct made against officials of the Church at Kirtland; numerous deeds
and bonds of appointment issued to agents of the Church at Nauvoo; tithing
records, including Nauvoo Temple Committee records for tithing; Nauvoo Temple
Committee records of donations, temple construction, etc.; receipts of general
donations, and donations for printing church publications; records of the
trustees-in-trust of the Church at Nauvoo; general church records of
dedications, recorded prayers, ordinations, recommends, appointments, licences,
etc; minutes of special conferences; and assorted church business items.
D. Military Records
At Nauvoo and in Utah, military organizations were established among
the Latter-day Saints. During the exodus west, the Mormon Battalion was also
recruited to serve in the war with Mexico. Manuscripts in this area of the
collection consist of assorted items related to the Nauvoo Legion, the Mormon
Battalion, and the Utah Militia, including poll books and certificates of
election for units of the Legion; petitions to the Court Martial of the Legion;
charges made against officers of the Legion; the report of the organization of
the Horse Lancers of the Legion at Ramus, Illinois; company and rank rolls of
the Legion; a return list of Company A and a roster of Company E of the Mormon
Battalion; and general orders issued by Governor Brigham Young to the Utah
Militia.
E. Economic Records
Next to the unit containing ecclesiastical records, the section of
economic records is the largest in the total collection. Manuscripts in this
area are divided into those that relate to the Ohio, Missouri, Illinois, and
Utah periods of the Church. They are also grouped into given types of
documents, such as land records, which include bonds concerning land purchases,
indentures, and other land records; promissory notes; records of the steamboat
"Maid of Iowa"; documents related to Joseph Smith's store at Nauvoo, the Nauvoo
Concert Hall, the Nauvoo House, and the Mansion House; work receipts and bills
of labor not specified for tithing; and miscellaneous and assorted accounts and
receipts.
F. Legal, Civil and Municipal Records
The smallest unit within this section of the collection pertains to
legal, civil and municipal records during the Ohio, Missouri, and Illinois
periods of the church. Included is an undated plat of a graveyard in Kirtland
and the "original bill" for the incorporation of the city of Nauvoo.
II. RECORDS OF THE WHITNEY
FAMILY
A. Newel K. Whitney Records
The personal papers of Newel K. Whitney contain his extended
correspondence, between 1841 and 1847, with his brother, Samuel F. Whitney, who
lived in Ohio. Besides keeping Bishop Whitney informed on family news and
matters relating to the Whitney property in Kirtland, Samuel wrote of things
relating to the Church in the area, such as the aftermath of the failure of the
Kirtland Safety Society and the activities of men such as Almon W. Babbitt and
John C. Bennett. There is also a copy of a letter which Bishop Whitney wrote to
his parents in 1845 and some correspondence of an unidentified plural wife of
Whitney.
Besides his correspondence, the collection contains documents related
to Whitney's personal business affairs at Kirtland, Nauvoo, and Salt Lake City,
including account books related to his business activities. Finally, there are
papers, including materials derived from his early affiliation with the Masons
and copies of patriarchal blessings to himself and his wife, Elizabeth Ann.
B. Elizabeth Ann Whitney Records
The correspondence of Elizabeth Ann Whitney relates to the Utah period
of her life, with one letter from Eliza R. Snow, written at Garden Grove, Iowa
Territory, in 1846. Included in the collection is a letter from James Ferguson
noting the coming of Johnston's army to Utah in 1857; correspondence with her
son Joshua K. Whitney, who was serving as a missionary in Scotland; letters
from Samuel F. Whitney regarding Whitney property in Kirtland, Ohio; and
correspondence relating to business and family affairs. Personal items consist
of a poem addressed to her by Emmeline Whitney in 1847 at the birth of her son,
Newel Melchizedek, and a copy of a patriarchal blessing given to her by Isaac
Morley in 1855.
C. Whitney Children Records
Of the fourteen children of Newel K. Whitney (three by plural wives),
there are papers related to only eight in this collection. These documents,
which include incoming and outgoing correspondence, as well as legal and
personal papers, are arranged under their respective names, which are listed in
chronological order according to birth. These materials make a significant
contribution toward an understanding of the colonization of the West by the
Latter-day Saints, the extension of the missionary work of the Church to
Hawaii, missionary activities in England in the 1860s, and the activities of
the Mormon forces at the approach of Johnston's army in 1857. Documents in this
part of the collection also disclose insights into the Whitney family,
including their business activities. One letter written by Horace K. Whitney
from Ohio in 1870 gives a view of Kirtland at that time in light of the former
residence of the Whitney family in that area.
D. Whitney Family, General
This unit of the collection contains the papers of relatives and
friends of the family of Newel K. Whitney. The most important documents are
letters from D.S. Hall giving information on California in the mid-1850s and
his missionary activities there at the time.
III. RECORDS OF THE GROO
FAMILY
A. Isaac Groo Papers
The papers of Isaac Groo, a son-in-law of Newel K. Whitney, are an
interesting and important part of the collection. Groo was born 2 April 1827 at
Neversink, Sullivan County, New York, the son of Samuel Groo and Mercy Tuttle.
On 4 July 1864 he married Mary Jane Whitney, his fourth of six wives in the
order of plural marriage. His papers contain forty-two letters written to her,
several from Australia where he served as a missionary for the Church in 1875
and 1876, and others from various places in Utah and in Wyoming where he had a
ranch. Other letters were directed to his father and to his daughter, Latie.
His personal papers include a partial autobiography, an account book, and
articles he wrote while in Australia. Having a talent for poetry, the
collection contains several poems and acrostics written to his wife, Mary Jane,
his mother-in-law, Elizabeth Ann Whitney, and others.
B. Mary Jane Groo Records
This part of the collection is very limited. The correspondence of
Mary Jane Whitney Groo consists of but one letter, directed to her brother,
Joshua K. Whitney, with notes added by her mother, Elizabeth Ann Whitney. Mary
Jane's personal papers are also meager, consisting of a copy of her patriarchal
blessing, a cemetery receipt, and a notice of school taxes.
C. Groo Family Records, General
This final unit of the collection includes a letter from Latie Groo,
written from Berlin, Germany, in 1891, and another from Daisie Dunford Allen
showing that the Whitney family members were entitled to join the Sons and
Daughters of the American Revolution
Notes:
(1) These early manuscripts show conclusively that some
refinements in grammar and expression were made before the revelations were
published. In some cases, Joseph Smith later received further information on
the topic of the revelation, which he incorporated into the revelations at a
later time. In the case of the revelations now found in Doctrine and Covenants
5, he substituted one unit of material for a previous unit within the
revelation. As a general rule, changes in the revelations were of three kinds:
(1) expansions and elaborations of a basic idea where the original idea of the
revelation is expressed more clearly and with fuller meaning, (2) additions in
the form of new information that relates to the ideas originally expressed,
such as in Doctrine and Covenants 107 where duties of other offices in the
priesthood are explained, and (3) grammatical corrections and refinements.
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IV. ADDENDUM: RECEIPTS FOR CONTRIBUTIONS MADE
TOWARDS THE NAVUOO TEMPLE
A. Receipts
Three receipts singed by Lyman Wight noting the contributions of
various individuals made towards the building of the Nauvoo Temple and one list
noting the female contriubtions of nails and glass made for the temple. These
items were loaned to the LDS Church Museum for display before the collection
was processed. Once they were returned they were added as an addendum to the
collection.
Separation Statement
The following scriptural works of the Latter-day Saints were
transferred to Special Collections, Harold B. Lee Library:
Book of Mormon. Palmyra. Printed by E.B. Grandin, 1830.
(Owned by Joshua K. Whitney.)
Book of Mormon. 3d European ed. Liverpool, 1852.
Doctrine and Covenants. 2d ed. Nauvoo, 1844.
Doctrine and Covenants. Nauvoo, 1844. (Incomplete with
only partial title and missing pages.)
Doctrine and Covenants. 4th European ed. 1854. (Two
copies.)
Doctrine and Covenants. 6th European ed. Liverpool,
1869.
Pearl of Great Price. Liverpool, 1851.
The following Latter-day Saint works were transferred to Special
Collections, Harold B. Lee Library:
Acts, resolutions and memorials, passed by the first annual and second
sessions of the legislative assembly of the Territory of Utah. Brigham H.
Young, printer. Great Salt Lake City, Utah, 1852.
Reference to the Book of Mormon, . N.P., 1832?
Broadsheet containing two revelations to Joseph Smith, in what is now
Doctrine and Covenants 88:1-126 given 27 December 1832 and Doctrine and
Covenants 89 given 27 February 1833.
Broadsheet containing a revelation to Joseph Smith in what is now
Doctrine and Covenants 101 given 16 December 1833.
Brown, Benjamin. Testimonies for the Truth. Liverpool,
1853.
Clayton, William. The Latter-day Saints Immigrant Guide.
St. Louis, 1848.
Contributor. Vol. 1 and 2, 1880-1881, and Vol. 3 no. 2,
with E.D. Wells autograph. (In wrappers.)
The Deseret Alphabet. Great Salt Lake City, Utah, 1869?
(Two leaves.)
Deseret News Extra. Great Salt Lake City, Utah, September
1852. (Two copies.)
The Elder's Journal. Vol. 1 no. 2. November 1837.
Epistle of the Bishop and His Counselors at Kirtland to the Saints
scattered abroad. Kirtland, Ohio. 18 September 1837. (Broadside.)
Epistle of the Twelve Apostles of the Church to the Saints in all the
world. Times and Seasons Extra. Nauvoo, Illinois. 22 January 1845.
(Broadside.)
Fulmer, John S. Assassination of Joseph and Hyrum Smith.
Liverpool, 1855.
Grant, Jedediah M. A Collection of facts, relative to the course
taken by Elder Sidney Rigdon. . . Philadelphia: Brown, Bickling and
Gilbert, 1844.
Hymnal. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 9th ed.
Liverpool, 1851.
Jaques, John. Exclusive Salvation. 13th thousand. Liverpool, n.d.
Jaques, John. Salvation: A dialogue [in two parts] between Elder
Brownson and Mr. Whitby. No. 1 and No. 2, Liverpool, n.d.
Latter-day Saints Millennial Star. Four issues of Vol. 1 and 3. (In
wrappers.)
Morgan, John. Opinions of the leading statesmen of the United States
on the Edmunds Law. n.p. n.d.
The Mountaineer. Vol. 2 no. 26. 30 March 1861.
The Northern Times. Vol. 1 no. 19. Kirtland, Ohio, 7 August 1835.
Pratt, Parley P. Autobiography. New York, 1874.
Pratt, Parley P. A Voice of Warning. 8th ed. Liverpool,
1854. (Two copies.)
Pratt, Parley P. Late persecution of the Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-day Saints. New York, 1840. (Badly defective and incomplete.)
Pratt, Parley P. Mormonism Unveiled: Zion's watchman unmasked, and its
editor, Mr. L.R. Sunderland exposed. Painesville, Ohio, 1838.
Program. (24th of July celebration, n.d.)
Richards, Franklin D. A compendium of the faith and doctrines of the
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Liverpool, 1857.
Salt Lake theatre program. Vol. 1, 55. 18 August 1869.
Snow, Erastus. One Year in Scandinavia. Liverpool,
1851.
Snow, Lorenzo. The Italian Mission. London, 1851.
Snow, Lorenzo. The Only Way to be Saved. London,
1854.
Snow, Lorenzo. The Voice of Joseph. Liverpool, 1852.
Snow, Z. Latter-day Saints in Utah. Liverpool, 1852.
Spencer, Orson. Patriarchal Order or Plurality of Wives.
Liverpool, 1853.
Spencer, Orson. The Prussian Mission. Liverpool,
1853.
Stenhouse, T.B.H. The Rocky Mountain Saints. New York,
1873.
Taylor, John. Government of God. Liverpool, 1852.
Times and Seasons. (Twenty-six issues.)
Winchester, Benjamin. A History of the Priesthood.
Philadelphia, 1843.
Winchester, Benjamin. Synopsis of the Holy Scriptures.
Philadelphia, 1842.
Whitney, Orson F. The Land of Shinehah. Kirtland, Ohio,
1877.
The following items were transferred to Special Collections, Harold B.
Lee Library:
Elder's Certificate of Orson K. Whitney, signed by Joseph Young,
1854?
Imprint forms for purchase of lots in Nauvoo, Illinois, 1840. (Four
items.)
Kirtland Safety Society bank note, $1.
Kirtland Safety Society bank note, $2.
Lists of recorded brands, Great Salt Lake City, 1850, 20 pages. (Two
copies, with a third copy of pages 5 to 12.)
Printed form with information certifying that Newel K. Whitney had
received an inheritance at Kirtland, Ohio, addressed to the Bishop of the
Church of Christ in Zion, 1833.
The following non-Mormon works were transferred to Special
Collections, Harold B. Lee Library:
Bible. London, 1865. (Defective.)
Bible. New Testament. New York, 1830.
Bible. New Testament. New York, 1832.
Bible. New Testament. New York, 1848.
Bible. New Testament. Philadelphia, 1848.
Bible. New Testament. New York, 1866.
Bible. The apocryphal New Testament. Ravena, Ohio,
1832.
The Doctrines and Disciplines of the Methodist Episcopal
Church. New York, 1832.
Doddridge, P. The Rise and Progress of Religion in Soul.
London, 1827.
Gavin, Anthony. A Master Key to Popery. Cincinnati,
1833.
Illinois Form Book. St. Louis, 1835? (Title page
missing.)
Mitchell, S. Augustus. Map of the state of Missouri, Philadelphia,
1831.
Morrison, S. Indiana. Cincinnati, 1836. (Folded map.)
New Mexico Dedicatoria a Los Habitantes del Neuvo Mexico y California.
New York, 1850.
North Carolina currency note, $1. 1 September 1862.
Rippon, John. A Selection of Hymns from the Best Authors.
17th ed. London, n.d.
Smith, Joshua. Divine Hymns or Spiritual Songs. Printed
by William B. Morse. New Haven, 1802.
The Suppressed Gospels and Epistles of the Original New
Testament. London, 1863.
Webster, Noah. A Dictionary of the English Language. 13th
ed., New York, 1833.
Bibliographical Note: Bishops in Latter-day Saint History
Presiding Bishop
There was no functioning Presiding Bishop while Joseph Smith was
alive. While Edward Partridge was appointed bishop on 4 February 1831, and
Newel K. Whitney was called in December 1831, neither man was given authority
over the other. Rather they had regional responsibilities, one in Ohio, the
other in Missouri, during the 1830s. Only gradually did their duties become
defined: they were to answer to the First Presidency; they were to preside over
the lesser offices of deacon, teacher, and priest; and they were to concern
themselves exclusively with the "temporal" affairs of the Church.
The first man to be designated as Presiding Bishop of the Church was
Vinson Knight. This was in 1841, but his name was never presented to the Church
for a vote; and it is clear he never functioned in this capacity prior to his
death in July 1842. While there was some seniority ranking among the other
bishops during the Nauvoo period, it was Newel K. Whitney who was sustained as
the first functioning Presiding Bishop in April 1847. He was succeeded by
Edward Partridge in April 1851.
The complex details of the early events are told in Quinn, "The
Evolution of the Presiding Quorums," Journal of Mormon History 1
(1974):32-38. See also Quinn, "Was Edward Partridge the First Presiding
Bishop?" the Ensign 3 (December 1972):32; Donald Gene Pace,
The LDS Presiding Bishopric, 1851-1888: An Administrative Study,
(Master's thesis, BYU, 1978); Larry N. Poulsen, The Life and
Contributions of Newel Kimball Whitney, (Master's thesis, BYU, 1966); D.
Brent Collette, In Search of Zion: A Description of Early Mormon
Millenial Utopianism as Revealed Through the Life of Edward Partridge,
(Master's thesis, BYU, 1977); William G. Hartley, "Edward Hunter: Pioneer
Presiding Bishop," in Supporting Saints: Life Stories of Nineteenth
Century Mormons, ed. Donald Q. Cannon and David J. Whittaker (Provo:
Religious Studies Center, BYU, 1985), pp. 275-304; D. Gene Pace, "Changing
Patterns of Mormon Financial Administration: Traveling Bishops, Regional
Bishops and Bishop's Agents, 1851-1888," Brigham Young University
Studies 23 (Spring 1983):183-92; and Michael E. Christensen, The
Making of a Leader: A Biography of Charles W. Nibley to 1890, (Ph.D.
diss., University of Utah, 1978). Two unpublished manuscripts in the Historical
Department of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Salt Lake City,
are also useful: Elden J. Watson, "Early Development of the Presiding
Bishopric," and Ronald G. Watt, "The Presiding Bishopric to 1888."
Bishops
The most important grass-roots leader in the Church is the bishop. In
the modern Church his responsibilities center in five areas: (1) the presiding
high priest or father of the ward; (2) his responsibilities as head of the
Aaronic Priesthood in his ward; (3) care of the needy as he administers the
welfare program on the local level; (4) care of ward finances; and (5) his role
as a common judge in Israel. These are summarized in the 22 March 1974 Oral
History Interview of J. Thomas Fyans, in the James Moyle Oral History Program,
Historical Department of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. These
five areas have been made the core of the recently developed "Bishop's
Self-help Training Course" in the Church.
The historical roles of bishops can be seen in the following studies:
Dale F. Beecher, "The Office of a Bishop: An Example of Organizational
Development in the Church," Task Papers in LDS History, No. 21
(Salt Lake City: Historical Department of the Church..., 1978); Beecher, "The
Office of Bishop," Dialogue, A Journal of Mormon Thought, 15
(Winter 1982):103-15; D. Gene Pace, Community Leadership on Mormon
Frontier: Mormon Bishops and the Political, Economic and Social Development of
Utah Before Statehood, (Ph.D. diss., Ohio State University, 1983); Jerry
C. Higginson, Abraham Alonzo Kimball: A Nineteenth Century Mormon
Bishop, (MA thesis, BYU, 1963); Blaine M. Yorgason, The Impact of
Polygamy Upon the Life of James Yorgason: A Nineteenth-Century Mormon
Bishop, (MA thesis, BYU, 1980); D. Gene Pace, "Elijah F. Sheets: The
Half-Century Bishop," in Cannon and Whittaker, eds., Supporting
Saints, pp. 255-73; Leonard J. Arrington, From Quaker to
Latter-day Saint, Bishop Edwin D. Woolley (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book
Co., 1976); William G. Hartley, "The Miller, the Bishop, and the 'Move South',"
Brigham Young University Studies 20 (Fall 1979):99-105; P.T.
Reilly, "Kanab United Order: The President's Nephew and the Bishop," Utah
Historical Quarterly 42 (Spring 1974):144-64; Leonard J. Arrington and
Richard Jensen, "Lorenzo Hill Hatch: Pioneer Bishop of Franklin," Idaho
Yesterdays 17 (Summer 1973):2-8.
Four of the seven interviews of William Woolf taken in 1973-74 by
William G. Hartley for the Oral History Program of the Historical Department of
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints detail Woolf's experiences as
the bishop of the Manhattan Ward in New York in the 1940s. They are frank and
contain good insights into the role of a more contemporary urban Mormon bishop.
Valuable insights are in Pilar Rich [pseudonym], The Saints of Snowville,
Story of a Mormon Bishop (New York: Exposition Press, 1970). The rural
ward discussed here was in Star Valley, Wyoming.
A guide to nineteenth-century bishops is Ronald G. Watt and Rachel
Whitmore, compilers, "LDS Bishop's Directory, 1848-1890," (1979) MS in the
Historical Department of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Subject Tracings
Institutions
Maid of Iowa (Steamship)--History--Sources
Mormon Church--Ohio--History--Sources
Mormon Church--Missouri--History--Sources
Mormon Church--Illinois--History--Sources
Mormon Church--Utah--History--Sources
Mormon Church--Apostles--Biography--Sources
Mormon Church--Sacred books--History--Sources
Mormon Church--Finance
Mormon Church--History--Sources
Nauvoo Temple (Nauvoo, Ill. :
1841-1850)--History--Sources
United States. Army. Mormon
Battalion--History--Sources
Utah. Militia--History--Sources
People
Whitney, Newel Kimball, 1795-1850
Clayton, William, 1814-1879
Cowdery, Oliver
Groo, Isaac, 1827-1892
Groo, Mary Jane Whitney, 1844-1925
Hyde, Orson, 1805-1878
Kimball, Heber Chase, 1801-1868
Miller, George, 1794-1856
Rigdon, Sidney, 1793-1876
Smith, Joseph, 1805-1844
Whitney, Anna Maria, 1836-
Whitney, Don Carlos, 1841-
Whitney, Elizabeth Ann Smith, 1800-1882
Whitney, Horace K. (Horace Kimball), 1823-1884
Whitney, Joshua K. 1835-1902
Whitney, Newel M., 1847-
Whitney, Orson K., 1830-1884
Young, Brigham, 1801-1877
Places
Utah--History--1847-1896--Sources
Utah--History--1896-1950--Sources
Genre/Form
Letters
Deeds
Receipts (Acknowledgments)
Subject
Mormon Church--Presidents--Biography--Sources
Mormons--Ohio--History--Sources
Mormons--Missouri--History--Sources
Mormons--Missouri--History--Sources
Mormons--Illinois--History--Sources
Mormons--Utah--History--Sources
Doctrine and covenants--History--Sources
Nauvoo Legion--History--Sources
Container List
Series I. Records of the Mormon Church and Community
Series I. Records of the Mormon Church and
Community
(Use of originals restricted. Please usethe
photocopies found in Box 8, folders 23-41.)
A. Revelations
A. Revelations
Box
Folder
Contents
1
Published
1
1
Section 5
1
2
Section 53
1
3
Section 59
1
4
Section 63
1
5
Section 64
1
6
Sections 71, 72
1
7
Section 73
1
8
Section 75
1
9
Section 78
1
10
Section 83
1
11
Section 84
1
12
Section 90
1
13
Section 93
1
14
Section 100
1
15
Sections 87, 103 (verses 15-20,) 105
1
16
Section 107 (verses 59-89, 92, 99-100)
1
17
Section 136
Unpublished
1
18
Revelation dated
20 March 1832, Hiram,
Ohio, concerning the purchase of paper for publishing the Book of Commandments,
and the question of finishing the inspired revision of the New
Testament.
1
19
Revelation,
March 1832, concerning
the duty of bishops under the law of consecration and stewardship.
B. Correspondence (Addressed to or from Nauvoo unless otherwise
designated)
B. Correspondence (Addressed to or from Nauvoo unless
otherwise designated)
Box
Folder
Contents
1
20
E.T. Benson, Boston, Massachusetts,
10 March 1845, to Parley
P. Pratt, New York, re: money and list of contributions for the temple from
Saints in that area; request that contributor's names to be published in The
Prophet.
1
21
J.M. Bernhisel, New York, New York,
8 March 1843, to Joseph
Smith, Jr., re: equipment needs of General James Arlington Bennett preparatory
to his appearing as Inspector General of the Nauvoo Legion; payment of taxes on
Bernhisel's land, his plans to immigrate to Nauvoo, and expressions of his
esteem and respect.
1
22
William Clayton
From William F. Dickinson, Harrison, Iowa,
29 August 1842, re:
land purchases. (Addressed to Clayton as clerk of Joseph Smith.) (Letters
written by William Clayton in behalf of the Prophet are filed under “Joseph
Smith.”)
From L.K. Lawrence, Quincy, Illinois,
16 November 1843, re: a
business deal that was slowed up.
From Clark Seal, Fountain Green,
5 April 1844,
re:conveying power of attorney to William Allton in making contracts with
Clayton.
From J.H. Sherman, Carthage, Illinois,
30 April 1844, re: a
land sale.
From Hugh Rhodes, Stark County, Illinois,
8 August1844, copy of a
letter, re: payment of debts from an estate.
From Hugh Rhodes, Stark County, Illinois,
8 February 1845, re:
payment of claims and land transactions. (Fragile.)
From F.D. Richards, Kalamazoo, Michigan,
15 February 1845, re:
timber lands in Michigan.
1
23
Oliver Cowdery, Kirtland, Ohio,
4 February 1835, to Newel
K. Whitney, re: request for the original copy of the revelation given to twelve
elders called "The Law of the Church" (Doctrine & Covenants 42) to be used
in correcting the published revelation (The Evening and Morning Star,
July 1832) in the
Kirtland reprint of the Star.
1
24
Jedediah M. Grant, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
11 October 1844, to Newel
K. Whitney, re: report of money collected for the Nauvoo Temple; opposition of
Benjamin Winchester to the Twelve; state of the Church in Philadelphia; list of
temple donors and their contributions to be carried to Nauvoo by John
Foreman.
1
25
Joseph L. Heywood
Quincy, Illinois,
5 June 1843, to Joseph
Smith, Jr., re: a note on Jacob Shoemaker, a Nauvoo blacksmith, to be donated
to temple fund.
To Newel K. Whitney,
21 August 1845 and
29 October 1844, re:
contributions of John Weinel for tithing, to be applied to the building of the
Nauvoo Temple, two items.
1
26
Orson Hyde
Quincy, Illinois,
31 December 1844, to
Newel K. Whitney, re: an offer by merchants in Quincy to sell dry goods to the
Church at a reduced price.
St. Louis, Missouri,
27 February 1845, to
Newel K. Whitney, re: report of goods shipped to Nauvoo and mention of Sidney
Rigdon's effort to prove that polygamy was being practiced in Nauvoo.
(Damaged.)
St. Louis, Missouri,
5 March 1845, to Newel
K. Whitney and George Miller, re: the purchase of goods for the Church and the
difficulty of raising money to pay for them.
Boston, Massachusetts,
24 August 1845, to
Newel K. Whitney, re: tithing to be credited to Mary Petitt, Mary Ann Petitt,
and Ira Petitt; the shipment of canvas to Nauvoo; the state of the Church in
the East; influence of dissident persons--Rigdon, Adams and Ball--in the
Church. (Damaged.)
1
27
Abel Ingraham, the Church, re: receipts for monies to
the temple and his testimony of the restored gospel.
1
28
Daniel S. Miles
From J.W. Whitcomb, General Land Office, Washington City,
D.C.,
21 June 1841, to Miles,
Warsaw, Hancock County, Illinois, re: response to inquiry concerning a land
title. (Damaged.)
From his nephew Pliny Miles, Chicago, Illinois
9 February 1845, re:
the latter's lecture tour and his uncle's invitation to lecture in Nauvoo.
George Miller
To Newel K. Whitney,
27 April 1843, re:
proposal related to procuring lumber. (Damaged.)
1
29
George Miller
From Dr. Samuel Parker, St. Louis, Missouri,
3 January 1845, re:
missionary labors in St. Louis and Miller's taxes. Note on version signed by O.
Hyde: "I have rec'd of Doct. Parker $1.00 to pay to Bro. Miller."
(Damaged.)
From Adolphus Allen,
22 January 1845, re:
grievances and financial claims against certain church members.
From William Anderson, Camp Creek,
19 February 1845, re:
land transactions, trading, timber and other business activities.
(Damaged.)
Bloomington, Illinois,
28 April 1845, to Newel
K. Whitney, re: the purchase of lumber to be sent to Nauvoo.
From G.P. Dykes, Chicago, Illinois,
5 July 1845, re: his
failure to obtain glass, presumably for the Nauvoo Temple. (Damaged.)
From George P. Dykes, Ann Arbor, Michigan,
11 July 1845, re: glass
for the Nauvoo Temple.
From John Workman, Sr., no place given, no date, re:
services to the kingdom and asking for sustenance and foodstuffs. (Slightly
damaged.)
1
30
William Wine Phelps, to David Whitmer, Richmond,
Missouri,
22 March 1843, re: appeal
for him to return to the church and move to Nauvoo.
1
31
Sidney Rigdon, from Horace R. Hotchkiss, Fair Haven,
Connecticut,
8 November 1842, re:
request for information on the progress of the construction of buildings on
Nauvoo lands and the payment of taxes on those lands. (For response by Joseph
Smith, see folder 38.)
1
32
John Smith, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,
11 November 1842,
toWillard Richards, re: window glass for the Nauvoo Temple.
1
33
Joseph Smith, Jr.
From Nathan B. Hasnell, Burlington, Vermont, no date (postal
stamp,
January 1839), re:
inquiry regarding land for sale. (Damaged, part missing.)
From Robert Pierce, Brandywine, Chester County,
Pennsylvania,
20 August 1841, re:
financial matters, desire to immigrate to Nauvoo, and the moral state of
affairs around him. (Fragile.)
From Browning & Bushnell, attorneys at law, Quincy,
Illinois,
23 November 1841, re:
promissory notes dated Kirtland, Ohio,
September 1837.
From Jacob Scott, no place given,
14 December 1841, re:
request for a visit from Joseph before Scott's death, as well as for the return
of money lent earlier. (Fragile)
From J.C. Wear, Fairfield, Iowa,
12 January 1842, re:
introduction of his brother William.
1
34
Joseph Smith, Jr.
From Samuel C. Brown, Frederick County, Virginia,
22 April 1842, re:
results of missionary work and request for fence to be built around his
property in Nauvoo. (Damaged.)
From Alphonso Young, no place given,
6 May 1842, re:
donations to the Nauvoo Temple and his spiritual desires. (Part missing.)
From Moses Ma[rtin?], Providence, New York,
23 May 1842, re:
missionary labors and request that the Times and Seasons be sent to Elijah
Fuller. (Fragment.)
From William Worthyson, Springfield, Illinois,
31 May 1842, re:
missionary work. (Damaged.)
From William L. Wright, Nauvoo,
21 July 1842, re:
support of the re-election of Hancock County Sheriff, William D. Abernathy, and
Duncan.
From James H. Adams, Andover, Ohio,
16 November 1842, re:
the state and growth of the church in Andover, the payment of tithing, and a
list of contributors.
1
35
Joseph Smith, Jr.
To Horace R. Hotchkiss, Fair Haven, Connecticut,
26 November 1842,
(copy) re: answer to Hotchkiss's letter addressed to Sidney Rigdon requesting
information on land sales at Nauvoo. (See folder 31.)
To the Honorable R.M. Young, Washington, D.C.,
23 December 1842 and 9 February
1843, (copies written by William Clayton as agent of the Prophet),
re: land transactions and the necessity of removing the postmaster of Nauvoo
from office; two items.
To J.J. Butterfield, Springfield, Illinois,
16 January 1843 and
14 June 1843, (copies
written by William Clayton as agent of the Prophet), re: threat of Bennett to
extradite the Prophet to Missouri and there imprision him, containing a copy of
a letter from John C. Bennett,
10 January 1842, to
Sidney Rigdon and Orson Pratt; payment for land; two items.
1
36
Joseph Smith, Jr.
To A. Jonas, Columbus, [Illinois],
25 March 1843, re:
Nauvoo Legion, new county of Marquette, response to a request for a cannon.
(Heavily damaged with great loss of text.)
To Lyman Powell, Galena, Illinois,
1 April 1843, (copy,
written by William Clayton as agent of the Prophet), re: response to Powell's
request as head of a theatrical group to perform in Nauvoo.
From Joseph H. Tippets near Ramus and Carthage, Illinois,
2 April 1843, re:
service to the Church from Kirtland to Nauvoo; past hardships and persecutions
endured, including expulsion from Missouri and the loss of his wife; a recent
dream; present difficulties and a plea for counsel from Joseph.
From [Moses Martin?], Witchers, Cross Roads, Tennessee(?),
6 May 1842, re: esteem
for the Prophet and desire to move to Nauvoo; request for a recommend enabling
him to preach and perform ordinances; opposition to the restored gospel by the
several sects. (Photocopy only.)
From Elijah Malin, Brandywine Branch, Chester County
Pennsylvania,
15 May 1843, re: a
$2.00 contribution of Andrew Hains towards the building of the Nauvoo
Temple.
1
37
Joseph Smith, Jr.
To I.N. Morris, Quincy, Illinois,
16 June 1843, (copy,
written by William Clayton as clerk of the Prophet), re: payment for land.
From Daniel McNeil, postmaster, Monmouth, Illinois,
21 July 1843, re: the
possible arrival in Nauvoo of Joseph P. Hogue who had been making anti-Mormon
statements. (Damaged.)
From John Mills, Nashville,
1 September 1843, re:
convert from Upper Canada; application of the principle of consecration in
immigrating to Missouri; difficulties in obtaining a lot in Nauvoo; destitute
circumstances; sermon by Joseph Smith about the Iowa Saints.
1
38
Joseph Smith, Jr.
From C. Robison, Recorder's Office, Carthage, Illinois, 8
March, 20 September, and
2 November 1843, re:
question regarding the legality of the sale of land by Horace R. Hotchkiss and
John Gillet to the Latter-day Saints; request for part payment on a debt and
expressing willingness to accept a draft on a bank in Rochester, New York;
three items.
From Archibald Williams, Quincy, Illinois,
20 November 1843, re: a
land deed.
From Thomas W. Foster, New York, New York,
8 January 1844, re:
request for information on Nauvoo and the "great cause of Mormonism," in order
to establish a medical practice in Nauvoo.
1
39
Joseph Smith, Jr.
From Edward Hobard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
29 January 1844, re:
location of his brother, Otis, who left Kirtland, Ohio, about
1842, to go to
Nauvoo.
From Henry B. Marsden, [Dayton?], no date, re: conflict in
Marsden's branch of the Church. (Part missing.)
1
40
Martin and Hanna Snider, New Mount Pleasant, Indiana,
9 May 1843, to David and
Mary Evans (via Joseph Smith), re: experience of early Mormon converts in
Indiana, including desire to move to Nauvoo.
1
41
Erastus Snow, St. Louis, Missouri,
10 May 1845, to Bishops
Newel K.Whitney and George Miller, re: the purchase of land at Nauvoo by "Bro.
Beck;" inquiry concerning tithing collected in St. Louis.
1
42
George Snow
Yelrome, Hancock County, Illinois,
20 January 1845, to
Brigham Young, re: refutation of charges against him for misuse of tithing
monies. (Badly damaged.)
From E. Southwick, Dixon, Lee County, Illinois,
7 August 1843, re: the
character of H.A. Wilson, whoarrested Joseph Smith at Dixon; request for
election returns of Hancock County; request that a financial obligation be
settled.
1
43
Thomas Ward. Liverpool, England,
26 September 1842, to the
authorities of the Church at Nauvoo, apprising them that John Wardrop, a
member, had stolen the passage money of Jean McDonald and was making his way to
Nauvoo.
1
44
Newel K. Whitney
From R.S. Blennerhassett, attorney and counselor at law, St.
Louis, Missouri,
7 March 1843, re: the
arrest of Orrin Porter Rockwell on the charge of shooting ex-Governor Lilburn
W. Boggs, his imprisonment, and an offer by Blennerhassett to act as legal
counsel in his defense.
From J.H. Maitland,
2 March 1845, reporting
the delivery of goods for the construction of the Nauvoo Temple, shipped by
Orson Hyde from St. Louis, Missouri.
To W.H. Egan, St. Louis, Missouri,
2 August 1845, re:
request that he purchase lead, tar, and copper for the Church.
To Joel Rice, a merchant, Quincy, Illinois,
23 December 1845, re:
request for an order of iron and steel, with a note that he had paid for the
previous order. (Damaged.)
1
45
Newel K. Whitney and George Miller
From C. Robison, Carthage, Illinois,
20 August to 31 October
1844, re: requests for funds in settling two notes executed by
Joseph Smith as trustee-in-trust for the Church; five letters.
From ___, Dixon, Illinois,
6 May 1844, re: loss
of a horse purchased from Joseph Smith, and reference to his "Views of the
Powers and Policy of the Government of the United States."
1
46
Newel K. Whitney and George Miller
To Parley P. Pratt, New York City,
17 February 1845, re:
necessity of drawing a draft against him to facilitate the Church finances.
From James Beck, St. Louis, Missouri,
8 May 1845,
16 June 1845 and
11 April 184?, re:
request to send him a deed to land purchased at Nauvoo; inquiry concerning
having a house built on his lot in Nauvoo; report that he had sent "the
articles contained in your Bill for the Temple--and also the Bills for the
same"; three letters. (Last one damaged.)
From William D. Pratt, Buffalo,
15 May 1845, re:
request for counsel concerning the shipment of tithing paid in kind to Nauvoo
which would be delayed in arrival.
From E.M. Webb, Kalamazoo,
2 July 1845, re:
properties donated for the building of the Nauvoo Temple.
1
47
Newel K. Whitney and George Miller
From L.B. Adams, Springfield, Illinois,
17 August 1845, re:
payments owed to him by the trustees.
From Jesse Nichols, St. Louis, Missouri,
8 September 1845, re:
explanation of his delay in coming to Nauvoo to install the glass in the
temple.
1
48
Benjamin Winchester, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
8 August 1845, to
theFirst Presidency of the Church, re: suggestion that Elder George J. Adams
return to Philadelphia to preach, because of the great interest there to hear
him.
1
49
Brigham Young
To Parley P. Pratt, no place given,
26 May 1845, re: trial
of Samuel Brannan, progress of work on the temple, and suggestion that Pratt
secure land for the Church. (Damaged.)
To Ellis M. Sanders, Wilmington, Delaware,
17 February 1845, re: a
draft for money against Parley P. Pratt and suggestions on how the Church hoped
to handle it. Heber C. Kimball, Newel K. Whitney, and George Miller also signed
the letters.
C. Ecclesiastical Records, 1839-1846.
C. Ecclesiastical Records,
1839-1846.
Box
Folder
Contents
Ohio
Period
2
1
Wrapper with note on the back: "Printed relative to
another Comforter,
1833."
Charge against Joseph Smith, Jr., for lying and
misrepresentation, etc., signed by Lyman E. Johnson and Orson Pratt,
29 May 1837.
2
2
Charge against Sidney Rigdon for expressing disbelief
disbelief in the revelations of God, signed by Warren Parrish,
29 May 1837.
2
3
Charge against Joseph Smith, Sr., for closing the
doors of the House of the Lord against the High Council, signed by Luke
Johnson,
29 May 1837.
(The above three manuscripts
appear to be in the same handwriting.)
Illinois
Period
Bonds and Letters of Appointment
(Arranged chronologically)
2
4
George W. Robinson, bond with power of attorney as
agent for Sidney Rigdon, Joseph Smith, and Hyrum Smith, to purchase and accept
title to the Isaac Galland purchase in Commerce, Illinois, [30?] April
1839.
(Damaged.)
2
5
Henry William Miller, bond to Joseph Smith as
trustee-in-trust of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints,
10 April
1841.
2
6
William Smith, bond to Joseph Smith,
13 April 1841.
(Damaged.)
2
7
Leonard Soby, bond to Joseph Smith,
15 April
1841.
2
8
Jehiel Savage, bond to Joseph Smith as
trustee-in-trust of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints,
15 May 1841.
2
9
Samuel Bent, bond to Joseph Smith as trustee-in-trust
of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints,
11 October
1842.
2
10
Alpheus Cutler, letter of appointment to collect funds
for the building of the Nauvoo Temple, signed by A. Cutler, R. Cahoon, and E.
Higbee (with William Clayton, clerk), building committee,
11 October
1842.
2
11
James Brown, bond to Joseph Smith as trustee-in- trust
of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints,
31 May 1843.
2
12
Benjamin L. Clapp and Charles C. Rich, bond to Newel
K. Whitney and George Miller as trustees-in-trust of the Church of Jesus Christ
of Latter-day Saints,
18 October
1844.
2
13
Elisha H. Groves, Noah Packard, David H. Redfield,
Jacob Foutz, and David Pettigrew, individual bonds to Newel K. Whitney and
George Miller as trustees-in-trust of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Saints,
17, 18, 19 January 1845;
five items.
2
14
Benjamin Brown, Jesse D. Hunter, William Hyde, Elam
Ludington, James Newberry, Thomas Pearson, and Stephen Sitz, individual bonds
to Newel K. Whitney and George Miller as trustees-in-trust of the Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints,
20 January 1845; seven
times.
2
15
Franklin D. Richards and Henry G. Sherwood, individual
bonds to Newel K. Whitney and George Miller as trustees-in-trust of the Church
of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints,
21 January 1845; two
items.
2
16
John Killien, Winslow Farr, Ormus E. Bates, Alvah L.
Tippets, Alexander Williams and Willard Snow, individual bonds to Newel K.
Whitney and George Miller as trustees-in-trust of the Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-day Saints,
22, 23, 24 January 1845;
six items.
2
17
Dominicus Carter, Lorenzo Snow, Evan M. Green, and
Erastus Snow, individual bonds to Newel K. Whitney and George Miller as
trustees-in-trust of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 25, 27
January,
7 February 1845; four
items.
2
18
Simpson Huffaker and J. Willard Snow, individual bonds
to the trustees of the Nauvoo House Association,
19, 30 April 1845; two
items.
2
19
Reuben McBride and William Crosby, individual bonds to
Newel K. Whitney and George Miller as trustees-in-trust of the Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter-day Saints,
31 May, 2 June 1845; two
items.
William Crosby and Lorenzo Young, individual bonds to
the trustees of the Nauvoo House Association,
2, 12 June 1845; two
items.
2
20
Orson Pratt and Phineas H. Young, individual bonds to
Newel K. Whitney and George Miller as trustees-in-trust of the Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter-day Saints,
21 July, 22 August 1845;
two items.
Abraham O. Smoot and Levi Stewart, individual bonds to
the trustees of the Nauvoo House Association,
22 August 1845; two
items.
Abraham O. Smoot, bond to Newel K. Whitney and George
Miller as trustees-in-trust of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints,
25 August
1845.
John E. Page, bond to the trustees of the Nauvoo House
Association,
27 August
1845.
Clark L. Whitney, bond to Newel K. Whitney and George
Miller as trustees-in-trust of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints,
10 October
1845.
Tithing Records, Including Temple
Committee Records of Tithing (Arranged chronologically)
2
21
Request to Samuel Bent to pay H.W. Miller ten dollars,
signed by Josiah Clark,
4 September 1841; note on
the verso, by Miller, to pay to the tithing committee,
4 September
1841.
Bill of labor done by Samuel Jenkins and his brothers
at the pinery, including a list of clothing received, credited to tithing,
22 October 1842, signed
by H.W. Miller with a note appended by George Miller.
Receipts for work done making and repairing shoes and
boots, credited by the temple committee to tithing, one dated
March 1843; two dated
January 1845; and one
April 1846 (mention made
of "Boot and Shoe Association"); four items.
Receipts for labor tithing, signed by A.P. Rockwood
and Stephen Winchester, May through
October 1843; four
items.
2
22
Trustees' orders on F. Pullin for bricks, to be
credited on tithing, James Whitehead, clerk, 9 August,
28 September 1843;
15 October 1844; 28 May,
9 August 1845; six
items.
2
23
Request of R. Calhoon and A. Cutler, temple committee,
to give George W. Taggart six dollars credit on tithing, signed by J. Taylor
for E. Smith,
30 January
1844.
Tithing receipt signed by William Clayton, temple
recorder,
16 March
1844.
Requests to William Cahoon and A. Cutler, temple
committee, that A.C. Brewer and John Greenbow be credited with twenty-five
dollars and thirty-five dollars tithing, respectively, signed by John Taylor
for E. Smith,
19 March 1844; two
items.
Work receipts for work done on the steamboat "Maid of
Iowa," credited to tithing,
28 May to 10 August 1844;
six items.
2
24
Receipt for cloth and flannel given to the temple
committee as tithing, by Seth and Harriet Taft, for the building of the temple,
signed by Samuel Bent,
11 July 1844.
Bill of E. Oakley to the temple committee for blasting
powder and one rifle, credited to tithing,
22 July 1844.
Request to "Bro. Ludington" to board a man with the
bill being credited to Ludington as tithing, signed by William Clayton, temple
recorder,
25 July 1844.
Tithing receipt for labor, issued to John Hill, signed
by A.P. Rockwood,
29 July 1844.
Request of L. Boyer to pay the temple committee $6.50
in lime, signed by Levi S. Nickerson, with a note that it was to be credited to
Nickerson as tithing,
8 August
1844.
Note addressed "Br. Brigham," containing a receipt of
tithing in favor of John Bare, signed by Lorenzo Young,
14 September
1844.
Itemized statement of tithing in kind being sent with
other goods to the pinery, credited to John Duncan,
5 November
1844.
2
25
Bill of E. Oakley for goods received by "Mother
Smith," credited as tithing,
20 November
1844.
Bill of blacksmithing labor for tithing, in the City
of Joseph,
10 December
1844.
Bill for labor for sundries, credited by the temple
committee as tithing for David Nelson and Charles R. Davis,
11 December
1844.
Request to "Brs. Whitney and Miller," by Brigham Young
to charge $250 on the temple and credit the same to Harmon Cutler as tithing,
19 December
1844.
A list of donations to the temple committee credited
to tithing,
20 December
1844.
2
26
Requests to the trustees-in-trust of the Church to
credit various indivduals for money or work contributed as tithing,
1844 to
1845; fifty
items.
2
27
A. Ripley account with W. & W. Law, credited to to
tithing,
7 January
1845.
Bill of Ezra Oakley to the temple committee for
powder, labor and sundry items, credited to tithing,
13 January
1845.
2
28
Tithing credit requested of Messrs. Whitney and
Miller, trustees-in-trust of the Church,
7 February
1845.
List of tithing contributions,
17 February
1845.
Tithing receipt issued by Newel K. Whitney and George
Miller, trustees-in-trust of the Church, to Andrew Lytle,
20 February
1845.
2
29
"Book of Tithing for the temple at Nauvoo," recording
collections made by Noah Packard in Michigan, with names of donars,
24 February
1845.
Receipt issued to Francis Fairchilds for one dollar
contribution to the Nauvoo Temple, by Lorenzo Young, 1
March 1845.
Tithing script issued by J. Whitehead, clerk, for N.K.
Whitney and G. Miler, trustees-in-trust of the Church, in behalf of Noah
Packard,
28 April 1845; Thomas
Travis, 20
May 20, 1845; B.F.
Mitchell,
27 May 1845; and William
F. Cahoon,
17 June 1845; four
items.
2
30
Bill of tinware credited to S.B. Stoddard for tithing,
16 May 1845.
Tithing receipts issued to Samuel Mulliner by Newel K.
Whitney and George Miller, trustees-in-trust of the Church,
April, May, June, 1845;
to Robert Booth by A.P. Rockwood,
October 1845; four
items.
2
31
Record of labor for tithing by Daniel Smith's company
of the Highland Branch, which agreed to make fifteen thousand shingles for the
Nauvoo Temple,
1 June 1845.
2
31
Bill of accounts to be allowed as tithing payment,
19 July 1845.
Receipts for labor tithing signed by A.P. Rockwood 22
July and
21 October 1845; two
items.
Receipt of work as tithing issued to A.J. Fields by
A.P. Rockwood,
5 August
1845.
Tithing receipt credited to Leslie Lyme on account of
W. Richards, 9 August [
1845?].
Certified statement by S.A. Knowlton that he had
contributed twenty dollars worth of beef to be credited to Stephen Sitz on his
tithing,
9 October
1845.
2
32
Receipts of tithing in kind, issued to Hyrum Kimball,
Alfred Benson, and Samuel Shepard,
9, 16, 19 October 1845,
respectively, signed by L.N. Scovil; three items.
Statement of expenses accumulated by O. Hyde, using
tithing funds to purchase canvas, with the balance due to the trustees,
20 October
1845.
Ward book of the Eleventh Ward, kept by John M.
Stewart, containing records of work credited to tithing, including a page
headed "Team Work,"
1845.
2
33
Miscellaneous receipts and orders of credit for
tithing and tithing labor on the temple,
1845; four
items.
Tithing receipts for labor on the temple and other
places, as well as cash payment receipts,
1845; eighteen
items.
2
34
An order to N.K. Whitney and G. Miller,
trustees-in-trust of the Church, to credit $1.25 as tithing for ____ Williams,
signed by W.B. Benson, clerk, for W. Richards,
4 February
1846.
Request to Newel K. Whitney and George Miller,
trustees-in-trust of the Church, to credit Avon Blake with five dollars as
tithing and charge the same to Charles Drury,
8 February
1846.
Two requests on one page to A. Babbitt and others, as
trustees, to credit A.P. Rockwood with money totaling
$43.81 as tithing in and charge the
same to Charles Drury, 8 February 1846.
Receipt to Rhoda Mathews for a wagon to help on "the
first western expedition", signed by John S. Fullmer for the trustees-in-trust,
February
1846.
Request to credit _____ Degraw with $2.12 as tithing
and charge to Isaac Morley,
14 March
1846.
2
35
Bill of labor and goods for Morgan Phelps, credited to
tithing,
15 April
1846.
List of goods paid into the temple fund as tithing, by
Philip B. Lewis, no date.
Bill of Jabez Durphy for labor in getting timber for
the temple, credited as tithing, no date.
Temple Construction, Temple
Committee, and Temple Donations (Arranged chronologically)
2
36
Bill of the building committee of the temple, list-ing
many items purchased, including tools, supplies, etc.,
10 December 1840 to 8 October
1841.
Temple committee receipts to Joseph Smith, covering
dates from
11 February 1841 to 15 May
1841, credited to Joseph Smith and charged to the temple committee,
6 November 1844; nine
items.
List of contributions to the temple made by people in
New York,
15 April
1841.
Temple committee record of contributions to build the
temple,
19 April
1841.
Temple committee record of contributions and
dispersements (pages 1-4, 9-12) with one unnumbered page (others missing),
April 1841 to March
1842.
2
37
Receipts of contributions for the building of the
Nauvoo Temple (many from the area of Kirtland, Ohio), paid to agent Lyman
Wight,
12 May 1841 to 28 August
1844; twenty items.
One receipt to Joseph Smith, trustee-in-trust, for
$303.45, given to the temple committee for the construction of the temple,
June 1841.
Receipts for donations for the purpose of building the
temple, received by agents H.W. Miller and Lyman Wight,
1 June to 29 June 1841;
sixteen items.
2
38
Receipts for donations for the purpose of building the
temple, received by agent Lyman Wight, 1 June to
29 June 1841; twenty-one
items. (Damaged.)
2
39
Receipts for donations for the purpose of building the
temple that were "not credited" received by agents Lyman Wight and H.W. Miller,
18 June to 19 September
1841; fifteen items.
2
40
List of items bought from Joseph Smith for the temple
committee,
19 June 1841.
Receipt for one pair of shoes from Azubah Smith, for
the building of the temple, signed by Lyman Wight and H.W. Miller, [20?]
June 1841.
Bill for supplies, etc., purchased by Theodore Turley
for the temple,
August 1841.
Account of property delivered by Lyman Wight to the
temple committee,
3 September
1841.
Receipt to William Blackhurst from Bishop George
Miller for ten Books of Mormon, eight of which to be sold and the proceeds used
for building the temple and two for the relief of the poor,
5 September
1841.
2
41
Receipts of contributions for the building of the
temple, to agent H.W. Miller,
7, 9, 13, 14 September
1841; and one other receipt dated
5 December 1845; seven
items.
Record of a contribution by Hannah Terry for the
building of the Nauvoo Temple, received by agent Lyman Wight, Pike County,
Illinois,
22 September
1841.
Blacksmith bill for work done by Thomas Spears for the
temple committee, September
1841 to 26 October
1842.
2
42
Receipt for ten dollars to Rufus Beach, for building
the temple, signed by Joseph Smith,
7 December
1841.
Account of John Taylor and Wilford Woodruff with the
temple committee,
30 January 1842 to 18 March
1844.
2
43
Contract for Warren Smith's blacksmith shop and legal
transactions related to the temple committee's purchase of Smith's tools and
shop, made through Reynolds Cahoon and Elias Higbee, and the subsequent sale of
said items to David Elliot,
19 March 1842; two
items.
Bill for tool sharpening, to the temple committee,
from D. Elliot,
21 March 1842.
(Damaged.)
Bill of William Wilkie to the temple committee for
work done ditching on the prairie,
2 April to 5 September
1842.
2
44
Receipt issued to Morgan Gardner for a contribution to
the temple, signed by A. Cutler, R. Cahoon, and E. Higbee, temple committee,
7 April 1842.
Receipt for a contribution by William Moss for the
temple committee, signed by P.G. Sessions,
16 May 1842.
Request to Joseph Smith by the temple committee to let
Stephen Hale have a low priced lot and charge the amount to the committee,
signed by A. Cutler, R. Cahoon, and E. Higbee,
26 May 1842.
2
45-46
Lists of contributions for the building of the temple,
from members of the Church (primarily women) in England,
29 May 1842 to 13 January
1845; twenty-eight items.
2
47
Contribution in kind by N.W. and Ruby Loveland, for
building the temple, through agent James Brown,
6 June 1842.
Bill for lime presented to the temple committee,
covering the dates from
17 June to 28 October
1842.
Booklet containing the records of contributions for
the building of the temple, in the Oldham and Rochdale Branches of the Church
in England,
27 June 1842. The inside
covers of the booklet contain an "Almanack For the Year
1842."
An order on a "Mr. Thompson" to pay the temple
committee nine dollars in lime and charge to David Avery,
15 August
1842.
Receipt to Richard Harrison for a contribution to the
temple,
8 September
1842.
Letter addressed to "Brothers Pratt, Ward, and
Fielding," containing lists of contributions for the building of the temple,
from people in the Birmingham Branch, the Westbronich Branch, and the Greats
Green Branch, in England, signed by William Copper Boyle,
16 September
1842.
An order on Asa Earl to pay Cutler, Cahoon and Higbee
sixteen dollars, signed Reuben Maleton,
27 September
1842.
2
48
Receipt of temple donation by James Jermen,
21 October
1842.
Bill of goods collected by Hiram W. Mikesell and his
wife while in the employ of the Nauvoo House and temple committees, from
25 October 1842 to 8 July
1843, part of which was credited to tithing.
Account of Nahum Curtis for work in polishing stone,
25 November
1842.
Receipt for work on the temple, by William A. Empeys,
1842-1843.
2
49
Record of contributions by Charles and Jane Weeden for
the building of the Nauvoo Temple, received by agent, Lyman Wight, Brownhelm,
13 March
1843.
Bill for iron, payment by "J. Smith. T.C., etc." (T.C.
stands for temple committee),
9 May 1843.
Temple committee deed to Edward Hunter for a parcel of
land originally appropriated for "Military Bounties," unsigned,
May 1843.
Receipt of note of Daniel Bruch against P.H. Young, to
be turned over to the temple fund by Brigham Young,
17 June 1843.
2
50
Blacksmithing bills submitted to the temple committee:
Thomas Speirs,
June 1843 to November
1845; Whitford Wilson, March 1844; John Hamilton,
February to August 1845;
and Stephen Litz, June
1845 to January 1846; six
items.
Account of Dr. George Walker with the temple
committee,
27 May to 20 September
1843.
Bills and invoices of the temple committee to W. &
W. Law,
24 July 1843 to 7 March
1844.
Account of work done by Benjamin Chapman on the
temple, and related tasks, between
25 July 1843 and
23 May 1844,
1 July 1844.
2
51
Request by Alonzo Rhodes to Thomas Williams to pay
four dollars to the temple committee,
18 August
1843.
Bill for iron and steel delivered to the temple
committee, with a note appended that $39.03 1/2 of the initial bill was due to
Edward Hunter, signed by William Clayton in behalf of Joseph Smith,
30 August
1843.
Miscellaneous receipts of the temple committee for
items including blasting powder, fuses, ferry fees, corn, and nails,
26 October 1843 to 11 March
1846; five items.
Statement by William Blackhurst certifying that he had
contributed 151 Books of Mormon for building the temple,
28 November
1843.
Request by Abel Lamb to Thomas Edwards, to pay five
dollars to the temple committee,
11 December
1843.
2
52
Bills of the temple committee: to Edward Hunter,
January to
April 1844, and March 1844 to April
1845; to Henry Denison,
9 June 1845; three
items.
Receipt of payment for labor and sundry items, 24
February to
18 December 1844,
acknowledged by Martin H. Peck,
30 December
1844.
Request by A. Cutler and R. Cahoon to H. Denison, to
give John [Keown?] fifty cents in goods on the account of the temple committee,
27 March
1844.
Bill submitted to the temple committee for lumber,
from Abraham Hunsaker,
15 April
1844.
2
53
Receipt of payment for labor, 24 April to
December 1844,
acknowledged by Isaac Higbee,
31 December
1844.
Order on Newel K. Whitney to let the bearer "have
$2.25 on the Temple," signed by Carlos Granger,
24 June 1844.
Request by Hunsaker and Horner to "Brother Flagg," to
pay the temple committee $13.45 as the balance on his account, [20?]
July 1844.
Receipt for a contribution for the temple, by Mary
Demary, with a note by her, signed by Bradford W. Elliott,
24 August
1844.
2
54
Contributions for the building of the temple: one list
of subscriptions from the "sisters at Summerseat," Ohio; two lists from the
saints in Ohio, 1
5, 16 September 1844;
three items.
Receipts issued by Lorenzo Young, one to Elizabeth
Fairchild and one to Emily Fairchild, for contributions for the building of the
Nauvoo Temple, Dayton,
18 September 1844; two
items.
2
55
Bill of William Field to the temple committee, paid in
full,
1 October
1844.
List of property brought to Nauvoo by Lorenzo Young,
for the building of the temple,
12 October
1844.
Bill of A.C. Hodges to the temple committee, paid in
full,
1 November
1844.
2
56
Order from J.M. Bernhisel to Stephen Nixon, to furnish
the trustees-in-trust with two thousand bricks for the temple,
25 November 1844.
Statement of payment to William Marks for the cost of
meals for stone cutters, with other items,
24 December
1844.
Records of lumber, some of which was used for the
construction of the temple, including a bill of timber from the Nauvoo House to
the temple, dated
24 December 1844, an
itemized list under the heading "Square Timber," and a sheet designated, "An
Account of the Amt. of Lumber in the Second Raft," no date; three
items.
2
57
Bill by Grant L. Watts to Reynolds Cahoon of the
temple committee for tailor work,
6 January
1845.
Bill by John Hamilton to the temple committee for
labor,
7 January
1845.
Bill by Elias Harmer to the temple committee, for
labor,
20 January
1845.
2
58
Receipt issued by John M. Parks, "Pastor of the Hyland
Branch, Gibson County, Tennessee," for property worth $131.37 which he received
for the temple, with an itemized list of the properties,
17 February 1845; two
items.
Bill to the temple committee for a load of hay,
25 February
1845(?).
Bill by Robert Marton to the temple committee, for
labor,
27 February
1845.
2
59
Order by Whitford G. Wilson, a blacksmith, on the
temple committee, for one pound of tobacco "for an old lady,"
10 March
1845.
Temple labor receipt issued for William W. Casper and
and signed by Stephen Winchester,
7 May 1845.
Temple labor receipts: to D.D. Hunt,
7 June 1845; Dimick
Huntington, 1 July [
1834?]; John Walker,
7 July 1845; David
Brinton,
29 September 1845;
Stephen Chase,
4 October 1845; and James
Sharp,
20 October 1845; six
items.
2
60
Temple labor receipts issued to John Carlin,
27 June 1845; John Pyper,
William P. Vance and Lot Huntington,
1 July 1845; and John
Morrison,
2 August 1845; five
items.
Bill for making bolts for the temple, and for labor by
Alred B. Lambson,
22 July 1845.
2
61
Bill of "Widow Taylor" showing the balance due to the
temple committee,
8 May to 27 July
1845.
Orders of Newel K. Whitney to "Messrs. Lyan, Shorb
& Co." and "Messrs. Bacon and Hyde," for sundry goods, with a note to "Mr.
Egan" to purchase materials, apparently for the temple, all dated at Nauvoo,
Illinois,
2 August
1845.
Order of Newel K. Whitney and George Miller,
trustees-in-trust of the church, to "Mr. Davis," to give A.W. Sherman some iron
for the temple,
9 August
1845.
Order by Newel K. Whitney on "Messrs. Everist and
Rodgers" for copper, Nauvoo, Illinois,
16 August
1845.
Bill for blacksmith work by John Hamilton, to the
temple committee,
20 August
1845.
2
62
Order by John M. Bernhisel to Henry Steed, to furnish
the trustees-in-trust with 400 bricks, to be charged to his account,
5 September
1845.
Temple labor receipt to John Hamer, signed by Theodore
Curtis,
10 October
1845.
Bill of the temple committee to Powers and Adams for
sundry items, 4 November [
1845?].
Bills for stone for the temple from Rufus Allen and
William Jones,
18 November 1845; two
items.
3
1
Bill for lumber, submitted to the temple committee by
M.B. Powell,
25 November
1845.
Bill to the temple committee for corn, beer, and
sundry items,
27 November 1845.
(Damaged.)
Materials purchased for the Nauvoo Temple, with the
prices listed, from Amos Davis,
27 November
1845.
Bills credited to Dustin Amy for labor done on the
temple by the Tinners Association,
18 December 1845 and 9 June
1845; two items.
Order for the trustees-in-trust of the Church to pay
William [Suarce?] $43.12 for candles for the temple,
26 December
1845.
3
2
Account book made of regular sheets of paper, by
folding and pinning, entitled, "A Bill of Property for the temple at Nauvoo
Received of. . .,"
1845.
Bill of cordage submitted to the temple committee by
Howard Egan,
3 February
1846.
Bill submitted to the trustees-in-trust of the Nauvoo
Temple by Samuel Russell, for lumber, with the note on the verso: "Bill Lumber
furnished for Boars,"
5 February
1846.
Bill submitted to the temple committee by William
Martin, for shoemaking,
18 May 1846.
3
3
Lists of "English consecrations," primarily from
female members, for the construction of the temple at Nauvoo, from the
Radcliff, Stockport, Dukinfield, Rochdale, Oldham, and Manchester Branches, no
date.
Receipt for "caps" contributed for the building of the
temple by Albert Merrill, no date.
List of expenditures by the temple committee, for
sundry items, no date.
3
4
List of bonds and deeds belonging to the temple, no
date.
List of people who would board men working on the
temple at Nauvoo, no date.
Bill to temple committee from James Ivins and son, for
buttons and thread, no date.
List of goods and items bearing the name of Reynolds
Cahoon, no date.
3
5
List of contributions for the temple received by agent
George W. Harris, no date. (Damaged.)
Two bills for timber for the temple, no
date.
3
6
Invoice of goods delivered to the temple committee, no
date.
List of "sundries for the temple," no
date.
Lists of items credited to the temple, including cash
donations, clothing, a fowling piece, and a two-barrelled gun, no
date.
Contributions to the Church
Contributions and Subscriptions for
Church Publications
3
7
Record of money received by agents Samuel Bent and
George W. Harris, for subscriptions to the Book of Mormon, Doctrine and
Covenants, Hymn Book, and the new translation of the scriptures, July through
October 1845; seven
items.
3
8
Receipts for money contributed to aid in the
publication of church books, January to
April 1841; four
items.
Receipt for one Book of Mormon, the value to be paid
by S. Bent and G. W. Harris to E. Snow,
20 April
1841.
3
9
Subscriptions and contributions for the printing of
books, collected by George W. Harris in Philadelphia and New York,
5 August
1841.
3
10-11
Orders on John Taylor's printing shop, from Newel K.
Whitney and George Miller, trustees-in-trust of the Church, Alpheus Cutler and
Reynolds Cahoon, temple committee, and William Clayton, recorder, for money,
the Times and Seasons, and the Nauvoo Neighbor, as well as for copies of the
Book of Mormon, the Doctrine and Covenants, and the Hymn Book,
January 1844 to July
1845; eighty-three items.
3
12
Request to George Miller and Newel K. Whitney to give
Orson Pratt copies of the Book of Mormon, signed by Joseph Cain for John
Taylor,
5 April 1845.
Orders on John Taylor from Newel K. Whitney and George
Miller, trustees-in-trust of the Church, for subscriptions of church
newspapers, January to September,
1845; three
items.
General Contributions and
Unspecified Donations
3
13
List of items received by Samuel Bent, with cash
equivalents,
5 May 1841.
List of contributions by members of the Church:
Coonhollow Branch,
5 June 1841; Nephi
Branch,
8 June 1841; Geneva
Branch,
9 June 1841; Rochester,
13 June 1841; Mount
Pulaski,
16 June 1841; Pittsfield
Branch,
24 June 1841; Freedom,
27 June 1841;
Springfield,
13 June 1841;
Jacksonville,
19 June 1841; Geneva
Branch,
20 June 1841; and Hancock
County; two separate copies.
3
14
Receipt for one horse valued at fifty dollars,
received by Newel K. Whitney for the Church,
24 February
1844.
List of general contributions received by agent Samuel
Bent, no date.
Trustee-In-Trust Records (Arranged
Chronlogically)
3
15
Bills and accounts related to the printing office of
John Taylor, including accounts with Joseph Smith, trustee, Newel K. Whitney
and George Miller, trustees, and Almon W. Babbitt, Joseph L. Heywood, and John
S. Fullmer, trustees, some of which were presented for payment
21 January 1846; articles
covering the dates from
1 December 1842 to 21 April
1846; nine items.
3
16
Orders on sundry items to the trustees-in-trust of the
Church,
23 January 1843 to 24 January
1846, nine items.
3
17
Order of George Miller on Joseph Smith to pay W.
McNeil sixty-two dollars worth of pine lumber forfeathers purchased to make
beds for lumbermen,
24 July 1843.
3
18
Requests by N.K. Whitney and George Miller,
trustees-in-trust of the Church, to John Taylor to let the bearers have
subscriptions of church newspapers, 3 November and
31 December 1844, and
1 February 1845; four
items.
Note signed by Joseph Smith attesting that J. Morse
had seventy-five in goods due to him,
5 January
1844.
Bill of Robert Campbell to Joseph Smith, Nauvoo,
Illinois, for plans of a dam, delivered to A. Fielding and William Clayton,
24 April
1844.
3
19
Orders on the trustees by Orson Hyde, D. Jones,
William Smith and Brigham Young,
25 August 1844 to 16 March
1846; six items.
List of liabilities of D. Jones assumed by the Church
in relation to the estate of Joseph Smith,
28 August
1844.
Order of the Trustees on A.L. Lamoreaux, with one
receipt,
25 September 1844 to 12 July
1845; seven items.
Bill of William W. Powers and ____ Adams, submitted to
Newel K. Whitney and George Miller, trustees-in-trust for the Church, for
sundry items such as screws, sandpaper, boots, etc.,
17 October
1844.
3
20
Contract between James Lewis and Newel K. Whitney and
George Miller, trustees, for cutting and piling wood on the island opposite the
upper part of the city of Nauvoo,
28 October
1844.
Invoice of Thomas H. Larkin, St. Louis, Missouri, to
William Clayton, for powder,
14 November
1844.
Small account books: one with lists of notes due to
the trustees, one designated "Old Notes Not Cancelled" (with a
1845 calender on the back
cover), and one, an unidentified booklet,
1844-1845; three
items.
3
21
Memorandum of a mare sold by S. Markham on account
against the trustees,
3 Janaury
1845.
Orders of A.P. Rockwood on the trustees,
9 January 1845 to 24 June
1846; eight items.
Bill to Newel K. Whitney and George Miller, trustees,
for cloth purchased from L.K. Lawrence, with a signed statement that Lawrence
received payment in full,
15 January
1845.
Receipts for pork, two of which were issued by Newel
K. Whitney and George Miller to Eli D. Walker and Richard Ballantyne, and one
to S.G. Simmonds,
16, 21 January 1845;
three items.
Orders of the trustees on John Taylor in relations to
his printing office, including two signed by William Clayton, clerk of the
trustees,
30 January to 6 November
1845; ten items.
Credit request to the trustees, signed by Edmund
Fisher,
13 February
1845.
Bill submitted to Newel K. Whitney and George Miller,
trustees, for lumber purchased from Donough Harkness,
15 February 1845.
(Damaged.)
3
22
Agreement of H. Murdock with Newel K. Whitney and
George Miller, trustees, to farm twenty acres of land,
12 March 1845, with an
account on the verso of work done for the temple by C.P. Lott,
23 January
1846.
Bill of sundries of Mary Demary to Winslow Farr,
24 March
1845.
Bill from the Nauvoo Carriage Association to the
trustees, for repairs on carriages between
2 April and 2 July
1845.
Request to Bishops Miller and Whitney to let John
Fairbanks have a musket and charge it to the account of H.I. Doremus,
16 April
1845.
Account of the trustees at the store of R. Clark,
26 April
1845.
Receipts of purchases by the trustees, for corn, storm
pipe, wagon box springs, etc.,
April to November 1845;
three items.
Receipts of work done by John M. King, issued to Newel
K. Whitney and George Miller, trustees-in-trust for the Church, by A.P.
Rockwood,
5 May 1845.
3
23
Orders on G. Hills by Newel K. Whitney and George
Miller, trustees, and one by William Clayton, recorder, for items of cash to
apply to his tithing,
21 May to 21 July 1845;
nine items.
Receipt to George Miller and Newel K. Whitney signed
by R. Clark,
30 May 1845.
3
24
Bill for lumber purchased by Newel K. Whitney and
George Miller, Trustees, from Henry Eaton,
11 June 1845.
(Fragile.)
Receipts and orders of N.K. Whitney, et. al. to Josiah
Boyce and O.M. Allen,
7 June 1845 to 12 September
1845; ten items.
Bills of sale and receipts for purchase of various
materials by Newel K. Whitney and George Miller, as trustees-in-trust of the
Church,
10 June to 31 December
1845; six items.
Receipts and orders of N.K. Whitney and George Miller,
trustees, with A. Davis,
7 June to 15 September
1845; five items.
Bond by Newel K. Whitney and George Miller for
building part of a road from Nauvoo to Appenoose, signed by Whitney and Miller,
and by Hiram Kimball, agent,
30 June 1945. (Slightly
damaged.)
3
25
Orders of Isaac Morley on the trustees, several of
which have Pittman shorthand notes on the back,
19 July to 15 August
1845; thirty-one items.
3
26
Orders of Newel K. Whitney and George Miller,
trustees, by the Carriage Association, Richard Ballantyne, clerk,
25 July to 2 October
1845; four items.
Bill from A.L. Lamoreaux to the Trustees for repairs
and sundry items,
30 July 1845.
Articles of agreement made betwen "Messrs. Deck and
Manhard, Millers of the town of Nauvoo," and Newel K. Whitney and George
Miller, trustees-in-trust of the Church, for grinding wheat,
2 August
1845.
Requests on the trustees, one from O. Prattt and L.M.
Pratt to give "Sister Steed" one dollar in trade, and one from Harrison Severe
to let the bearer have that which was due to Severe, 4,
13 August 1845; two
items.
3
27
Notes, receipts, records, etc., of the business
dealings of Willard Richards with the trustees-in-trust of the Church
(excluding temple and work receipts),
15 August 1845 to
4 February 1846; nineteen
items. (Some damaged.)
3
28
Copy of a bill for lumber "sent to Russell" signed by
Newel K. Whitney and George Miller, trustees,
16 August
1845.
Request to Newel K. Whitney and George Miller,
trustees, to credit Samuel Molliner $2.25 and charge the same to J.P. Harmon,
9 September
1845.
Bills of Raymond Clark for sundry items,
14 October 1845; two
items.
List of items the trustees ordered from St. Louis
through Amos Davis,
24 October
1845.
Requests by Newel K. Whitney and George Miller,
trustees, to S. Mulliner to let the bearers have shoes and boots, with the
charges to be applied on tithing,
May to October 1845; four
items.
Receipt for trustees-in-trust, purchase of twenty-nine
bushels of wheat from Heywood and Kimball,
18 November
1845.
Invoice for eleven kegs of rifle powder purchased by
Newel K. Whitney and George Miller from R.D. Jones and Co.,
29 November 1845.
(Damaged.)
Bill of Samuel Russell for lumber, submitted to Newel
K. Whitney and George Miller, trustees-in-trust for the Church,
2 December 1845.
Bill for William Manhard for grinding wheat, submitted
to Newel K. Whitney and George Miller, trustees-in-trust for the Church, with a
note signed by Manhard that he received payment in full,
9 December
1845.
3
29
Sundry orders on the Trustees, credited to Bradford W.
Elliott,
9 to 12 December 1845;
six items.
Request by Newel K. Whitney and George Miller,
trustees for Joseph G. Hovey to purchase a list of goods and building materials
in Quincy, Illinois,
16 December
1845.
Bill of "Heywood and Kimball" to the
trustees-in-trust, for wheat,
31 December
1845.
Bill of Amos Davis submitted to Willard Richards for a
purchase by George Miller and Newel K. Whitney, trustees,
10 January
1846.
Orders on Newel K. Whitney and George Miller,
trustees, from Joshua Armstrong and Amasa Lyman, 16 January to
4 February 1846; two
items.
Orders for money on Newel K. Whitney and George
Miller, Trustees, from William Symons and William Coltier, 22,
24 January 1846; two
items.
3
30
Bills, receipts, notes, etc., in the account between
Newel K. Whitney and George Miller, trustees, and Jonathan Judah, involving
Willard Richards, P.P. Pratt, and John Taylor,
29 January to 11 March
1846; nine items.
Orders of Captains of companies on the Trustees: by
Charles Shumway, Captain, to credit Ransom Shepherd with five days work on
tithing and charge to the Twelfth Company,
2 February 1846; by
Charles Shumway, to pay John Noys fifteen dollars tithing,
4 February 1846; by John
B. Fairbanks, clerk, to credit John R. Blanchard $1.75 on tithing and charge to
the Charles C. Rich Company,
5 February 1846; by
Charles Shumway, to credit Amos Davis, Jr., with nine days work on tithing and
charge to the Twelfth Company,
11 February 1846; five
items.
3
31
Bill of blacksmith work of Charles Dolton,
5 February
1846.
Order on Almon W. Babbitt, et al., trustees, by
Jack-son Smith, to apply $4.42 to the credit of A.P. Rockwood and charge the
same to Smith,
7 February
1846.
Order on Newel K. Whitney and George Miller, trustees,
to settle the account of Willard Richards with Raymond Clark,
8 February
1846.
Receipt signed by Charles Allen in the sale of a flat
boat and a skift to the trustees-in-trust of the Church,
9 February
1846.
Order of Julia Ann Van Orden on Newel K. Whitney and
George Miller, trustees, to pay W.W. Phelps three dollars in wheat,
9 February
1846.
3
32
Note to "Bro. Heywood" from William Clayton,
requesting credit according to agreement for a span of horses, harness, and
wagon,
12 February
1846.
Request of John Scott to Almon W. Babbitt, to let
Enoch P. Rollings have goods totalling eight dollars and charge to Scott's
account,
13 February
1846.
Note to Almon W. Babbitt, Joseph L. Heywood, and John
S. Fullmer regarding a stove, signed by Heber C. Kimball,
14 July 1846.
Order by William Weeks on the trustees, to pay William
Gollaher, blacksmith, the sum of one dollar for work done and charge to Week's
account,
16 February
1846.
Receipt to Stillman Pond for one yoke of cattle,
signed by Newel K. Whitney,
20 February
1846.
3
33
Order by William Clayton on the trustees, to pay
"brother Amy" five dollars for "tin ware and stove furnished for the western
company,"
25 February
1846.
Statement signed by Charles C. Rich certifying to the
trustees of the Church that he had received one yoke of oxen of Jacob Stokes
"for the use of the first company to the west,"
25 February
1846.
Order by Samuel Bent on Almon W. Babbitt, Joseph L.
Heywood, and John S. Fullmer, trustees, to give Henry Zebrisky three dollars
worth of cloth, sufficient for a wagon cover,
26 February
1846.
Order to Almon W. Babbitt, etc., trustees to pay
Jonathan H. Hale fifty-five dollars in [horses?] or other property,
26 February
1846.
3
34
Request sent by Brigham Young from the Camp of Israel,
at Richardson Point, to Almon W. Babbitt, Joseph L. Heywood, and John S.
Fullmer, trustees, to let Ira Hillman have a horse or to the amount of thirty
dollars and charge to President Young,
17 March
1846.
Bill of D.M. Repsher and P.G. Sessions to the rustees,
for wagon wood,
9 May 1846.
Bill of L.N. Scovil to the trustees for labor,
1 June 1846. (Damaged.)
Request by Reuben W. Allred and Wily P. Allred, to
Joseph L. Heywood, John S. Fullmer and Almon W. Babbitt, trustees, to make a
deed of sale to Patrick M. Dorey for a lot,
1 June 1846.
Bill of sale of lumber to trustees-in-trust, signed by
T.O. Angell,
23 June 1846.
3
35
Receipts, invoices, bills, etc., of Almon W. Babbitt,
Joseph L. Heywood, and John S. Fullmer, trustees,
June to November 1846;
seven items.
Request to E.B. [Teisop?] to pay the sum of $2.94,
signed in Nauvoo by William H. Folsom,
22 September
1846.
Bill of goods to John Winters in Nauvoo,
26 November
1846.
Bill of credit by J.B. Foot to John M. Bernhisel,
14 December
1846.
3
36
List of goods with prices, no name or date.
Note to A. Babbitt signed by John W. Leasley regarding
his property, no date.
Bill of sundries signed by W.G. McMullin, no date.
Bill of labor and materials to the trustees, for P.P.
Pratt's barn and store, no date.
Note to the trustees to pay Lucy Clayton $12 for
house-work, no date.
Account of "Labor and Material for House," charged to
William F. Cahoon, no date.
Statement of costs to the "tailoring association," for
cutting and making men's pants and for "work done for the Indians," no
date.
General Church Records (Arranged
Chronologically)
Dedications, Recorded Prayers,
etc.
3
37
Dedicatory prayer (?) of the Seventies Hall in Nauvoo,
Illinois. Mentions the martyrdom of Joseph and Hyrum Smith, no date.
(Damaged.)
3
38
Words of a song, in five verses and a chorus, for the
dedication of the Nauvoo Concert Hall, author not designated, no
date.
Words of a song of praise, no date.
Ordinations, Recommends,
Appointments, etc.
3
39
Recommend issued by the Quincy, Illinois Branch of the
Church in favor of Newel K. Whitney, signed by James Sloan,
1 March 1840.
3
40
Letter of authority and recommendation (copy) issued
to Benjamin L. Clapp by the Council of theTwelve Apostles, with a copy of a
letter appended from Newel K. Whitney and George Miller, trustees-in-trust of
the Church, certifying that Clapp was approved to gather funds in the South for
the purpose of building the Nauvoo Temple,
18 October
1844.
3
41
Letter of recommendation from Brigham Young, President
of the Twleve, to the churches abroad certifying that Jacob G. Bigler was an
agent for the Church, Willard Richards, clerk,
January 1845.
3
42
Letter of appointment (copy) issued by the Council of
the Twelve Apostles and concurred in by Newel K.Whitney and George Miller,
trustees-in-trust of the Church, to William Anderson and Isaac Barlow, giving
them authority to work with non-Mormons around Nauvoo to exchange lands in that
area for lands in other parts of the state,
15 February
1845.
3
43
Certification of Nelson Bates' ordination (copy) to
the office of High Priest and his appointment to preside over the branches of
the Church in New Hampshire, issued by the Quorom of the Twelve Apostles, with
a copy appended of his authorization to receive tithes for the Church, given to
him by Newel K. Whitney and George Miller, trustees-in-trust of the Church,
20 March
1845.
Minutes of Special Church
Conferences
3
44
Minutes of four special conferences held in the state
of New York for the purpose of doing business, hearing the word of the Lord,
and collecting monies for the Nauvoo Temple, with lists of those who
contributed and the amount they gave; George W. Harris, agent of the Church,
principal speaker,
15 May to 13 June
1841.
3
45
Minutes of a special conference of the Elders and
members of the Church in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Eastern States Mission, of
the Church,
6 April 1842.
(Damaged.)
Assorted Church Business
Items
3
46
Memorandum of agreement between George W. Harris and
Samuel Bent with E. Robinson and D.C. Smith for the publication of the Book of
Mormon,
24 September
1840.
3
47
Propositions of proprietors of Mt. Pulaski to the
Church, relating to the settlement of the area by the Latter-day Saints,
including a map showing the location of land and the ownership of other
sections,
26 March 1841; two items.
(Damaged.)
Utah
Period
3
48
Elder's Licence issued to Gibson Smith, certifying
that he was ordained in the Kirtland, Ohio, Branch of the Church, by Joseph
Smith, Jr., January
1833, signed by Thomas
Lyon,
3 October
1858.
Elder's Certificate issued to Gibson Smith, certifying
that he was a member of the Rockville Center Branch of the Church, New York
Conference, signed by Francis K. Benedict,
3 October
1859.
Patriarchal blessing given to Gibson Smith by John
Young, Great Salt Lake City,
7 July 1861.
D. Military Records
D. Military Records
Box
Folder
Contents
Nauvoo Legion (Arranged
chronologically)
4
Military Records and Economic
Records,
1833-1858.
4
1
Company roll of Captain Wilson Law's Cavalry of the
Nauvoo Legion,
1 May 1840.
Notice sent to the Nauvoo Legion Court Martial
reporting the delinquency on 27 April of J.P. Green,
1 May 1840.
Record of the election of some officers within the
Nauvoo Legion involving Francis M. Higbee, John C. Bennett, Chauncy Higbee,
Vincent Knight, Darwin Chase, and William Law, signed by Nelson Higgins, Edward
P. Durrett, and Levi Stewart,
27 February
1841.
List of Nauvoo Legion Band officers and members,
5 March 1841.
(Damaged.)
Letter of A. Bonney to the Court Marshal of the Nauvoo
Legion requesting that the citizens of Laharpbe permitted to unite with the
Legion,
6 March 1841; verso:
"Henry B. Jacobs, Zina D. Huntington,
7 March."
4
2-3
Poll books and certificates of election for units of
the Nauvoo Legion at Nauvoo and Ramus, Illinois, involving the following men
and officers: Francis M. Higbee and John C. Bennett for captain, Vincent Knight
for first lieutenant, and Darwin Chase and William Law for third lieutenant,
27 February 1841; Alvah
L. Tippets and H.M. Fall for first lieutenant,
6 March 1841; William
Wightman and A.P. Rockwood for captain, Morris Phelps for first lieutenant,
Anson Call for second lieutenant, Ute Perkins and Jerome Benson for third
lieutenant,
6 March 1841; Easton
Kelson and Jabez Durphy for third lieutenant,
6 March 1841; Arthur
Williams and William Whitmash for third lieutenant,
6 March 1841; Jesse D.
Hunter and Alexander Badlam for first lieutenant, and Jesse D. Hunter and Lorin
Farr for third lieutenant,
8 March 1841; John L.
Higbee, Philander L. Perry, Noah Packard, Jr., and Lorin Farr for third
lieutenant, Samuel Thomson for second lieutenant, and Edward Larky for third
lieutenant,
13 March 1841; Joseph
Holbrook and Jacob Gates for captain,
13 March 1841; Nelson
Higgins and John T. Barnett for captain, Hiram Coil and Joseph Smith for first
lieutenant, Thomas Grover and John C. Bennett for second lieutenant, and John
Tibbett for third lieutenant,
19 March 1841; Aaron Farr
and Carlos Gove for third lieutenant,
18 March 1841; Tarlton
Lewis and King Follett for third lieutenant,
19 March 1841; Stephen
Goddard and Don C. Smith, office not given,
18 March 1841; Peter W.
Conover, William L. Cutler, and A. Williams for captain, Alexander Williams and
Aaron H. Golden for first lieutenant; William Wirick and Buckley B.Anderson for
second lieutenant, and Roger B. Hibbard and Oran Houghton for third lieutenant,
P.G. Bowman and J.W. Huntsman for second lieutenant, and Thomas Wakefield for
third lieutenant,
24 April 1841; Truman
Barlow and J.W. Johnson for third lieutenant,
1 May 1841; William M.
Allred and Wilson Law for second lieutenant and Allen Taylor and C. Holbrook
for third lieutenant, no date; twenty-two items. (Some damaged.)
4
4
Petition to the court martial of the Nauvoo Legion
from officers of the Benjaminite Company, requesting permission to assemble
with the Legion,
27 March
1841.
Letter to the court martial of the Nauvoo Legion from
Major-General John C. Bennett, charging Lt. Col. Shindle and Capt. Tippett with
mutiny,
30 April
1841.
Letter to the court martial of the Nauvoo Legion
preferring charges against Col. F. M. Higbee for unofficer-like conduct, signed
by several officers,
3 July 1841.
Statement of charges against Col. George Shindle for
unofficer-like conduct, signed by F.M. Higbee,
12 July 1841.
4
5
Petition to Lieutenant-General Joseph Smith concerning
the need to acquire military arms and equipment, signed by several members of
the Nauvoo Legion,
9 September 1843.
(Damaged.)
4
6
Report of the organization of the Horse Lancers of the
Nauvoo Legion at Ramus, Illinois, signed by Joel H. Johnson, Chairman,
24 February
1844.
4
7
Receipt for a contribution of one dollar, by George
Walker, to the Nauvoo Legion,
8 October
1844.
Company rolls of the Nauvoo Legion which include rolls
of the Second Company, second cohort of theIllinois Legion, Captain Stout;
rolls of the Field Artillery (two separate lists), Captain Titus Billings; rank
roll of the Legion, beginning with Joseph Smith, lieutenant-general; and
miscellaneous notes; no dates; six items.
Mormon
Battalion
4
8
Return list of Company A of the Mormon Battalion,
signed at Council Bluffs by Captain Jefferson Hunt,
16 July 1846.
(Damaged.)
4
9
Roster of Company E of the Mormon Battalion, with an
accompanying letter from Samuel Gully, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas,
22 August 1846, to
Willard Richards.
Utah Militia
4
10
General orders issued by Gov. Brigham Young and Lt.
Gov. Daniel H. Wells, from the Adjutant General's Office, Salt Lake City, Utah,
directing that troops be recruited and prepared at the "earliest possible
moment," with a list of assigned officers of the Brigade,
6 March 1858.
E. Economic Records
E. Economic Records
Box
Folder
Contents
Ohio
Period
Land Records
4
11
Receipt for payment by John Isham of $150 in lands to
apply on the debts in Kirtland, according to the directions of the Presidency,
with a request to Edward Partridge, by Joseph Smith (?), to pay the bearer $150
in money or land,
1 March 1838.
Statement of lots sold or laid down on the city plot
in Kirtland, with lot number, to whom the lot was sold, the price of the lot,
how and when the money for the lot was to be paid, with new plot numbers
pencilled in, no date.
Lists of Kirtland town lots listed by plot number,
name of purchaser, with new plot numbers and block numbers listed, as sold by
Johnson and Whitney; some duplication occurs, no date.
Promissory Notes (Arranged
chronologically)
4
12
John Lamoreaux to John [Alkerlee?], Kirtland, Ohio,
22 July 1832.
James Stray to Jacob Bump, Kirtland, Ohio,
5 November 1836.
(Duplicate.)
Edmund Pettingil to Jacob Bump or Solomon Freeman,
Kirtland, Ohio,
5 November
1836.
James Stray to Jacob Bump or Solomon Freeman,
Kirtland, Ohio,
5 November
1836.
Giles Cook and Luke Johnson to T.O. Angell, Kirtland,
Ohio,
15 November 1836.
(Damaged.)
Solomon Freeman to William Foster, Kirtland, Ohio,
24 November
1836.
Charles Green to Solomon Freeman, Kirtland, Ohio,
29 December
1836.
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13
L.D. Wilson and E. Robinson to Samuel Brannan,
Kirtland, Ohio,
2 January 1837.
(Damaged.)
Giles Cook to [B.?] Chaflins, Kirtland, Ohio,
7 May 1837.
Solomon Freeman to William Pratt, Kirtland, Ohio,
10 August 1837.
(Damaged.)
Samuel Barnett to William Foster, Kirtland, Ohio,
1 December
1837.
Stephen Starks to Noah Packard, Kirtland, Ohio,
7 February
1838.
Joseph Young to Phinehas R. Bird, Kirtland, Ohio,
12 June 1838.
Frederick D. Winegar to P.R. Bird, Kirtland, Ohio,
23 July 1838.
Caleb Baldwin to Michael Griffeth, date
illegible.
Missouri
Period
Land Records
4
14
Indenture for lot No. 51 on the plat of the town of
Independence, Jackson County, Missouri, sold to Whitney, Gilbert and Company by
James and Phelby Pool,
19 November
1832.
Indenture for lots Nos. 109, 108, 105, and 104 lying
in the town of Independence, Jackson County, Missouri, sold to Gilbert and
Whitney Company by Garnett H. Hensely, commissioner of the seat of justice for
Jackson County,
14 August
1833.
Indenture to lease two lots owned by Gilbert and
Whitney, being part of lot No. 59 on the plat of Independence, Missouri, to
Wyncoop Warner and his surety, Lilburn W. Boggs,
6 November
1833.
Promissory Notes
Lysander M. Davis to Willard Snow, Far West, Missouri,
28 January
1839.
Fragment of a promissory note signed by Selah J.
Griffin,
9 August
1833.
Harmon Bassett to Newel K. Whitney, "partner of the
late firm of Gilbert & Whitney," Liberty, Clay County, Missouri,
10 October 1834.
Lewis Eager to Dwight Eveleth, Providence,
17 April
1836.
A. [Ripley?] to _____ Boyce, Pike County, Missouri,
5 April 1837.
[Valentine?] Young to Dwight Eveleth, Providence,
1 May 1837.
[Arros?] Hodges and Curtis Hodges to St. John, Far
West, Missouri,
24 June 1837.
E.C. Hodges to S.M. St. John, Far West, Missouri,
26 June 1837.
Anthony and Norwell Head to John Loveless,
7 December
1837.
Noah B. Comstock and A.L. [Beman?] to Andrew
[Patchin?], Brooklin,
20 December
1837.
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16
Ormon and Eli Houghton to John Smith,
23 December 1837.
(Damaged.)
John C. [Ames?] to _____,
30 December 1837.
(Damaged.)
Truman Wait (Waite) to John Lovelis (Loveless or
Lovelace), Caldwell County, Missouri,
January 1838.
Nelson Turner to Alva Keller,
11 March
1838.
Charles Kelley to the bearer,
21 June 1838.
(Damaged.)
Jared Starr to S.M. St. John,
5 July 1838.
Morris Phelps to John Loveless,
30 July 1838.
Gilbert Goldsmith to Moses Daley,
2 September
1838.
Benjamin Benson to Willard Snow,
5 December
1838.
Gilbert Goldsmith to Moses Daley, "Twenty Fifth of
December."
Illinois
Period
Land Records
Bonds Concerning Land Purchases
(Arranged According to Block Numbers)
(Bonds contain the following features: names of sellers and
buyers, cost and description of the property, terms of payment, a promise by
the seller to give a deed to the property on the faithful execution of the
bond, date the bond was executed, and seals and signatures when appropriate.
Bonds listed below are mostly copies made by clerks; thus, some duplicates are
present. They have been so identified where they are present. Some bonds are
accompanied by promissory notes.)
4
17
Lot No. 4, Block No. 5: Joseph Smith, Sidney Rigdon,
and Hyrum Smith to Jackson Smith,
1 April 1840.
Lot No. 3, Block No. 6: Joseph Smith, Sidney Rigdon,
and Hyrum Smith to Nahum Benjamin,
1 April 1840.
Lot No. 4, Block No. 9: Joseph Smith, Sidney Rigdon,
and Hyrum Smith to David C. Dening,
20 March
1840.
Lot No. 4, Block No. 13: Joseph Smith, Sidney Rigdon,
and Hyrum Smith to Alanson Brown,
9 March 1840, including
duplicate and promissory notes; five items.
Lot No. 1, Block No. 14: Joseph Smith, Sidney Rigdon,
and Hyrum Smith to George Gates,
23 March
1840.
Lot No. 4, Block No. 9: Joseph Smith, Sidney Rigdon,
and Hyrum Smith to John Outhouse,
1 April 1840, including
promissory notes; three items.
Lot No. 1, Block No. 16: Joseph Smith, Sidney Rigdon,
and Hyrum Smith to Jane Miller,
6 March 1840.
Lot No. 1, Block No. 19: Joseph Smith, Sidney Rigdon,
and Hyrum Smith to John Sweat,
7 March 1840.
Lot No. 2, Block No. 19: Joseph Smith, Sidney Rigdon,
and Hyrum Smith to Chandler Rogers,
7 March 1840.
Lot No. 3, Block No. 19: Joseph Smith, Sidney Rigdon,
and Hyrum Smith to Noah Rogers,
7 March 1840.
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18
Lot No. 4, Block No. 19: Joseph Smith, Sidney Rigdon,
and Hyrum Smith to Philinela Merrick,
13 April
1840.
Lot No. 4, Block No. 19: Joseph Smith, Sidney Rigdon,
and Hyrum Smith to Maria Clark,
16 April
1840.
Lot No. 2, Block No. 21: Joseph Smith, Sidney Rigdon,
and Hyrum Smith to Almera Oaks,
1840.
Lot No. 3, Block No. 21: Joseph Smith, Sidney Rigdon
and Hyrum Smith to John Miller,
27 February
1840.
Lot No. 4, Block No. 23: Joseph Smith, Sidney Rigdon,
and Hyrum Smith to John Smith,
27 March
1840.
Lot No. 2, Block No. 26: Joseph Smith, Sidney Rigdon,
and Hyrum Smith to Benjamin R. Wescott,
1 March 1840, including
promissory notes, three items.
Lot No. 4, Block No. 26: Joseph Smith, Sidney Rigdon,
and Hyrum Smith to Charles Hulet (Hewlett),
21 March 1840, includes
duplicate; two items.
Lot No. 3, Block No. 27: Joseph Smith, Sidney Rigdon,
and Hyrum Smith to Horace Rawson,
23 March 1840, includes
promissory notes; three items.
Lot No. 1, Block No. 28: Joseph Smith, Sidney Rigdon,
and Hyrum Smith to David Clough,
20 March 1840, includes
promissory notes; three items.
Lot No. 4, Block No. 28: Joseph Smith, Sidney Rigdon,
and Hyrum Smith to David Jones,
1 February
1840.
Lot No. 3, Block No. 28; Joseph Smith, Sidney Rigdon,
and Hyrum Smith to [Ahirece?] Youngs,
1 February 1840, includes
duplicate; two items.
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Lot No. 4, Block No. 31: Joseph Smith to Abraham
Stevens,
6 October
1841.
Lot No. 1, Block No. 34: Joseph Smith, Sidney Rigdon,
and Hyrum Smith to John F. Wakefield
9 January 1840, includes
promissory notes; four items.
Lot No. 1, Block No. 36: Joseph Smith, Sidney Rigdon,
and Hyrum Smith to Nathan Omstead,
1 December 1839.
Unisgned promissory notes in the amount of $250
each.
Lot No. 1, Block No. 36: Joseph Smith, Sidney Rigdon,
and Hyrum Smith to Whitford G. Wilson,
8 January 1840, including
duplicate; two items.
Lot No. 3, Block No. 36: Joseph Smith, Sidney Rigdon,
and Hyrum Smith to Daniel Thomas,
1 December
1839.
Unsigned promissory notes in the amount of $250
each.
Lot No. 4, Block No. 36: Joseph Smith, Sidney Rigdon,
and Hyrum Smith to Hester Ann Lyons,
23 March
1840.
Lot Not. 3, Block No. 36: Joseph Smith, Sidney Rigdon,
and Hyrum Smith to Nathan Cheney,
1 April 1840.
Lot No. 2, Block No. 37: Joseph Smith, Sidney Rigdon,
and Hyrum Smith to Mathew Manfield,
23 March 1840, including
duplicate; two items.
Lot No. 1, Block No. 37: Joseph Smith to George
Burkell,
12 January
1841.
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20
Lot No. 1, Block No. 38: Joseph Smith, Sidney Rigdon,
and Hyrum Smith to Edmund Nelson,
1 January
1840.
Lot No. 2, Block No. 38: Joseph Smith, Sidney Rigdon,
and Hyrum Smith to Cyntha Baggs,
13 March
1840.
Lot No. 1, Block No. 40: Joseph Smith, Sidney Rigdon,
and Hyrum Smith to Phinehas R. Bird, no date, including promissory notes dated
1 March 1840; two
items.
Lot No. 3, Block No. 40: Joseph Smith, Sidney Rigdon,
Hyrum Smith to Joseph K. Allen,
10 March
1840.
Lot No. 1, Block No. 41: Joseph Smith, Sidney Rigdon,
and Hyrum Smith to [Abicil?] Stricklund Jr.,
1 November
1839.
Lot No. 1, Block No. 42: Joseph Smith, Sidney Rigdon,
and Hyrum Smith to Lorenzo Clark,
1 February 1840,
including promissory notes; four items.
Lot No. 4, Block 42: Joseph Smith, Sidney Rigdon, and
Hyrum Smith to George W. Clide,
15 Janaury 1840,
including promissory notes; two items.
Lot No. 2, Block No. 44: Joseph Smith, Sidney Rigdon,
and Hyrum Smith to James Carroll,
10 December
1839.
Lot No. 2, Block No. 45: Joseph Smith, Sidney Rigdon,
and Hyrum Smith to Ebenezer A. Black,
10 January 1840,
including promissory notes; six items.
Lot Nos. 1,2, Block No. 46: Joseph Smith, Sidney
Rigdon, and Hyrum Smith to David Mathews,
11 March
1840.
Unsigned promissory notes in the amount of
$56.66.
Lot No. 3, Block No. : Joseph Smith, Sidney Rigdon,
Rigdon, and Hyrum Smith to Alpheus Gifford,
1 December 1839,
including promissory notes; six items.
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21
Lot No. 4, Block No. 47: Joseph Smith, Sidney Rigdon,
and Hyrum Smith to George B. Teeples,
15 February
1840.
Lot No. 1, Block No. 48: Joseph Smith to Nathaniel
Childs,
1 November
1839.
Lot No. 2, Block No. 49: Joseph Smith, Sidney Rigdon,
and Hyrum Smith to Buckley B. Anderson,
1 November 1839,
including promissory notes; two items.
Lot No. 2, Block No. 51: Joseph Smith, Sidney Rigdon,
and Hyrum Smith to Samuel W. Henderson,
1 November
1839.
Unsigned promissory notes in the amount of
$250.
Lot No. 4, Block No. 51: Joseph Smith, Sidney Rigdon,
and Hyrum Smith to James Henderson, 1
November 1839, including
duplicate; two items.
Lot No. 4, Block No. 51: Joseph Smith, Disney Rigdon,
and Hyrum Smith to Samuel Henderson,
1 November
1839.
Lot No. 2, Block No. 53: Joseph Smith, Sidney Rigdon,
and Hyrum Smith to Lyman Stoddard,
1 November 1839,
including note to Stoddard signed by H.G. Sherwood; two items.
Lot No. 4, Block No. 58: Joseph Smith Sidney Rigdon,
and Hyrum Smith to Easton Kellsey,
1 July 1840.
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Lot No. 3, Block No. 60: Joseph Smith, Sidney Rigdon
and Hyrum Smith to Charles C. Barnum,
10 November 1839,
including duplicate; two items.
Lot No. 3, Block No. 62: Joseph Smith, Sidney Rigdon,
and Hyrum Smith to Elisha Averett,
1 October 1839, including
promissory note; two items.
Lot No. 4, Block No. 62: Joseph Smith, Sidney Rigdon,
and Hyrum Smith to Elijah Newman,
1 November 1839,
including promissory note; two items.
Lot No. 3, Block No. 63: Joseph Smith, Sidney Rigdon,
and Hyrum Smith to Zenos H. Gurley,
12 March 1840, including
promissory notes; two items.
Lot No. 4, Block No. 63: Joseph Smith, Sidney Rigdon,
and Hyrum Smith to John L. Butler,
1 November 1839,
including promissory notes; two items.
Lot No. 1, Block No. 64: Joseph Smith, Sidney Rigdon,
and Hyrum Smith to Isaac Harrison,
1 November 1839,
including promissory notes; three items.
Lot No. 2, Block No. 64: Joseph Smith, Sidney Rigdon,
and Hyrum Smith to Tarlton Lewis,
1 November
1840.
Lot No. 3, Block No. 64: Joseph Smith, Sidney Rigdon,
ad Hyrum Smith to James W. Huntsman,
1 November 1839,
including promissory notes; two items.
Lot No. 4, Block No. 64: Joseph Smith, Sidney Rigdon,
and Hyrum Smith to Welcome Chapman,
1 February
1840.
Lot No. 1, Block No. 67: Joseph Smith, Sidney Rigdon,
and Hyrum Smith to John M. Burk,
4 September 1840,
including duplicate; two items.
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Lot No. 3, Block No. 63: Joseph Smith, Sidney Rigdon,
and Hyrum Smith to Anson Mathews,
1 February
1840.
Lot No. 1, Block No. 69: Joseph Smith, Sidney Rigdon,
and Hyrum Smith to Zenos H. Gurley,
1 November 1839,
including promissory note; two items.
Lot No. 2, Block No. 69: Joseph Smith, Sidney Rigdon,
and Hyrum Smith to Stephen Markham,
9 May 1840.
Lot No. 3, Block no. 69: Joseph Smith, Sidney Rigdon,
and Hyrum Smith to Stephen Markham,
10 September 1840,
including duplicate; two items.
Lot No. 3, Block No. 73: Joseph Smith, Sidney Rigdon,
and Hyrum Smith to Alva Keller,
20 November 1839,
including duplciate; two items.
Lot No. 2, Block No. 79: Joseph Smith to Randolph
Alexander,
29 April 1842 including
promissory notes; two items.
Lot No. ____, Block No. 80: Joseph Smith toe Hugh
Heringshaw and Edward Thompson,
12 April 1841.
(Damaged.)
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Lot No. 3, Block No. 80: Joseph Smith, Sidney Rigdon,
and Hyrum Smith to Graham Coltrin,
18 September 1840,
including duplicate; two items.
Lot No. 1, Block No. 103: Joseph Smith to Stephen
Foot,
1 April 1840, including
duplicate; two items.
Lot No. 4, Block No. 111: Joseph Smith, Sidney Rigdon,
and Hyrum Smith to Elijah Able,
8 December
1839.
Lot No. 1, Block No. 113: Joseph Smith, Sidney Rigdon,
and Hyrum Smith to Benjamin Hoyt,
12 February 1840.
(Damaged.)
Lot No. 4, Block No. 107: Joseph Smith, Sidney Rigdon,
and Hyrum Smith to [Titus?] Billings,
6 February
1840.
Lot No. 4, Block No. 106: Joseph Smith, Sidney Rigdon,
and Hyrum Smith to Randolph Alexander,
18 September 1839.
(Damaged.)
Lot No. 1, Block No. 105: Joseph Smith, Sidney Rigdon,
and Hyrum Smith to Nathan K. Knight,
March 1840, including
promissory notes; three items. (Damaged.)
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Lot No. 2, Block No. 125: Joseph Smith, Disney Rigdon,
and Hyrum Smith to Stephen Markham,
10 March
1842.
Lot No. 2, Block No. 125: Joseph Smith, Sidney Rigdon,
and Hyrum Smith to Stephen Markham,
10 March
1842.
Lot No. 1, Block No. 139: Joseph Smith, Sidney Rigdon,
and Hyrum Smith to Calvin C. Pendleton,
1 August
1839.
Lot No. 2, Block No. 142: Joseph Smith, Sidney
Rigdon, and Hyrum Smith to Isaac Behunin (Behunnin),
1 November 1839.
(Fragile.) Duplicate copy with note on verso: “Deeded to Lyman Wight,
April 6, 1842"; two
items.
Lot No. 1, Block No. 143: Joseph Smith, Sidney Rigdon,
and Hyrum Smith to George Dykes,
1 July 1839, including
duplicate; two items.
Lot No. 3, Block No. 145: Joseph Smith by Oliver
Granger, agent, to James Goff,
25 September
1839.
Lot No. 1, Block No. 147: Joseph Smith by Oliver
Granger, agent, to Hirum Clarke,
23 September 1839.
(Damaged.)
Lot No. 3, Block No. 147: Joseph Smith by Oliver
Granger, agent to William Allred,
25 September
1839.
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Lot No. 1, Block No. 151: Joseph Smith, Sidney Rigdon,
and Hyrum Smith to Seymour Brunson,
1 October
1839.
Lot No. 2, Block No. 154: John Adams to Joseph Smith,
Jr.,
26 February
1842.
Lot No. 3, Block No. 157: Joseph Smith, Sidney Rigdon,
and Hyrum Smith (?) to Pleasant Ewell, date destroyed. (Fragment; heavily
damaged.)
Lot No. 4, Block No. 157: Joseph Smith, Sidney Rigdon,
and Hyrum Smith to John Hampton,
10 September 1839,
including duplicate; two items.
Lot No. 1, Block No. 158: Joseph Smith, Sidney
Rigdon, and Hyrum Smith to John Tidwell,
20 January 1840,
including duplicate; two items.
Lot No. 1, Block No. 161: Joseph Smith by Oliver
Granger, agent, to Dimick Huntington,
25 September
1839.
Lot No. 2, Block No. 161: Joseph Smith, Sidney Rigdon,
and Hyrum Smith to Squire B. Borth, John C. Annis, and Joel Edmunds,
7 March 1840. (Heavily
damaged.)
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Northwest lot of Block of the Kimball Addition: Jessey
D. Hunter to Daniel Avery, 21 September [1842?]. Verso: note signed by Avery
assigning the bond and all his rights to Joseph Smith, trustee-in-trust of the
Church, Nauvoo, Illinois,
28 October
1843.
Lot No. 27, Block No. 6 of the Kimball Addition:
Bradley B. Wilson to Joseph Smith, trustee-in-trust of the Church,
19 February
1842.
Lot Nos. 32, 33, Block No. 7 of the Kimball Addition:
J. Thomas Rich to Joseph Smith, trustee-in-trust of the Church,
5 February 1842.
Lot No. 35, Block No. 6 of the Kimball Addition:
Samuel and Elizabeth Mallory to Leonard Loveland,
11 July 1843.
Lot No. 29, Block No. 9 of the Kimball Addition: Lewis
D. Wilson and B.R. [Beutley?] to Joseph Smith, trustee-in-trust of the Church,
25 October 1843.
Part of Lot No. 4, Block 19 of the Kimball Addition:
John A. Forgeus to Joseph Smith, trustee-in-trust of the Church,
25 October
1843.
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Part of Lot 1, Block No. 1 of the Hyrum Smith
Addition: Wesley D.M. Cann [McCann?] and his wife, priscilla Jane, to Willard
Markham,
7 May 1841.
One lot in the city of Nauvoo: Alpheus Cutler,
Reynolds Cahoon, and Elias Higbee to Joseph Harshorn,
11 August
1841.
Joseph Smith, Sidney Rigdon, and Hyrum Smith to
William Niswanger, no date. (Damaged and faded.)
Forty-seven acres of ground, Nauvoo area: Joseph
Smith, Sidney Rigdon, and Hyrum Smith to Justis Morse,
14 July 1840.
Three parcels of land amounting to about thirty acres,
in Iowa: Joseph Smith to Arnold Stevens,
9 February
1844.
Portion of Section No. 26 in Township 7, North of
Range 8 West, Hancock County, Illinois: Joseph Smith to John Steed,
17 May 1844.
Ten acres of land in Section 9 in Township 6, south of
Range 8 West, Hancock County, Illinois: Joseph Smith to William W. Meguire,
29 May 1844.
Lot No. 2, Block No. 8 in the first addition of the
town of Macedonia, Hancock County, Illinois: Joseph Smith to S. Watson Faburn,
1 November
1843.
Fragment with great loss of text.
Other Land Records (Arranged
chronologically)
Deed for land sold by Smallwood V. Noland and his
wife, Sally M., in Independence, Jackson County, Missouri, to Algernon S.
Gilbert and Newel K. Whitney,
20 February 1832, with a
statement signed by Samuel C. Owens, Clerk, attesting that the deed had been
filed in the Office for Records, Jackson County, Missouri,
29 May 1832.
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Receipt for plot of land in Commerce (Lot No. 11,
Block No. 6 in South Commerce City Plot), sold to Alva Keller by George W.
Robinson,
10 June 1839.
Blank deeds bearing the names of Joseph Smith and
Oliver Granger,
25 September 1839; seven
items.
Land exchange receipt for Lot No. 2, Block No. 78, in
Nauvoo, “accounted for by Bishop Ripley” and bearing the names of “Elder
Granger” and C. Sherwood,
8 May 1840. (Greatly
damaged.)
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30-31
Receipts to the following for land sold in Missouri
with the proceeds to go to purchase land in Nauvoo and Lee County, Iowa, signed
by Robert B. Thompson (one by Alanson Ripley and one signed for Isaac Galland
by “Higbee and Ripley”) for Joseph Smith: Freeman Brace,
10 August 1840; Elias
Higbee,
11 August 1840; Joseph
Colledge,
12 August 1840; Miles
Randall,
12 August 1840; B.B. and
B.B. Anderson,
12 August 1840; Luman
Gibbs, (duplicates),
13 August 1840; James
Goff,
14 August 1840; Hyrum
Smith, 15,
24, August 1840; Jonathan
Beckhammer,
15 August 1840; John
Lytle,
15 August 1840; James
Newbury,
17, 25, August 1840;
Daniel Carn,
18 August 1840; Lemuel
Herrick,
19 August 1840
(duplicate); Curtis Hodges,
20 August 1840; John
Anderson,
20 August 1840; David
Sessions,
22 August 1840;
Perrigrine Sessions,
22 August 1840; John
Outhouse,
24 August 1840; Curtis
Hodges,
24 August 1840; Isaac
Morley,
24 August 1840
(duplicate); Rawson A. Beecher,
25 August 1840; Rachel
Drollinger,
26 August 1840; Tarlton
Lewis,
26 August 1840; Peter
Lemon,
26 August 1840; Hyrum
Smith by George C. Wilson,
27 August 1840; George B.
Swarthout,
29 August 1840; Moses
Tracy,
3 September 1840; Daniel
Carn,
7 September 1840; Amos
and Benjamin S. Stoddard,
7 September 1840; John
Outhouse,
18 September 1849; Lyman
Wight,
6 October 1840; James
Braden,
6 October 1840; David
Osborn,
6 October 1840; Amos F.
Herrick,
13 October 1840; Milow
Andrews [Milo Andrus?],
13 October 1840; Levi
Jackman,
21 October 1840; heirs of
Edward Patridge (deceased),
24 October 1840; William
A. Hickman,
13 January 1841; and
Nahum Curtis, no date, with note on verso: “Consecrated by Nahum Curtis
Jan. 7, 1942";
forty-eight items. (Most damaged; some in pieces.)
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Receipt for money paid by Samuel Gates to apply on
land purchased at Montrose, Iowa, signed by A. Ripley,
27 February
1841.
Report of land sold for tax purposes signed by Ormand
Smith, Treasurer, 1841-1843, with a note on verso describing the land, signed
by Charles G. Hammond, auditor general.
Receipt of $100 to be applied as payment of the lot of
Joseph Colledge,
28 June
1841.
Memorandum of deeds presented by Gilbert Granger on
settlement with Joseph Smith, with lot and block numbers and names listed,
3 March 1842.
Survey of Nauvoo property made by Henry G. Sherwood
for Joseph Smith and John and Dorothy Fawks,
6 June 1843. (Two copies;
one badly damaged.)
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Record of deed transfers involving Joseph Smith and
others, damaged with some loss of text,
1843.
Agreement between Benjamin Andrews and Watson Fabur in
which Andrews traded Lot No. 2, Block 8, of the first addition of Ramus,
Illinois, to Fabur for one nine-year-old mare, one single harness, and one
buggy,
27 October
1843.
Indenture, for twenty acres of land: Daniel Smith to
Alpheus Cutler and Reynolds Cahoon, temple committee, signed at Nauvoo,
6 April 1844.
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Request to Joseph Smith, by Lyman Wight, to transfer
Lot No. 2, Block 141, in Nauvoo, to Samuel Gully,
18 May 1844.
Notice by Thomas Monisan, attorney, Carthage,
Illinois, 14 September 1844, to William Clayton, that payment was due for land
purchased by Eric Rhodes from James H. Duncan and William Turner, with a note
from Hugh Rhodes appended suggesting a means of settlement,
16 September
1844.
Legal agreement between John Field of Quincy,
Illinois, and Joseph L. Heywood, attorney for Jane Gully in which Heywood
agrees to sell Field a piece of land with a building, on Lot No. 141, for
greceries, goods , and a team of horses,
20 February
1846.
Property transfer records signed by Levi Stewart for
part of Lot 2, Block 107, of Nauvoo City Plat; part of Lot 25, Block 6, in
Kimball’s First Addition to Nauvoo; and a small frame house “on the Hotchkiss
track,” in part of Lot 4, Block 56, no date.
List of lots and blocks of land deeded to Emma Smith
and the children of Joseph Smith, including Julia M., Joseph III, Alexander,
and Frederick Granger Williams Smith, no date.
5
Promissory Notes (Arranged
chronologica lly)
5
1
One sheet with two unsigned notes to Joseph Smith,
Sidney Rigdon, and Hyrum Smith, Nauvoo, Illinois,
18 September
1839.
Sheets each containing three unsigned notes to Joseph
Smith, Nauvoo, Illinois,
25 September 1839; ten
items.
Seymour Brunson to Joseph Smith, Sidney Rigdon, and
Hyrum Smith, Nauvoo, Illinois,
1 October
1839.
Lemuel Herrick to Joseph Smith, Sidney Rigdon, and
Hyrum Smith, Nauvoo, Illinois,
10 October 1839; two
items. (Damaged.)
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2
Isaac Behunin to Joseph Smith, Sidney Rigdon, and
Hyrum Smith, Nauvoo, Illinois,
1 November
1839.
Zenos Gurley to Joseph Smith, Sidney Rigdon, and Hyrum
Smith, Nauvoo, Illinois,
1 November
1839.
Lyman Wight to Joseph Smith, Nauvoo, Illinois,
1 November
1839.
Alva Keller to Joseph Smith, Sidney Rigdon, and Hyrum
Smith, Nauvoo, Illinois,
20 November 1839; two
items.
John C. Annis to Joseph Smith, Sidney Rigdon, and
Hyrum Smith, Nauvoo, Illinois,
1 December
1839.
5
3
David Garlick to Joseph Smith, Sidney Rigdon, and
Hyrum Smith, Nauvoo, Illinois,
9 January 1840; six
items.
Welcome Chapman to Joseph Smith, Sidney Rigdon, and
Hyrum Smith, Nauvoo, Illinois,
1 February 1840; three
items.
David Jones to Joseph Smith, Sidney Rigdon, and Hyrum
Smith, Nauvoo, Illinois,
1 February 1840; three
items.
Benjamin Hoyt to Joseph Smith, Sidney Rigdon, and
Hyrum Smith, Nauvoo, Illinois,
15 February 1840; five
items.
George B. Teeples to Joseph Smith, Sidney Rigdon, and
Hyrum Smith, Nauvoo, Illinois,
15 February 1840; three
items.
John Smith to Joseph Smith, Sidney Rigdon, and Hyrum
Smith, Nauvoo, Illinois,
27 February 1840; three
items.
John Miller to joseph Smith, Sidney Rigdon, and Hyrum
Smith, Nauvoo, Illinois,
27 February 1840; four
items.
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4
Minerva Oaks to Joseph Smith, Sidney Rigdon, and Hyrum
Smith, Nauvoo, Illinois,
27 February
1840.
John Taylor to Joseph Smith, Sidney Rigdon and Hyrum
Smith, Nauvoo, Illinois,
1 March 1840.
Jane Miller to Joseph Smith, Sidney Rigdon, and Hyrum
Smith, Nauvoo, Illinois,
6 March 1840; two
items.
Joseph B. Hawkes to Joseph Smith, Sidney Rigdon, and
Hyrum Smith, Nauvoo, Illinois,
7 March 1840; three
items.
John Sweat to Joseph Smith, Sidney Rigdon, and Hyrum
Smith, Nauvoo, Illinois,
7 March 1840; two items.
(One item is a photocopy).
Joseph K. Allen to Joseph Smith, Sidney Rigdon, and
Hyrum Smith, Nauvoo, Illinois,
10 March 1840; four
items.
David C. Deming to Joseph Smith, Sidney Rigdon, and
Hyrum Smith, Nauvoo, Illinois,
20 March 1840.
(Damaged.)
Hesterann Lyons to Joseph Smith, Sidney Rigdon, and
Hyrum Smith, Nauvoo, Illinois,
23 March 1840; three
items.
George Gates to Joseph Smith, Sidney Rigdon, and Hyrum
Smith, Nauvoo, Illinois,
23 March 1840; three
items.
P. Ewell to Joseph Smith, Sidney Rigdon, and Hyrum
Smith, Nauvoo, Illinois,
31 March 1840; four
items.
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Stephen Foot to Joseph Smith, Nauvoo, Illinois,
1 April 1840.
Unsigned notes prepared for the sale of property by
Joseph Smith, Sidney Rigdon, and Hyrum Smith,
1 April 1840.
Unsigned notes to Joseph Smith, Sidney Rigdon, and
Hyrum Smith, Nauvoo, Illinois,
1 April 1840; three
items.
Notes to Joseph Smith, Sidney Rigdon, and Hyrum Smith,
Nauvoo, Illinois,
9 April 1840; three
items. (Signatures torn or faded.)
Maria Clark to Joseph Smith, Sidney Rigdon and Hyrum
Smith, Nauvoo, Illinois,
16 April
1840.
Unsigned notes to Joseph Smith, Sidney Rigdon, and
Hyrum Smith,
30 April 1840; two
items.
A. Ripley to Samuel [Lance?], Montrose, Iowa,
21 May 1840.
(Damaged.)
Easton Kellsey to Joseph Smith, Sidney Rigdon, and
Hyrum Smith, Nauvoo, Illinois,
1 July 1840; four
items.
Unsigned notes of Justis Morse to Joseph Smith, Sidney
Rigdon, and Hyrum Smith, Nauvoo, Illinois,
14 July 1840.
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6
(Signature cut off) and C. Kelley to Elizabeth
Huntsman, Commerce, Illinois,
1 September
1840.
Willis Wightman, William G. Perkins, David Dutton,
Joseph Holbrook, Thomas Gates, Harvey Strong, Erastus Bingham, Benjamin Benson,
John Lawson, Morris Phelps, Joel H. Johnson, and others to Ute Perkins, Ramus,
Illinois,
3 October
1840.
Joseph Smith, Jr., to David Manhard, Nauvoo, Illinois,
8 October 1840; two
items. (Damaged.)
A. Ripley to J.W. Johnson, Nauvoo, Illinois,
16 October
1940.
Lyman Stoddard to Joseph Smith, Sidney Rigdon, and
Hyrum Smith, Nauvoo, Illinois,
1 November
1840.
Samuel Bent and G.W. Harris, agents of the Church, to
Edward Hunter, Chester County, Pennsylvania,
14 November
1840.
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George Burket to Joseph Smith, Nauvoo, Illinois,
12 January 1841; three
items.
2
41
Lyman Wight to Parshall Terry, Pike County, Illinois,
22 September 1841.
(Recorded on the same sheet as a temple donation.)
5
7
Nathaniel Childs to Joseph Smith, Nauvoo, Illinois,
1 November
1841.
A. Ripley to Jacob Morris, Nauvoo, Illinois,
12 December
1841.
5
8
Notes on printed forms - J.B. Noble, William F.
Cahoon, Calvin Beebe, D.C. Davis, William Vanausdale, and one illegible - to
Reynolds Cahoon, Elias Higbee, and Alpheus Cutler, Nauvoo, Illinois, all dated
1 February 1844; six
items. (Damaged.)
5
9
Joseph Smith to Lyman Hirman, Nauvoo, Illinois,
4 March 1844.
Edmund Nelson to Joseph Smith, Sidney Rigdon, and
Hyrum Smith, Nauvoo, Illinois,
1 January
1845.
Illegible fragments of promissory notes; five
items.
Steamboat “Maid of Iowa” (Arranged
chronologically)
5
10
Items from the ledger of the Maid of Iowa,
1842 and 1843, to May 12,
1843.
Statement of accounts of Levi Moffit in building the
Maid of Iowa,
1842.
List of liabilities of the Maid of Iowa, from
1 October 1842 to 12 May
1843, bearing the latter date
Maid of Iowa Balance Sheet,
1 October 1842, to 12 May
1843.
5
11
Bill of costs for the Maid of Iowa, from Henry D.
Evans,
15 February
1843.
Receipts for costs of suits against the Maid of Iowa
and for a watch to guard the boat, to John M. Wimer,
15 February
1843.
5
12
Note due to the Maid of Iowa, signed by James Riley,
Nauvoo, Illinois,
13 April
1843.
Bill of expenses for Maid of Iowa,
30 April 1843 to 22 April
1844.
Financial statement concerning the Maid of Iowa,
between Joseph Smith, Dan Jones, and Levi Moffit,
12 May 1843.
List of goods shipped, with costs, on the Maid of
Iowa, between
12 May and 19 July 1843,
dated at Montrose, Iowa,
24 August 1844, with a
note on the back stating: “Received payment in full this 4th day of September
1844 of the within bill,
D.C. Davis.”
Receipt of goods shipped on the Maid of Iowa for
Foster Pickering, dated at St. Louis,
1 June 1843, with a note
on the back: “The within paid by Joseph Smith,
June 5th,
1843.”
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13
Order to Captain Jones to let J. Maison, P.T. Rolf, W.
Peck, L.O. Littlefield, and J.W. Chambers have passage on the Maid of Iowa and
charge to E. Smith, requested by “Taylor and Woodruff,”
17 June 1843.
Five unsigned notes due to the Maid of Iowa, for
passage of Daniel Avery, Mr. Smith, Joseph Howard, Mr. Stephens, and George
Buckingham from Nauvoo to Burlington and back, all dated
24 September
1843.
Statement recording the bill of several individuals to
William Kay for passage from New Orleans to Nauvoo, 15,
26 March
1844.
List of goods shipped on the Maid of Iowa for F.
Merryweather, between
17 April and 1 May
1844.
5
14
Bills and miscellaneous items related to the Maid of
Iowa, six of which are dated in
May 1844, with the
remainder bearing no dates; eleven items.
Lists of passengers and good shipped on the Maid of
Iowa, from Iowa City, from Rock Island, from St. Louis to Iowa and Rock Rivers,
to St. Louis, and to Keokuk,
May and June
1844.
Statement of accounts of Thomas Bullock for the Maid
of Iowa,
14 May to 17 June
1844.
Receipts for work done on the Maid of Iowa, issued to
Philo Allen,
28 May 1844; Stephen H.
Goddard and E.T. Repsher,
17 June 1844, all signed
by Thomas Bullock; three items.
5
15
Bill submitted by Arthur Morrison to the Nauvoo Temple
Committee for the charter of the Maid of Iowa, 26 June, 7 July, and &
7 August
1844.
List of items shipped, with costs, on the Maid of
Iowa, charged to D.C. Davis, dated at Montrose, Iowa,
August 1844.
Receipt of payment of a bill against the Maid of Iowa,
to a Mr. Saunders, Nauvoo, Illinois,
20 July ____.
List of bills against the Maid of Iowa, from men who
gave service on the boat, no date.
Joseph Smith’s Store in Nauvoo
(Arranged chronologically)
(The accounts of items purchased
and the list of creditors in this section are not specifically designated as
relating to Joseph Smith’s store, but appear to be so.)
5
16
Statements of the account of E. Higbee,
2 February 1841 to 28 March
1843; five items.
Statement of the account of William Manhard,
27 February 1841 to 5 February
1843.
Statement of the account of David Manhard,
March 1841 to 6 March
1843.
Accounts of R. Cahoon:
13 March 1841 to 12 April
1843;
28 March to 24 December
1841;
18 April 1841 to 20 July
1842; four items. At the bottom of the page of account number two is
a statement of A. Cutler’s account. At the top of a page in account number four
is a brief paragraph entitled “ Constitution and By-Laws of the Nauvoo Music
Association,” four items.
Statement of the account of A. Cutler,
7 April 1841 to 12 April
1843. (See also the listing above.)
Statement of the account of P. Cahoon,
20 April 1841 to 4 April
1843.
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17
List of names of people to whom credit was extended,
with the amount,
18 May 1841 to 7 September
1842.
Statement of the account of William Higbee,
6 July 1841 to 29 March
1842.
Pages from a general account book (5-8, 13-16, 21-22),
giving names, items, and cost of orders,
11 August 1841 to 15 October
1842; three items.
“D. & A. Cahoon’s account,” from
8 December 1841 to 1 April
1842.
“Store Bill” of Willard Richards,
24 December 1841 to 13 July
1842.
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18
Statement of the account of William Cahoon,
31 May 1842 to 27 January
1843.
Floor plan, apparently of Joseph Smith’s store,
showing the Trustee’s Office of the Church, the office for the clerks of the
Church, the store area, and lounger’s hall; no date.
Nauvoo Concert
Hall
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Bill of work on the Concert Hall,
November 1844, by T.O.
Angell, William Gray, Daniel Avery, Miles Romney, Hugh Riding, Stephen Perry,
and A. Harper;
December 1844, by M.
Romney, Jabez Durphy, Daniel Avery, Hugh Riding, A. Harper, William Gray,
William Felshaw, S. Gidlly (?), G.H.C. Gibbs, S. Longstroth, T.O. Angell, and
William F. Cahoon.
List of donors and their contributions for school
tuition of their children, credited to the concert hall,
14 May 1845.
Nauvoo House
5
20
Receipts of payment for stock certificates of the
Nauvoo House Association, by James Cummings, one signed at Nauvoo, by Lyman
Wight, 25 April 1842, and one at Nauvoo, by H.W. Miller,
9 May 1842, three
items.
Receipt of payment for stock certificate of the Nauvoo
House Association, by James Bevan, signed by L. Woodworth for E. Potter,
18 September
1843.
Mansion House (Arranged
chronologically)
5
21
Rough draft copy of an agreement in which Joseph Smith
agreed to lease the Mansion House to Ebenezer Robinson; no date.
Copies of the indenture, one designated “Lease” and
the other “Copy of Lease,” stating conditions under which Joseph Smith leased
the Mansion House to Ebenezer Robinson,
3 January 1844; two
items.
Copies of the inventory listing furniture and other
items delivered by Joseph Smith to Ebenezer Robinson in leasing the Mansion
House,
23 January 1844; two
items.
Bill containing itemized expenses charged by Ebenezer
Robinson to Joseph Smith for services rendered in the Mansion House, from
25 January to 26 March
1844, with an associated bill for goods purchased during that
period; two items.
Bill of Joseph Smith against Ebenezer Robinson related
to the Mansion House,
January 1844.
Outside jacket used to contain all the above items
related to the Mansion House, with notes and figures written on it related to
them.
Work Recepts and Bills of Labor
(Not Specified for Tithing) (Arranged chronologically.)
5
22
Work receipt issued to John Wilkie by John Carling,
14 June 1842.
Bill of time not receipted, being a work record
listing the names of approximately two hundred men, in alphabetical order, with
the number of days they worked each month from
October 1842 to September
1845, with an appended record entitled “Names of hands who went to
get Saw Logs from the Islands in
June, 1845.”
Bills of labor to Robert Campbell,
March 1844; Martin H.
Peck,
30 December 1844; “Widow
Taylor,”
16 June 1845; and William
F. Cahoon,
11 June 1845; four
items.
Bill of labor for David Brinton signed by Enoch Reese,
date and name on back: David Brinton,
22 October
1845.
Items and a wrapper designated “Orders returned by
Samuel Russell on Settlement,
December 2, 1845,”
comprising: a bill for lumber purchased by Newel K. Whitney, George Miller, and
Samuel Russell, from Thomas Weston,
5 May 1845; orders to
Samuel Russell for lumber related to the Nauvoo Temple and the Nauvoo House
Association, signed by William Clayton, recorder, and by Newel K. Whitney and
George Miller, trustees, with some by William Clayton and James Whitehead as
clerks of the trustees,
19 May to 18 September
1845; bill for lumber purchased by the Nauvoo House Association from
Samuel Russell,
13 August 1845; request
by Brigham Young to “Bros. Chase & Russell” to let William C. Mitchel have
some lumber on Young’s account,
30 August 1845; note to
Russell from Newel K. Whitney to give the bearer some lumber for a coffin, no
date; fourteen items.
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23
Statement of labor done for Conrad Siple, from “E.
Reese Time Book,” no date except for two items which contain the note, “Cr.
Jany 1,
1846,” and “Cr. Jany 29,
1846.”
Work receipt for Thomas More, signed by Newel K.
Whitney, bishop,
26 February
1846.
Scrap of paper containing a list of the number of days
labored on one side and a list of charges on the other for services performed;
no dates given.
Bill of work done on Black River Boat, by William F.
Cahoon, C.L. Whitney, E. Newman, and others; no date.
Bill of goods of John Wiley Tyrrell, no
date.
Bill of William Wilkie for labor, lumber and other
goods, no date.
Miscellaneous and Assorted
Accounts and Receipts (Arranged chronologically.)
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24
Statement of accounts of Gibson Smith, [21?]
January 1833 and 2 November
1836.
“New York Account Book, Sept.
1834,” with no
identification other than those parties in the state of New York doing business
with the owner of the book,
1833 and
1834.
Statement of goods and prices with the note on the
verso: “Supposed to be Mulholland’s Bill,”
22 April to 13 September
1839.
Copy of the articles of agreement in which Jonathan
and Hudson Nichols of Black River, Wisconsin Territory agreed to sell one half
of their claim on the Black River to Horatio Curtis and George Crane of Warren
County, Illinois, for the purpose of building a saw mill,
11 August
1840.
Receipt issued to W. Clayton for iron purchased from
J.B. Osprey, and freight, Nauvoo, Illinois,
22 September
1840.
Lists of sundry goods received by Joseph Smith from
John Lytle, with statements of the account from
12 November 1840 to January
1844, and statements signed by Lytle that payment had been made in
full,
17 January 1844; five
items.
Request by Joseph Smith to “Brother Davis,” to let the
bearer have five dollar,
1 March 1841.
Note to pay Harrison Sayers twenty dollars on demand
signed “John,”
14 March 1841, pasted to
a fragment of a page of a book or newspaper which discusses John C. Bennett’s
charges against Joseph Smith, bearing a date of
1842.
Receipt issued to Ruben Hartson for goods purchased,
signed for Joseph Smith by John S. Fullmer, Nauvoo, Illinois,
28 May 1841.
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Request by Cyrus Ellsworth to Lorenzo Brown, to let
“Cahoon & Higbee or bearer” have forty-five bushels of corn,
9 December
1841.
Note to Stephen Markham regarding purchase of flour,
25 December
1841.
Bill for lumber sawed and purchased from Hiram W.
Mikesell,
1841-1842.
Bill of James Ivins to Joseph Smith covering the dates
of 1
9 January to 26 August
1842, with a note that it was paid in full,
20 January
1844.
Contract for the sale of a printing establishment, by
Ebenezer Robinson to John Taylor and Wilford Woodruff,
4 February 1842.
(Signatures cut out.)
Sheets entitled “Memorandum of Articles on Hand,” but
which appear to be sheets from a day book listing the credit sales of a store
in Nauvoo, showing the transfer of date to the regular ledger,
10 February to 4 October
1842; two items.
Bill of James Ivings to Joseph Smith, for sundry
goods, including shoes, buttons, ribbons, cloth, spices, etc., from
16 February to 15 October
1842, with a note that it was paid in full,
20 January
1844.
“Memorandum of Notes, etc. against O. Granger,” taken
on settlement with Gilbert Granger,
2 March 1842.
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List of expenses related to Joseph Smith’s journey to
Springfield, Illinois,
December
1842.
Statement recording a cash payment, work done and its
value, with miscellaneous items — a crow bar, lead, and nails,
December
1842.
Statement of Ebenezer Robinson’s debt to Joseph Smith
at the printing office in Nauvoo, Illinois,
1842.
Request by Elizabeth Rowe for a Mr. Roberts to pay
“the ferry company one dollar,” Nauvoo, Illinois,
16 May 1843.
Bill for rail splitting and ditching done for Joseph
Smith,
15 July 1843.
(Fragile.)
5
27
Request by L.M. Joyce to J. Smith, to pay the bearer
thirty-five dollars,
21 September
1843.
Bill submitted by A. Petty, Nauvoo, Illinois, to
Edmund Fisher for work done, stipulating that payment be made to the bearer in
brick,
27 September
1843.
Receipt from Charles C. Norris & Company, St.
Louis Missouri, importers of hardware, etc., for steel and saw files sold to
Joseph Smith,
5 October
1843.
List of goods received by Joseph Smith from Philip B.
Lewis, from
9 December 1843 to
20 April 1844, with a
note signed by Lewis that he had received payment, Nauvoo, Illinois,
18 May 1844.
Order on W. Morry [Morey?] to let the bearer “have
five dollars in hats,” signed by Thomas Jaap, Nauvoo, Illinois,
21 December
1843.
Bill of Joseph Smith to D. Jones and Company,
1843, 1844.
Bill and receipt of Samuel Sevarner to J.L. Kimball,
Warsaw, Illinois,
10 January
1844.
5
28
Bill of E. Oakley for books purchased by George
Miller, with a note signed by Oakley that he received payment,
12 January
1844.
Bill of E. Oakley for groceries purchased by [A.?]
Prat,
15 June 1844.
Bill of groceries bought by John Snider and delivered
to Joseph Smith, with a note by Snider that he received the sum of $35.14 from
Joseph Smith for freight and storage of the goods,
25 January
1844.
Statement of money due to John Greenbow, or the
bearer, “out of the printing,” signed by John Taylor for E. Smith,
8 March 1844.
5
29
Receipt issued by A.W. Vanleer & Company, St.
Louis, Missouri, for iron, steel, and hand saw files bought by Mrs. J. Smith,
23 April 1844.
Receipts issued to D.M. Repsher in the purchase of
blasting power, St. Louis, Missouri,
24 April 1844; two
items.
Request to Newel K. Whitney to pay William Clark
$1.50, signed by Samuel Mulliner, Nauvoo, Illinois,
30 April
1844.
Order on H.C. Jacobs to give the bearer twn bushels of
lime, signed by J.H. Van Wetter,
29 May 1844.
Receipt issued by Charles C. Norris & Company, St.
Louis, Missouri, for strap hinges purchased by P.B. Lewis,
3 July 1844.
Receipt issued to Agnes Baum for shirts and pants, no
signature, Nauvoo, Illinois,
6 July 1844. Note on
verso: “Hyrum Smith’s Certificate of Appointment.”
Bill for 84432.7 “superficial feet” of lumber received
and measured,
8 to 16 July
1844.
5
30
Receipt issued to Reynolds Cahoon for bacon purchased
from Amos Davis,
17 July 1844.
Receipt issued to Messrs. Wheelock & Douherty for
sundry goods purchased from Heywood & Kimballs, Quincy, Illinois,
13 August
1844.
Receipt issued to C.H. Wheelock by “Hopkins,”
14 August
1844.
Request to Newel K. Whitney to pay Charles Warner
three dollars and charge to Dan Jones’ account in the estate of Joseph Smith,
signed by Jones,
August 1844.
Order on John Smith and others to let the bearer have
some wheat, signed by James Tappen, Nauvoo, Illinois,
4 September 1844.
Bill of William Clayton to P.S. Cahoon, Nauvoo,
Illinois,
16 September
1844.
Statement of Jeremiah Wilt warranting that twenty
rifle barrels purchased from him by Lorenzo Young were good barrels,
26 September
1844.
Order on F. Pullin to pay the bearer ten dollars in
brick, signed by J.C. Blanders, Nauvoo, Illinois,
1 October
1844.
Statement of goods purchased on credit by F.
Merryweather,
17 October
1844.
Order on Mr. Swasy and Company to pay Newel K. Whitney
the rent for a building they occupied, signed by John Bills, Nauvoo, Illinois,
31 October
1844.
5
31
Bill of A.C. Hodges for goods purchased by Joseph
Smith, with a note signed by Hodges that he was paid in full,
1 November
1844.
Bills of sale and receipts for building materials
purchased by William Clayton,
14 November 1844; James
Bird,
19 August 1845; Joseph L.
Heywood,
18 to 27 April 1846;
three items.
Bill for tallow candles and soap to Mr. Mendinghall,
11 December
1944.
List of goods, under the heading, “Office of School
Commissioner of Hancock County,” which A Ripley got from R.D. Foster’s store,
with check marks by certain items and a total of their cost, followed by the
note: “Received
Jany 7, 1845, of N.K.
Whitney & Geo. Miller as payment of the above bill in full.” Signed A.
Ripley.
Miscellaneous bills and receipts involving Joseph
Kelley,
12 January 1845; G.
Clark,
12 May 1846; S.A.
Sampson,
13 May 1846; Heber C.
Kimball and Hosea Cushing, no date; four items.
Receipt for glass purchased by Lyman Stoddard from the
Michigan Glass Works,
20 January
1845.
5
32
Receipt issued to O. Hyde, for storage and drayage on
two lots of good, from J.L. Kimball, Warsaw, Illinois,
5 February
1845.
Bill to H.C. Kimball for work, charged to the
trustees-in-trust,
11 February
1845.
Shipping agreement, with a list of goods sent by O.
Hyde, at St. Louis, to Newel K. Whitney, Nauvoo, Illinois, on the ship Osprey,
27 February
1845.
Receipt for white lead and turpentine purchased by O.
Hyde in St. Louis, Missouri,
27 February
1845.
Receipts for purchases by Orson Hyde in St. Louis,
Missouri,
27 February 1845; four
items.
Receipt issued to Charles Allen for a purchase made
from J.B. Osprey, Nauvoo, Illinois,
2 March 1845.
5
33
Receipt issued to “Mr. Hyde” for a purchase of powder
and fuses from Anderson Thomson,
7 March 1845.
Receipt issued to J.D. Parker, signature illegible,
12 March
1845.
Unidentified account books, one a near copy of the
other, containing several names and figures,
March and April 1845; two
items.
Receipts for goods purchased by Winslow Farr, in
Utica, Syracuse, and Batavia, New York,
11, 15 April and 5 May
1845; three items.
5
34
Receipt of articles shipped on the steam boat “War
Eagle,”
14 April
1845.
Outside wrappers used to contain notes, receipts, etc.
with the words written: “Papers pertaining to Winslow Farr’s Agency,
June 1845"; “Pr. L.
Young, Oct. 12, 45"; “John Ames notes to H. Sagers”“; “Memorandum - O. Granger
- G. Newel’s Assignment”; and “J.D. Hunter’s papers for settlement - Recorded
April 14, 45.”; five items.
Receipt for goods purchased by Orson Hyde from Joseph
Charless, wholesale dealer, St. Louis, Missouri,
16 May 1845.
Bill for board to Eliza M. Green, for James Germen,
John S. White, William Palling, Millen Atwood, Henry [Goodale?], and Hosea
Cushing,
2 June 1845.
List of bills paid by Newel K. Whitney, with expenses,
on a trip to St. Louis, Missouri,
17 June 1845.
Bill for labor, etc. on William Smith’s house, Nauvoo
(City of Joseph), Illinois,
18 June 1845.
5
35
Bill for wine from Norman Cutler,
4 July 1845.
Receipts to Newel K. Whitney from the “Saint Louis
Patent Lead Pipe Works,” for sheet lead,
4 July and 8 August 1845;
two items.
Receipt issued to S.C. Shelton for blackberries,
signed by J. Holmon,
26 July 1845.
Receipt issued to Morgan Phelps for plough castings
purchased from Samuel Chandler,
29 July 1845.
Unpaid account for wheat of James L. Kimball, who went
West with the Emmett company,
6 August
1845.
Order of Newel K. Whitney on “Messrs. Lyon, Shorb
& Co.” for steel and nails, Nauvoo, Illinois,
16 August
1845.
Freight bill from the steamer “Iron City” to O. Hyde,
Nauvoo, Illinois,
20 October
1845.
Bill of goods received by Lucy Mack Smith at Davis’
store,
17 November
1845.
Order for Brigham Young to pay Margaret Morgan five
dollars,
17 November
1845.
5
36
Bill for acknowledging deeds, with a statement signed
by Isaac Higbee that he had been paid in full,
4 December
1845.
Receipts on the purchase of iron from Ivil Rice, Sligo
Iron Store, Quincy, Illinois,
17, 25 December 1845;
three items.
Bill for boarding Zechariah B. Decker, Aurora Shumway,
L.M. Howe, John C. Badger, George Rhodes, Oren D. Farlin, Gilbert Watson, and
Samuel Smith, with a note signed by Fanny Howe that she had received payment in
full,
30 December
1845.
Bill of Samuel Shepherd submitted to Newel K. Whitney
and George Miller, Trustees, for nine hogs purchased from Nelson Higgins,
30 December
1845.
5
37
Statement of costs to Howard Coray for work in
preparing the history of Lucy Mack Smith (History of Joseph Smith by his
Mother) for publication,
14 January
1846.
Bill of William Whitney for dry goods, broadcloth and
pins,
16 January
1846.
Receipt of David Fullmer, Captain, to Ruben P.
Hartwell for one mare, a double set of harnesses, and grain deposited for the
benefit of E. Company,
6 February
1846.
Receipt to Reuben Houghton for two horses, one wagon,
and a double harness, “for the use of Joseph City Band, by order of Brigham
Young,”
13 February
1846.
5
38
Invoices and receipts for goods purchased by Erastus
Snow at Quincy, Illinois,
16, 17 July 1846;
seventeen items.
Inventory of Church property delivered to Newel K.
Whitney by William Clayton, including two large tithing records, books and
papers belonging to the Nauvoo House Association and the high priest quorum,
Nauvoo city treasurer’s papers, a small parchment roll of hieroglyphics, sundry
Kirtland and Missouri papers, copyrights for the Book of Mormon, books, writing
materials, tools, and a variety of other items,
17 March
1842.
5
39
Order on John P. Greene to pay the bearer five
dollars, signed by Isaiah Call, Walnut Grove,
21 October
1847.
Unidentified segment of a receipt, dated 18 June 18
____.
Statement of Moses Smith’s account with Joseph Smith,
no date.
Receipt for nine kegs of powder paid for with cash, no
date.
Note containing a list of items sold and money
received, no date.
Freight and passage bill of Samuel Swarner to the
steamer “Sarah Ann,” no date.
Bill for cattle with the heading, “John Surratt per
hand Jas. Brown,” no date.
Unidentified sheets listing names and corresponding
numbers (Possibly ledger numbers), with several entries being designated “to
the poor,” no date; two items.
5
40
Wrapper labeled “Receipts of Grain at Masonic Hall.”
(Photocopy.)
Unidentified account dated with months but no years
designated.
Bill for timber cut in Iowa and purchased from Messrs.
Adams, Pedegrew and Baker, with a note on the verso: “Thos. Merrill has had
$16,60 cts. credit on tithing for hauling pt. of the within timber and he left
$4 to be credited to fuel.” No date.
Segment of a receipt to William Backenstos (?) signed
by E. Robison, no date.
Unsigned bill, possibly to Joseph Smith, no
date.
Bill for lumber “delivered to Turley,” no
date.
Pages that appear to relate to a small ledger book,
giving names of men followed by numbers designating the page of their account,
no date.
Fragments of notes or receipts; seven
items.
Utah
Period
Land Records
5
41
Record of conveyance of west part of Lot 1, Block 75
of Great Salt Lake City to the State of Deseret, by Reynolds Cahoon,
12 March
1850.
Promissory
Notes
John K. Whitney and Joshua K. Whitney (?) to Daniel
Davidson, Salt Lake City, Utah,
16 February
1882.
Miscellaneous
Small numbered certificates signed by Edwin D.
Woolley, each entitling the bearer to “one load in Red Bute,”
12 May to 15 August 1841;
five items.
Unsigned bill of articles for mines, purchased in Salt
Lake City and having to do with Ophir City,
1871.
F. Legal, Civil and Municipal Records
F. Legal, Civil and Municipal Records
Box
Folder
Contents
Ohio Period
5
42
Contract for the sale and assignment of two
judgements, obtained by Samuel D. Rounds against Joseph Smith and Sidney
Rigdon, to William Marks and Oliver Granger, Kirtland, Ohio,
1 March 1838.
Power of attorney issued by Newel K. Whitney,
authorizing Samuel Whitney to act as his agent in certain land transactions,
Kirtland, Ohio,
7 November
1838.
Plat of a graveyard in Kirtland, Ohio, no
date.
Missouri Period
5
43
Fragment of a document or letter signed by Peter H.
Burnett in which he names Hyrum (smith), Caleb Baldwin, Alexander McRae, etc.,
and mentions “my fee,” with possible reference to his legal counsel given in
Missouri,
1839.
Illinois Period
5
44
Certificate of appointment of Daniel H. Wells as a
justice of the peace in Hancock County, Illinois,
6 February
1841.
Paternity suit of Mary Clift vs. Gustavus Hills,
Robert Clift agent for Mary Clift,
15 September
1842.
Declaration by J.H. Sherman, attorney, (copy) for and
in behalf of the plaintiffs, William Schwartz, et al., against Joseph Smith,
regarding land in Hancock County, Illinois,
14 October
1843.
Petitions to the mayor of Nauvoo recommending Samuel
Musick “as a proper person to sell and retail spiritous liquors” within the
Third Ward at the City of Nauvoo,
17, 18 January 1844; two
items.
Nauvoo city tax order signed by William Clayton,
1 April 1844; two
items.
Declaration by J.H. Sherman, attorney, (copy) for and
in behalf of the plaintiffs, William Schwartz, et al., against Joseph Dodd,
regarding land in Hancock County, Illinois,
9 June 1845.
Declaration by J.H. Sherman, attorney, (copy) for and
in behalf of the plaintiffs, William Schwartz, et al., against Alpheus Cutler
and Reynolds Cahoon, regarding land in Hancock County, Illinois,
17 June 1845.
5
45
Declarations by J.H. Sherman, attorney, (copies) for
and in behalf of the plaintiffs, William Schwartz et al., against George Miller
and Newel K. Whitney, regarding land in Hancock County, Illinois,
24 June 1845; two
items.
Declaration by Thomas Morrison, attorney, (copy) for
and in behalf of I.S. Chamberlaine, against Almon W. Babbitt, Joseph L.
Heywood, John S. Fullmer, and William Fossett, regarding land in Nauvoo,
Illinois,
3 April 1846.
“Original Bill” for the incorporation of the City of
Nauvoo, Illinois, ending in the middle of section 15 (full charter has 28
sections), no date; four items.
Series II: Records of the Whitney Family
Series II: Records of the Whitney Family
A. Newel K. Whitney
A. Newel K. Whitney
Box
Folder
Contents
Personal
Correspondence
6
1
9 March 1844, (copies), re: family and
personal matters; condition in Nauvoo; Whitney’s plans to make a business trip
to Philadelphia in
1842; his business affairs and matters
related to his property in Kirtland, Ohio; observations on John C. Bennett’s
effort to destroy Joseph Smith; request for data from his mother on her
ancestors; denial that the Latter-day Saints bought or held temporal goods and
property in common, on the basis of common stock; the aftermath of challenges
and conflict related to the failure of the Kirtland Safety Society; and
references to the activities of Almon W. Babbitt and others in Kirtland; eight
items.
6
2
From Samuel F. Whitney, Kirtland, Ohio,
7 April 1842 to
6 November 1847, re: activities of Almon
W. Babbit in Kirtland; legal issues and actions related to the aftermath of the
failure of the Kirtland Safety Society; use made of buildings owned by Newel K.
Whitney in Kirtland; appeal for Whitney to return to Kirtland and go into
business there; prices of basic staples at Kirtland; state of affairs with
Whitney’s parents and the death of his father; recommendation that Whitney sell
his store and property in Kirtland; feelings about him leaving Nauvoo and
moving to the West; eight items.
6
3
To his parents, Samuel and Susanna Whitney,
4 May 1845, (copy), re: family matters;
effort to persuade his parents to come to Nauvoo; references to the efforts of
Sidney Rigdon against the Church.
6
4
From one of his plural wives, no place designated,
16 October 1847, to Whitney, Winter
quarters, Iowa Territory, re: expressions of her love and affection for her
husband.
From Brigham Young, Great Salt Lake City,
18 July 1850, re: invitation to dinner on
24 July.
Undated and unsigned fragment, re: sentiments of a
woman (possibly one of Whitney’s plural wives) during a time of emotional
stress.
Business
Papers
Ohio Period
6
5
Balance of accounts of F.G. Williams, Joseph Smith,
Oliver Cowdery, Sidney Rigdon, and John Johnson, prepared according to the
instructions of Joseph Smith,
23 April 1834.
Tax receipts issued to Whitney by the Treasurer’s
Office, Geauga County, Ohio,
22 October 1835,
30 August 1836,
29 August 1837; four items.
Records of receipts on accounts with Samuel F.
Whitney,
8 March 1837 to 12 October
1842.
One page document entitled “Sundry pieces of property
which N.K. Whitney is interested in & ownes at this time,”
August 1837.
6
6
Rental agreement between William Dimaline and Whitney,
relating to Whitney property in Kirtland, Ohio,
1 July 1838.
Certificate giving Whitney the right to use “Howard’s
Improvement in Medicine,”
10 March 1838.
Proclamation by Samuel F. Whitney that, as an agent of
Newel K. Whitney, he had purchased land at public auction, in Kirtland, Ohio,
belonging to Algernon Sidney Gilbert,
10 September 1839.
Statement of account between Samuel F. Whitney and
Newel K. Whitney,
10 August 1839.
Illinois Period
6
7
Statement of notes held by Whitney against several
individuals,
5 May 1843.
Receipt issued to Whitney for one dollar as full
payment of all old demands, signed by Joseph Smith,
16 February 1844.
6
8
Receipt for goods purchased by Whitney from William
Wade & Company, including such items as molasses, blasting powder, paper,
oranges and coffee,
14 April 1845. (Damaged.)
6
9
Receipts for freight shipped on the steamboat,
“Mermaid,” delivered to Whitney at Nauvoo, Illinois, 19,
26 June 1845; two items.
Shipping receipts issued to Whitney for goods shipped
on the steamboat “War Eagle” and delivered at Nauvoo, Illinois,
8, 9 August 1845, with one undated; three
items.
6
10
Statements sent to Whitney recording purchases of
grapes and elderberries, signed by Isaac Morley and L.N. Scovil, July, August,
and September
1845; eighteen items. (Some
damaged.)
6
11
Order for carpet (copy), by Whitney, to be purchased
from J.B. Sickles & Company,
16 August 1845.
Bill to Whitney for an order of olive oil for the
Nauvoo store,
25 December 1845.
Request of Whitney to E. Snow to purchase domestic
goods and spices in Quincy, Illinois, no date.
“Sundry Bills of Freight & Expenses,” of a Mr.
Wheelock, no date; on verso: description of a cow sold to John Harper, no
date.
Utah Period
6
12
Record of the brand registered to Newel K. Whitney in
Great Salt Lake City, Utah, signed “Wm. Clayton recd. per W.I. Appleby,”
31 January 1850.
Unsigned and undated statement by the heirs of
Whitney, releasing Samuel F. Whitney from all actions, claims, damages, and
demands related to Whitney’s property, with a similar unsigned statement by
Elizabeth Ann Whitney
1868.
Notices of taxes due, issued on the Whitney estate by
the assessor and collector’s office, Salt Lake County,
20 July 1878.
Receipt of costs paid by Whitney for a survey of Salt
Lake City lots signed by H.G. Sherwood. On verso, note stating: “All clear, as
described by H.G. Sherwood,” signed Thomas Bullock, no date.
Picture of the Whitney home at Maine and North Temple
Streets, Salt Lake City, Utah. (Photocopy.)
Excerpt from a report prepared by Solomon F. Kimball
in
1900 of those buried in the Kimball and
Whitney Cemetary; two items. (Both photocopies.)
Account
Books
6
13
Account book, faded almost completely, subscribed:
“N.K. Whitney Book,
Sept. 25, 1825.”
6
14
Booklet entitled, “List of notes in the hands of
Justices of the Peace for collection in favor of N.K.W. & Co.,”
8 February 1827 to August
1838.
6
15
Account book in ink and pencil,
1833-1834,
1843-1845, with three pages of accounts by
Orson K. Whitney in
1889. Included is a note giving the
marriage date of Heber chase Kimball and Sarah Ann Whitney (Smith Kingsbury)
and a listing of those who received the endowment in Nauvoo before the temple
work began,
7 December 1845.
6
16
Small business book, mostly blank, apparently
belonging to Whitney, including entries on supplies, etc., for Brigham Young,
Heber C. Kimball, and others, and some information on the birth of two
children,
1846-1847.
Other
Papers
6
17
Masonic materials: a poem entitled, “the Free Masons
Narative (sic)” signed by Whitney,
23 December 1817; untitled song written in
Whitney’s hand,
1817; a Free Mason poem or song entitled,
“Progress of Masonry by B. Powers,” copies in Whitney’s hand with the
inscription date, Painesville, Ohio,
27 February 1821; a Free Mason poem
entitled, “At the Building of King Solomon’s Temple in Ancient Times,” unsigned
and undated; “Free Mason Song,” unsigned but addressed for mailing to N.K.
Whitney, Painesville; “Memorandum,” apparently being a list of masonic poems or
songs, undated; an envelope containing five Masonic seals with a note written
on the outside: “These Masonic papers belonging to my maternal grandfather
Newel K. Whitney were given to me by my Mother
8/24/21,” signed R. Whitney Groo; seven
items.
6
18
Notice sent by N.K. Whitney, Painesville, Ohio,
27 march 1827, to a local chapter of free
masons, re: his appointment and that of Solomon Kingsbury to audit their
financial records.
6
19
Patriarchal blessings: Joseph Smith, Sr., upon the
head of Newel K. Whitney,
14 September 1835; Joseph Smith, Sr., upon
the head of Elizabeth Ann Whitney,
14 September 1835 (see also box 6, fd.
25); Joseph Smith, Jr., (through the Urim and Thummin) upon the head of Newel
K. Whitney,
7 October 1835.
Blessing pronounced upon Whitney by Joseph Smith, Sr.,
written in Whitney’s hand,
December 1834.
Genealogical data pertaining to Whitney, with note
that the ordinance of baptism had been performed for and in behalf of the
people listed,
7 July 1843.
Note on stationery of Mrs. R. Whitney Groo, no date or
signature.
6
20
Three loose pages of a diary, author unknown,
1855.
Account of the journey of Joseph Smith and Whitney
from Independence, Missouri to Kirtland, Ohio, May and June 1832, taken from
the Prophet’s Journals with the heading “Black Horse Lane, Feb. 2 and 3,
1864 — Joseph Smith and
Father.”
Miscellaneous items: poem signed “Blanche,” undated,
with the name Emmeline Whitney written on verso; news clipping, dated 4 March,
containing a report from Washington, D.C., of congressional action on an
antipolygamy bill.
Statement of Whitney to his “friend Heber” stating
that he had forgiven him because of the honesty and uprightness of his heart,
no date.
Biographical sketch (typewritten) entitled “Newel K.
Whitney Second Presidency Bishop of the Church.”
B. Elizabeth Ann Whitney
B. Elizabeth Ann Whitney
Box
Folder
Contents
Correspondence
6
21
From Eliza R. Snow, Garden Grove,
Iowa Territory, 30 June 1846, to Elizabeth Ann Whitney and Vilate Kimball, Camp
of Israel to the west, re: conditions in the westward movement of the
Latter-day Saints.
Utah Period
6
22
From James Ferguson, Camp on Ham’s Fork,
4 November 1957, to “Mother Whitney,” Salt
Lake City, Utah, re: the approach of Johnston’s Army and the new governor, and
the determination of the Mormon forces to withstand the enemy.
To Joshua K. Whitney, 2 through
29 April 1865 (?), who was serving the
Church as a missionary in Scotland, re: expressions of love, news of the family
and friends, and her activities in the administration of temple ordinances;
five items.
To Joshua K. Whitney,
22 November 1865 (?), re: expressions of
her feelings toward him and his mission, with news of the family.
From Samuel F. Whitney, Kirtland, Ohio,
3 August, 1867, re: financial affairs
related to Whitney property, etc., in Kirtland.
From Samuel F. Whitney, Kirtland, Ohio,
11 February 1868, re: financial affairs
related to the Whitney property in Kirtland.
To the Honorable Elias Smith, Probate Judge,
14 March 1876, re: withdrawal of filing on
land in Salt Lake City, signed by Joshua K. Whitney for Elizabeth A. Whitney;
two copies.
From Grace, Bear River,
5 September 1878, to “Grandma” re: items
of family interest.
From Isaac Groo and Mary Jane Groo, Wyoming Territory,
26 December 1878, re: expressions of
filial affection and well wishes on her seventy-eighth birthday.
From Gracie, no date, to “Grandma” re: items of family
interest. (Damaged.)
Business
Papers
Utah Period
6
23
Portion of a land certificate,
12 March 1862, certifying Elizabeth A.
Whitney as the “lawful Claimant.” (Fragment.)
Indenture in which Parley P. Pratt deeded land in Salt
Lake City, Utah, to Elizabeth Ann Whitney,
8 December 1873.
Probate court notices issued to Elizabeth Ann Whitney
for prosecution of the title of lands claimed by her,
4 March 1876; two items.
Deed of conveyance issued by Salt Lake City and
County, conveying the title of a city lot to Elizabeth Ann Whitney,
3 November 1876.
Indenture deeds for land in Salt Lake City, sold to
Elizabeth Ann Whitney by George Q. Cannon, Brigham Young and Albert Carrington,
6 July 1878 and
13 November 1879; two items.
Receipt for payment of $105 to Thomas C. Griffitts,
for professional services in the sale of real estate and personal property
belonging to Elizabeth Ann Whitney, deceased, Salt Lake City, Utah,
15 December 1882.
6
24
Poem written by Emmeline Whitney, entitled, “Lines
written at Midnight for Mrs. E.A. Whitney after the birth of her Little Son,”
25 February 1847. (For poems written to
Elizabeth Ann by Isaac Groo, see box 8, fd. 14.)
6
25
Patriarchal blessing given by Isaac Morley upon the
head of Elizabeth Ann Whitney, Salt Lake City, Utah,
8 July 1885. (See also box 6, fd.
19.)
C. Whitney Children
C. Whitney Children
Box
Folder
Contents
Horace K.
Whitney
Correspondence
6
26
Salt Lake City, Utah,
29 December 1854, to his brother (possibly
Joshua K. Whitney), re: his activities in Salt Lake City, problems with drunken
soldiers in the city, and general news of the time.
Salt Lake City, Utah,
30 June 1885, to Joshua K. Whitney, re:
discovery of coal near Sanpete, general news, death of Judge Shafer and his
funeral.
Salt Lake City, Utah,
15 March 1870, to Joshua K. Whitney, re:
general news, plays performed by Thomas A. Lyne and others in Salt Lake City,
social activities, family news.
Elyria, Ohio,
16 February 1870, to his mother, Elizabeth
Ann Whitney, re: report of his visit to the family homestead in Ohio, the
Kirtland cemetery, and old acquaintances of his mother in the area.
Salt Lake City, Utah,
21 December 1870, to “Dear Bro.” (possibly
Joshua K. Whitney), re: concern that his mother’s farm might be lost and a
request to help in the matter; observations on the time.
Other Papers
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Promissory note to Horace K. Whitney, signed “Taylor
and Woodruff,” Nauvoo, Illinois,
11 March 1843.
List of property to fit out Horace and Orson Whitney
for the mountains,
April 1847. (Photocopy)
Description of a funeral procession in Hawaii given by
Horace K. Whitney who was there as a missionary for the church,
10 January 1855.
“Names of Donors sending HKW School,” undated with
eighteen names listed, including Brigham Young, Heber C. Kimball, Willard
Richards, N.K. Whitney and Addison Pratt.
Orson K.
Whitney
Correspondence
6
28
Parowan, Utah,
19 May 1854, to Horace K. Whitney, re:
report of his journey with Joseph F. Smith and others on their Hawaiian
mission; brief stay at the home of George A. Smith; observations on Parowan;
marriages, including a “Bro. Dame” who took a second wife; personal and family
matters.
San Francisco, California,
29 September 1854, to his brother,
possibly Horace K. Whitney, re: news and observations about his journey to the
Hawaiian Islands, where he was going as a missionary for the
Church.
San Francisco, California,
18 October 1854, to his brother, John K.
Whitney, re: his journey to the Hawaiian Islands where he was going as a
missionary for the Church; instructions on where to send mail.
Honolulu Oahu, 16 November and
28 December 1854; 13 September and
17 October 1855; 17 January,
7 May 1856; to his brother, Horace K.
Whitney, re: missionary labors and experiences in the Islands; mention of other
missionaries; conditions among the natives; death of King Kamehameha; personal
and family matters; seven items.
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29
Lihue, Kauai,
2 February 1855, to his mother, Elizabeth
Ann Whitney, re: news of his travels and missionary activities, expressions of
affection.
Lihue, Kauai,
15 March 1855, to his brother Horace K.
Whitney, re: his study of the Hawaiian language; missionary labors and
experiences; conditions in Hawaii; desire to receive letters from his family
and friends.
Koloa, Kauai,
9 May 1855, to his brother, Horace K.
Whitney, re: conditions among the native Hawaiians; his effort to master the
language; personal feelings.
Kilawoli, Kauai,
30 June 1855, to his sister Anna Maria
Whitney, re: his desire to receive letters from home; counsel regarding dating
and association with those who were not members of the Church; observations on
the world and the people of California.
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30
Honolulu, Oahu,
13 July 1855, to his wife, Joannah
Whitney, re: his arrival in Honolulu from the island of Kauai; mission news,
13 July 1855, on the same sheet, John T.
Caine to “Dear Friends,” with apparent reference to the Whitney family, re:
news of the mission; expressions of gratitude to the Whitney
family.
Honolulu, Oahu,
7 October 1856, to his wife Joannah
Whitney, re: life as a missionary; arrival of new missionaries from
Utah.
Honolulu, Oahu,
6 October 1856, to his wife Joannah, Salt
Lake City, Utah, re: personal feelings about her and his work as a missioary,
anticipation of his return home; personal and family matters.
6
31
Sweetwater, eight miles east of the South Pass,
Nebraska Territory,
17 September 1857; Fort Bridger,
2 October 1857; Camp on East Kanyon,
25 October 1857; Camp Echo,
14, 24 November 1857; to his brother,
Horace K. Whitney, re: his activities with the Mormon forces sent out at the
coming of Johnston’s Army to Utah; five items. Camp Echo,
24 November 1857, to his mother, Elizabeth
Ann Whitney, re: his feelings in relation to the coming of Johnston’s Army;
mention of the fact that John Taylor and Franklin Richards were sleeping in the
“same wigwam.”
Camp Echo,
25 November 1857, to his sister, Anna
Maria Whitney, re: request that she write to him; general items of news and
expressions in relation to other members of the family.
6
32
Virginia City, Stink Water Mines, Idaho Territory,
29 January 1864, (date for a letter he
began but did not finish, on the opposite side of the paper) to an undesignated
person, re: desire to begin a correspondence.
Meadowville, Rich County, Utah,
4 May 1874, to his brother, Joshua K.
Whitney, re: benefits and advantages of the country.
Payson, Utah,
14 January 1878, to “Dear Brother,” re:
family matters and concerns.
Manti, Utah,
1 December 1878, to his brother, Horace K.
Whitney, re: personal affairs and movements; death of Orson Hyde.
Other Papers
6
33
Sketch by Orson K. Whitney of his room in Honolulu,
Hawaii. (Photocopy)
Missionary certificate issued to Orson K. Whitney,
appointing him to a mission to the Pacific Isles, signed by Brigham Young,
Heber C. Kimball, and Jedediah M. Grant,
18 April 1854. (Photocopy.)
Application for passport, filled out and signed in
behalf of Orson K. Whitney by Richard R. Cordon, Notary Public,
5 May 1854. (Photocopy)
Handwritten marriage certificate of Whitney and
Joannah H. Robertson, joined in marriage by Heber C. Kimball,
10 March 1851.
Two small envelopes bearing Whitney’s name with short
descriptions of original contents,
1854-1862.
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34
Missionary journal, giving a lengthy description of
his journey from Salt Lake City to Los Angeles and an account of his life and
activities in the Hawaiian Islands,
6 May 1854 tp
25 March 1855.
6
35
Pages from a small diary containing diary inserts,
addresses, and some notes on the Hawaiian language,
1863.
Account book of Orson K. Whitney,
1889-1900.
Joshua K.
Whitney
Correspondence
7
1
Liverpool, England,
21 July 1863 to his brother, Horace K.
Whitney, re: his journey to New York, then to England; his interview with
Mission President George Q. Cannon; his first assignment to labor in
Birmingham; references concerning affairs at home.
Coventry, Warwickshire, England,
29 September 1863, to his brother, Horace
K. Whitney (?), re: family matters in Utah; missionary experiences, and general
mission news.
From J.M. Kay, Birmingham, England (?),
3 November 1863, re: encouragement in his
missionary work, from a fellow missionary.
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2
Coventry, Warwickshire, England,
22 December 1863, to his brother, Horace
K. Whitney, re: family matters, the poor economic conditions of the Latter-day
Saints in England, and general missionary experiences.
Whinnenhall, Warwickshire, England,
31 March 1864, to his brother, Horace K.
Whitney, re: trials and difficulties among the people in Utah; family
affairs.
From Charlie (?), Newport,
8 April 1864, re: growth and destiny of
the Church.
Hull, Yorkshire, England,
23 June 1864, to his brother, Horace K.
Whitney, re: Joseph Smith’s prediction of the American Civil War, with other
latter-day judgments, including some upon England; missionary experiences;
personal testimony of Joseph Smith and Brigham Young as being true prophets of
God.
7
3
Liverpool, England,
31 October 1865, to Horace K. Whitney, re:
expressions of gratitude for receiving letters from his mother and Eliza R.
Snow; mission activities, with mention of Scotland and England; a meeting with
Brigham Young, Jr., and others. (Damaged)
From C.M. Gillet, Sheffield,
19, 21 April 1866, re: report of goods
which he had purchased for Whitney, with a statement on the latter date that he
had mailed them.
From A.N. MacFarlane, Dunder, Scotland,
29 January 1867, re: news of the area
where Elder Whitney had served as a missionary.
From Erastus F. Hall, St. Joseph, Pahute County,
Arizona Territory,
1 April 1868, re: missionary experiences
in the “land of cotton.”
7
4
Salt Lake City, Utah,
29 October 1868, to Don Carlos Whitney,
re: circulation of a counterfeit twenty-dollar bill, with suggestions on how
best to apprehend the one who passed it.
Salt Lake City, Utah,
21 November 1869, to Don Carlos Whitney,
re: request to correspond immediately and to return home if he did not have a
good job; reference to the scarcity of money.
7
5
From L.E. Granger, Ophir, Utah,
31 August 1871, re: information about the
sale of Whitney’s house; request for Whitney to pay V.V. Hall ten dollars with
a receipt on verso for that amount, signed by Hall,
2 September 1871.
From D.H. Kimball, his nephew, Bear Lake, Meadowville,
Round Valley, Rich County, Utah,
30 October 1873, re: request that a new
wagon axle be sent to him to replace one that he broke.
Salt Lake City, Utah,
16 November 1873, to D.H. Kimball, re:
response to Kimball’s request for a new wagon axle; observations on the tight
financial conditions of the time and their effect upon him and
others.
Salt Lake City, Utah,
16 November 1873, to his brother, Orson K.
Whitney, re: his intention to send a rifle and ammunition; land values and the
possibility of purchasing land near Bear Lake.
Salt Lake City, Utah,
16 November 1873, to his brother, Newel M.
Whitney (on the same piece of paper as his letter to Orson K. Whitney of the
same date), re: business matters.
Sale Lake City, Utah,
21 November 1873, to Newel W. Kimball, re:
difficulties in renting the home of Kimball’s mother.
Salt Lake City, Utah,
25 May 1874, to John Williams, re: his
desire to accompany Williams and others to Rush Valley to hunt for
horses.
Note to Horace K. Whitney, no date or place, following
a “list of H.K. Whitney’s stock,” re: personal and family items.
Fragment of a letter, no date or place, re: family
matters.
Other Papers
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6
Patriarchal blessing given to Whitney, by John Smith,
Nauvoo, Illinois,
3 July 1845.
Note by Whitney, giving the report of a trip to Carson
Valley during which he and sixteen others were lost in the desert and killed a
horse to eat, written at Salt Lake City, Utah,
18 August 1857.
Blessing given to Whitney by Wilford Woodruff, Amasa
M. Lyman, and Lorenzo Snow, setting him apart for a proselyting mission to
Europe,
9 April 1863.
7
6-8
Diaries kept by Whitney while serving as a missionary
for the Church in England, numbered 1, 2, and 3 with two unnumbered volumes,
which follow number 3 chronologically,
May 1863 to July 1866; five volumes;
including notes inserted in volumes 1 and 3, piece of fabric inserted in volume
2, and remembrance card inserted in volume 4.
7
9
Account books, one for
1871-1872 and one with entries for
1871-1879; two volumes.
7
10
Notice to Joshua Whitney that his poll tax of six
dollars for the years
1869 and
1870 was due, signed by William Hawk,
supervisor 1st District,
14 March 1871.
Agreement between E.F. Hall and Whitney relating to a
mining claim called the Silver Crown,
7 April 1871.
Handwritten statement certifying that Whitney leased
forty acres of land known as the Whitney Farm to James McFarland, with some
additional notes written in pencil apparently at a later date,
19 March 1872.
“City Tax Notice,” issued to Whitney by John R.
Winder, Collector’s Office, Salt Lake City, Utah,
1875.
Credit slip for six dollars payable to Zion’s
Cooperative Mercantile Institution, signed by Joshua K. Whitney,
20 March 1877.
Mining claim of Whitney, for a mine known as the
Silver Bell Lode, Warm Springs District, Tooele County, Utah,
2 May 1878.
“Irrigating Water Certificate,” issued to Whitney,
signed by City Watermaster, C.H. Wilken,
1 April 1879.
Poll tax statements issued to Joshua K. Whitney by the
Office of Supervisor of Streets, Salt Lake City, Utah,
26 October 1880 and 19 October 1885; two
items.
Report of Horace G. Whitney, Salt Lake City,
15 October 1902, to Mrs. Mary J. Groo,
Salt Lake City, of Joshua Whitney’s estate, with a check for her share of the
estate. (Photocopy)
Empty envelopes which apparently had contained deeds
related to Whitney, two items.
Sales list of shirts, scarves, ties, and hosiery,
issued by Ready-Money Warehouse, Edinburgh, Scotland.
Mary Jane Whitney (See RECORDS OF
THE GROO FAMILY) in this Collection
Anna Maria
Whitney
Correspondence
7
11
From “James,”
January 22, 1957, re: a proposal of
marriage.
From Orson P. Miles, Stockton City, California,
28 August 1857, re: missionary experiences
in California while en route to the Hawaiian Islands.
From Katie C. Young, Beehive House, Salt Lake City,
Utah,
18 August 1858; re: request for Maria to
pay her a social visit.
From “Gracie,” Grooville, Wyoming, “May 2nd,” re:
inquiry concerning friends and relatives.
From L. Taylor, no date, re: request to read a letter
to Maria from “Mary Anne.”
Other Papers
7
12
Patriarchal blessing given by john Smith to Anna
Maria, Nauvoo, Illinois,
3 February 1845.
Social invitations, notes, cards, and poems addressed
to or related to Maria,
1856-1875; sixteen items.
Don Carlos
Whitney
Correspondence
7
13
Ophir City,
5 January, 1871, to his brother, Joshua K.
Whitney, re: mining interests and claims.
Ophir City,
3 January 1871, to his brother, Joshua K.
Whitney, re: recommending a Mr. Morris to Joshua.
From W.W. Lowe, president, Crown Jewel M. & I.
Co., Omaha, Nebraska,
19 January 1872, written on the Omaha
Smelting and Refining Company letterhead and addressed to Whitney as “Foreman,
Crown Jewel M. & I. Co.,” re: premiums due by Whitney for stock in the
company, with a note on the verso in Pittman shorthand related to “Uncle
Josh.”
Salt Lake City, Utah,
19 September 1872, to A.E. Hall (copy),
re: deeds to a mining claim.
Bear River City,
October 28 (?), to his brother, Joshua K.
Whitney, re: his activities and observations about his brother
Orson.
Other Papers
7
14
Patriarchal blessing given by John Smith upon the head
of Don Carlos Whitney, Nauvoo, Illinois,
7 February 1845, with a supplementary
blessing given shortly after the death of his father, Newel K. Whitney; two
items.
Newel Melchizedek Whitney -
Papers
7
15
Patriarchal blessing given to Whitney by John Smith,
Salt Lake City, Utah,
23 March 1851.
Isabel Modalena Whitney -
Correspondence
7
16
Salt Lake City, Utah,
16 April 1865, to Joshua K. Whitney, in
Scotland, re: family news and general news.
Salt Lake City, Utah,
April 23 (?), to “Sister Larling,” re:
apology for not being able to be with her.
D. General Records
D. General Records
Box
Folder
Contents
Correspondence
T. M. Foote
7
17
Latter portion of a letter with no heading, from T.M.
Foote, Ashley Falls,
21 September 1854, re: remarks about
postal problems; request that the receiver “exercise faith for Mary that she
may be restored to her right mind.”
E.W. Hall
Salt Lake City, Utah,
3 December 1879, to his father, re: family
news; inquiry as to when they might expect him to come home.
D.S. Mille
7
18
San Francisco, California,
12 October 1854, to Joshua K. Whitney, re:
conditions among the gold miners in California where he was serving as a
missionary for the Church; discouraging news from home including the death of
his mother; destruction of the ship, “Yankee Blade” and the looting of its
baggage. On the inside of the folded letter is a picture entitled “Sunday in
the California Diggings,” published by the Wide West Office, San Francisco,
depicting the lawlessness and debauchery of the time.
San Francisco, California,
31 October 1854, to Joshua K. Whitney, re:
his condition and activities as a missionary; John Young’s arrival as a
missionary in the Hawaiian Islands; report of the condition of John Tobin and
others among the Indians, at Fort Lane, Oregon Territory.
Mormon Island,
27 February 1855, re: desire to receive
news from Salt Lake City, conditions where he was residing as a missionary, and
the California gold miners.
Ann L. Whitney
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19
Mendon,
3 April 1910, to Mrs. Mary Groo, re:
official papers sent by Mrs. Groo and the trouble Mrs. Whitney’s husband, John,
was having to obtain a military pension.
Miscellaneous
From “Bud,” Salt Lake City, Utah,
26 January 1895, to “State & Aunt
Mary,” re: apology for not seeing them that night; arrangements to be at a
scheduled meeeting.
7
20
Deeds of sale for mining property in the Ophir Mining
District, involving the Whitney brothers (Horace K., John K., and Don Carlos)
and a cousin, David H. Kimball,
14 February 1871,
23 March 1872,
1 April 1872 and
13 May 1874; four items.
Newspaper clipping of obituary for Catherine Wilson,
who crossed the plains with the Newel K. Whitney family,
December 1878.
Account book recording accounts for Mary L. Groo, E.F.
Hall, Sarah M. Jinkings, David H. Kimball, Horace K. Kimball, Joshua H.
Kimball, Solomon S. Kingsbury, Don Carlos Whitney, E.A. Whitney, Horace K.
Whitney, Joshua K. Whitney, Newel W. Whitney, and A.K. Whitney.
(Photocopy)
Portion of a page from an unidentified account book,
no date.
Envelope with the words enscribed, “Deed, J.S. Whitney
to Joshua K. Whitney & D.C. Whitney.”
Series III: Records of the Groo Family
Series III: Records of the Groo Family
A. Isaac Groo
A. Isaac Groo
Box
Folder
Contents
Correspondence
8
1
To his wife, Mary Jane (Whitney), from Little
Cottonwood Mills, 17 July and 8 December 1865; Grahamsville,
3 January 1870; Wasatch,
5 November 1874; Groo Ranch,
7 August 1875; re: events of his life and
work while away from home; items of family interest; the country, the weather,
and the abundance of fish and game; places and people he visited as a
missionary; included with the letter of
8 December 1865, is an acrostic of the
same date, dedicated to his wife; five letter.
8
2-3
To his wife, Mary Jane (Whitney), and their children,
while serving as a missionary for the Church, from San Francisco, California, 7
November 1875; Auckland, New Zealand,
15 December 1875; Sydney Australia, 4
January, (?) March, 3 April, 3, 30 May, 20 June, 20 August, 21 September, 15
October,
14 December 1876; Melbourne, Australia,
8 November 1876; with the last sheet of
one letter to his wife, with no date or place indicated; re: his activities in
San Francisco, including a description of the celebrated Woodward Gardens; his
voyage to Australia; meeting with a noted spiritualist; oppressive weather;
customs of the people; prejudice against the Latter-day Saints; feelings about
his wife and family. On the back of the 30 May letter is an acrostic dedicated
to his daughter Grace; sixteen letters.
8
4
To his wife, Mary Jane (Whitney), while at his ranch
in Grooville, Wyoming, 22 May,
3 December 1877; 12 July,
17 August 1879; 9 May, 10 June, 20 July,
21 August 1880; 14 May, 17, 25 July, 17,
24 August 1881; re: activities at the
ranch; visits to Evanston and Randolph, Wyoming; mining activities of others in
the area; state and development of his ranch; feelings about his wife; 24th of
July celebration at Smith’s Fork; poems included in letters, entitled “The
Erring Brother,” “On the Death of Sister Maria Whitney Hall,” and one addressed
to “My Darling Wife” (see box 8, fd.4); thirteen letters.
8
5
To his wife, Mary Jane (Whitney) from Cokeville,
Wyoming, 25 September,
7 October 1883; Salt Lake City, Utah,
17 January 1885,
5 December 1888, 1,
5 September 1893; “At Ort’s” (O.H.
Groo’s),
24 August 1886; last page of a letter,
undated; re: personal activities and family matters, with a birthday letter on
her forty-first birthday; eight items.
8
6
To his daughter, Latie, from Grooville, Wyoming,
22 June 1880; “penitentiary,”
21 November, December 1885;
24 January, 15, 27 February 1886;
undesignated places,
31 December 1885,
12 March, 15 August 1886; re: prevalance
of berries on the canyons; feelings and observations while in prison for
practicing plural marriage; thoughts on the care and management of one’s family
and of children; experiences on his ranch. On the same sheet as the letter of
21 November 1885 (which is a typewritten
copy) is a copy of a record of a brand issued to Newel K. Whitney, dated at
Salt Lake City, Utah,
31 January 1850; nine items.
8
7
Great Falls, Montana,
15 January 1895, to his father, Samuel
Groo, re: concern for his father’s illness; his sympathy with the A.R.U.
strikers and his unsuccessful effort to get re-hired by the former
superintendent; expression of affection for his father.
Other Papers
8
8
Two sheets of paper with mathematical problems and
solutions written on each side, with “Samuel Groo Book,
1810" written at the bottom of one page
and a note by another hand stating, “Presented to Isaac Groo by David C. Groo,
Jan. 10th,
1870, at Neversink, Sullivan Co.,
N.Y.”
8
9
Memorandum (xerox copy),
13 April 1865 to
1 March 1866, and autobiography (with a
typewritten copy), concluding with his marriage to Mary Jane Whitney,
4 July 1865, with a news clipping
reporting his death.
8
10
Handwritten copy of a notice that appeared in the
Deseret Evening News,
24 December 1869, announcing that parties
holding orders for work on the Jones and Groo contract of U.P.R.R. could
receive payment at Groo’s office, No. 2, City Hall.
8
11
Account Book,
1869-1870, in which is also written a
nine-page work entitled, “Australia;” numerous blank pages.
8
12
Note giving baptismal and confirmational date of Isaac
Whitney Groo, baptized by his father, Isaac Groo,
27 June 1874.
8
9
Report of dreams (typewritten) had 12, 13, and
20 April 1876.
8
12
Certificate of appointment of Isaac Groo as lieutenant
colonel in the militia of the territory of Utah, signed by Governor Charles
Durkee,
15 February 1866.
Article entitled,
“Nature and Religion” (typewritten copy), Sydney, Australia,
25 May 1876.
Article entitled, “Plain Dealing and Sincerity”
(typewritten copy), Sydney, Australia,
6 June 1876.
Last page of a letter giving his impressions of a fair
in New South Wales (typewritten); no date or place of writing.
Article “written for herald Newspaper,” from No. 9
Denham Street, Glebe, Sydney, N.S.W., Australia, describing life in Sydney and
in Australia, with emphasis upon the weaknesses and strengths of society (two
copies, typewritten); no date.
Poetry
8
13
“An Acrostic,” written to is wife, Mary Jane
(Whitney), Little Cottonwood Mills,
September 1864.
8
1
“Acrostic,” written to his wife, Mary Jane (Whitney),
Little Cottonwood Mills,
8 December 1865.
8
13
Poem entitled “Botany Bay” (typewritten),
1 February 1871, describing an attack of
bed bugs, ants, and fleas.
Birthday poems written to his wife, Mary Jane
(Whitney), 17 January
1872,
1877,
1886,
1888,
1889,
1892,
1893,
1894; eight items.
8
14
Birthday poems written to his mother-in-law, Elizabeth
Ann Whitney, on her 72, 73, 75, (printed copy also), 76 (photocopy), 77, 79,
and 80 birthdays —
1872-1880. The poem of 1875 is also
preserved asa a news clipping, with part of an article on the verse treating
the social and marital injustices of women; eight items.
8
15
Poem entitled, “To ‘Latie’ Groo, from her Father,”
23 October 1875.
Poems (typewritten): “Loved ones at Home,” written at
sea on board the ship “Colima,” while enroute to Australia,
30 November 1875; “Ode to Music,” Sydney
Australia,
12 May 1876; “To J.T.,” Sydney, Australia,
30 May 1876; “The Mind — A Sculptor,”
Sydney, Australia,
13 June 1876; “The Rise and the Fall,”
Sydney, Australia,
8 September 1876; five items.
8
2
Acrostic written to his daughter Grace, Sydney,
Australia,
10 February 1876.
8
16
Acrostic to Miss Vilate Whitney Groo, written in
Sydney, Australia,
23 June 1876.
Acrostic to his wife, Mary Jane (Whitney), entitled,
“Man and the Waves,” with a note to her written at Sydney, Australia,
22 September 1876. Note on verso stating:
“Tell our dear Mother I will remember her on her next birthday,
I.G.”
Poems written to his wife, Mary Jane (Whitney),
1 January 1880;
28 November 1886; two items.
8
17
Poems entitled, “A Spirit Visit,” written at
Grooville, Wyoming,
7 September 1880; “The Death of ‘Mamie’
Woolley,”
19 December 1888; “Hope,” Salt Lake City,
Utah,
5 February 1889; “Apology For Death,”
17 February 1889; “Virtues,” Salt Lake
City, Utah,
1 February 1891; “Lines for a Friends,” no
place or date; six poems.
8
4
Poem entitled “On the death of Sister Maria Whitney
Hall,” Salt Lake City, Utah,
27 June 1881.
Poem entitled “The Erring Brother,” Grooville,
Wyoming,
25 July 1881.
Poem addressed “My Darling Wife,”
24 August 1881.
8
18
Poem written in the Utah Penitentiary, entitled,
“Mormon Reflections in Prison,”
1 November 1885; “To Mrs. A.W. Cooley on
the death of her child, while her husband was in prison, ‘Conscience Sake,’” no
date; two items.
Poem written to his wife, Mary Jane, expressing his
feeling for being imprisoned for the practice of plural marriage,
15 April 1886.
Birthday poem to his daughter on her twenty-fifth
birthday,
22 October 1892.
B. Mary Jane Whitney Groo
B. Mary Jane Whitney Groo
Box
Folder
Contents
Correspondence
8
19
Salt Lake City, Utah,
18 December 1864, to her brother, Joshua
K. Whitney, with notes appended by his mother, Elizabeth Ann Whitney, and Maria
Whitney, 43: family and local news; encouragement in his missionary
efforts.
Other Papers
8
20
Patriarchal blessing given by John smith upon the head
of Mary Jane Whitney, Salt Lake City, Utah, 23 March 1851; two
copies.
Receipt issued to Mrs. M.J.W. Groo, by the Salt Lake
City Corporation, Cemetery Department, for care payment of Lot No. 9½, Block
10, Plat H, signed by James F. Simmons, sexton,
29 April 1898.
Notices of school taxes due from Mary J.G. Whitney,
Office of Treasurer, Salt Lake County, Utah,
3 September 1900 and
14 May 1906; two items.
C. General
C. General
Box
Folder
Contents
Correspondence
8
21
From “Sam,” Cokeville, Wyoming
22 January 1884, to “Brother Lon,” re:
items of personal family interest.
Latie Groo, Berlin, Germany,
8 July 1891, to her brother Roscoe Groo,
Salt Lake City, Utah, re: travels in Europe and items of personal
interest.
From Daisie Dunford Allen, no place or date, re:
report of records of the War Department in Washington, showing that the Whitney
descendants were entitled to join the Sons and Daughters of the American
Revolution.
Papers
8
22
Land Valuation notice from Salt Lake County
Treasurer’s Office for land owned by Harry A.W. Groo,
14 May 1906.
Addendum: Receipts for Contributions Made Towards the Nauvoo
Temple
Addendum: Receipts for Contributions Made Towards the
Nauvoo Temple
A. Receipts
A. Receipts
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One receipt signed by Lyman Wight:
Recd. of Gabrella Stratten one pair of socks for the
purpose of Building the Lords House in Nauvoo, 27 August
1841
One receipt signed by Lyman Wight:
Recd of Oliver Stratten one silver watch for the
purpose of building of the Lords House in Nauvoo, 28 August
1841
One receipt signed by Lyman Wight and another agent:
Receved of Elizabeth Noops [?] one quilt and pare of
stockings for building temple at Nauvoo, 24 June 1841
One list: Females
contributions for the nails and glass for the Temple of the Lord in Nauvoo
Collected every first Sunday in the Month, 12 January 1845. Has 23 names
on it.