Sweetwater County (Wyo.), 1902

File — Box: 1, Folder: 25

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Scope and Contents

From the Collection: The Brian Hansen collection of Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints correspondence and documents (1822-1908) contains early Latter-day Saints correspondence, financial records, and legal documents. The correspondence is arranged alphabetically by correspondent. The letters are written from Iowa, Utah, Illinois, Delaware, Missouri, and New Zealand. In one letter written by J. McKean in Carthage, Illinois, McKean reports about the establishment of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints headquarters in September 1840: "I must give you a [statement] of the prosperity of the Mormons - within 18 mils of this place [there] is a City a Building of Mormons Called Nauvoo…" McKean continues to briefly describe the construction of buildings "in every direction" along the Mississippi River. In a later letter written by Ursalia B. Hastings Hascall to Wilson Andrews in May 1846 from Nauvoo, Illinois, Hascall urges, "I want to tell mother something about the Prophets Joseph and Hyram she knows he said he should not be brought back alive, he told the twelve before he went to Carthage, what to do with his body…"

The financial records and legal documents are arranged alphabetically by county. They include include receipts, complaints, petitions, summons, pleas, settlements, indictments, and certifications. Included in the collection is an autobiography written by Lois Russell Harrington for her daughter, Olive Driggs and two business cards with handwritten names.

Dates

1902

Conditions Governing Access

Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.