Scope and Contents Charles E. Bidamon, letter to JFS, 26 May Heber J. Grant, Diary, 4 October 1894 "Brigham Young said that if his [JFS's] father had had his way that Joseph F. Smith would have been the Patriarch of the Church, but that brother Joseph F. had begged that the office be given to his brother and had almost refused to have it when his father wanted him to take the place. He knew that his...

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"We were highly pleased [in 1851] with the general appearance of the [Salt Lake] City ... many elegant houses built of adobies or unbumt bricks presented themselves in all parts of the city."

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"I took the liberty to tell an Elder, last Sunday I did not want him to come on the Stand drunk as his breath smelt so strong of liquor that the Spirit of the Lord could not abide there. He went home, sent the president of the branch a note stating that he had burnt his Hymn Book and all other works, he had of the Church, and would burn his Book of Mormon 'as soon as he could find it.'"

Bathsheba Smith, extracts

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Photocopies and extracts from The Journal of Jesse Nathaniel Smith: The Life Story of a Mormon Pioneer, 1834-1906 (Salt Lake City: Jesse N. Smith Family Association, 1953).

"Received my second anointing in the upper room of the Historian's House, George A. Smith officiating and Joseph F. Smith assisting."

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"I called upon ex-Senator [Charles J.] Faulkner of West Virginia and had a nice talk with him. He thinks we ought to drop John W. Taylor and Matthias F. Cowley and Joseph M. Tanner from their positions but not cast them out of the Church. He says this is the view of a number of the senators."

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This series contains the files by and about people in LDS history, arranged alphabetically by last name. The material in the files consists of typed extracts from the originals or photocopies. Selected quotes and a listing of letters indicate the nature of the material found in each folder. The quotations provide a sampling of the numerous topics covered.

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Biographical Sketch written by Scott G. Kenney for the Andrew Jensen Society, 15 September 1980, notes, 4 pp.

Scope and Contents David Taylor wrote: "Levira [wife of JFS] left on last Tuesday morning (this is Sunday) with her aunt in the overland coach for San Francisco... I did not much like for her to go so far from home, unprotected among the Gentiles. You will soon be there to protect her. I am not personally acquainted with Mrs. Kimball, but judging from rumors, I do not suppose that her company will have any beneficial effect on Levira, in strengthening her faith in the gospel; especially in the 'peculiar...

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Charles Kelley wrote: "R.M., president of the YMMIA and Sunday School worker, [and] home missionary, lived with a girl for some time before marrying her--baby born few months after marriage. Excommunicate?" JFS replied: "Let the young people, if you think they have sincerely repented, confess their sin and ask forgiveness before the people of the ward."

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Horace G. Whitney wrote: "According to verbal instructions from Bro. George Reynolds, we are going ahead with the printing of the second edition of the large size Book of Mormon, making the matter conform in every respect to our electrotyped edition, except the word 'Satan' is to be decapitalized throughout the book." JFS in ink wrote: "Let him go ahead under Bro. R[eynolds]'s instructions."