Box 1A
Container
Contains 25 Results:
Far West, Missouri, 1838 November 4-1839 May 1
File — Box: 1A, Folder: 1
Identifier: A
Scope and Contents
Letters of grievance to Maj. Gen. John B. Clark, commander of military forces in Missouri, and to the editor of Argus, a Quincy, Illinois, newspaper, reporting misrepresentation of people claiming to be connected with the Mormon church.
Dates:
1838 November 4-1839 May 1
First Mission to England, 1838 November 4-1841 March 23
File — Box: 1A, Folder: 2-3
Identifier: A
Scope and Contents
A compiled history, journal entries, correspondence, and other abstracted information from John Taylor's first mission to England, including letters to Brigham Young concerning the publication of the Book of Mormon in the British Isles.
Dates:
1838 November 4-1841 March 23
Nauvoo and Carthage, Illinois, 1844 January 23-1846 May 27
File — Box: 1A, Folder: 4
Identifier: A
Scope and Contents
Agreements concerning the acquisition of land for a printing office in Nauvoo; a letter to Taylor's first wife, Lenora, written two days before Joseph Smith's death, about conditions at the Carthage jail; and later correspondence concerning pre-emigration developments in Nauvoo.
Dates:
1844 January 23-1846 May 27
Organization of the Mormon Battalion, 1846 June 30-July 11
File — Box: 1A, Folder: 5
Identifier: A
Scope and Contents
Journal entries and correspondence detailing the enlistment and organization of male volunteers to march to California under the command of Col. James Allen of the United States Army.
Dates:
1846 June 30-July 11
Exodus from Nauvoo, 1846 July 9
File — Box: 1A, Folder: 6
Identifier: A
Scope and Contents
Letter sent from Council Bluffs, (Iowa) Indian territory, by John Taylor to his son, Joseph James Taylor, concerning the planned migration from Nauvoo, Illinois.
Dates:
1846 July 9
Second Mission to England, 1846 October 3-22
File — Box: 1A, Folder: 7
Identifier: A
Scope and Contents
Letters to Brigham Young and other church leaders from John Taylor and Orson Hyde upon their arrival in England as proselytizing missionaries.
Dates:
1846 October 3-22
Migration to Utah, 1847 June 17-1848 May 22
File — Box: 1A, Folder: 8
Identifier: A
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and journal entries concerning the covered wagon trek to Utah, as well as records of marriages performed on the plains.
Dates:
1847 June 17-1848 May 22
Mission to France, 1849 September 5-1852 November 10
File — Box: 1A, Folder: 9-10
Identifier: A
Scope and Contents
John Taylor's official declaration of allegiance to become a United States citizen, which he took before going to France; his mission call; and correspondence concerning missionary work in France, translation of the Book of Mormon into French and German, and efforts to bring to Utah French machinery and knowledge to process sugar beets and wool.
Dates:
1849 September 5-1852 November 10
New York City, 1855 April 30-July 15
File — Box: 1A, Folder: 11
Identifier: A
Scope and Contents
Correspondence with Brigham Young concerning the prospect of Utah statehood; employment in the eastern United States for European immigrants; methods of improving the economy; the abolitionist movement and indications of civil war; and the Mormon and St. Louis Luminary, two newspapers published bv John Taylor to counter attacks by the eastern popular press.
Dates:
1855 April 30-July 15
Establishment of Handcart Migration, 1855 September 28-1857 September 13
File — Box: 1A, Folder: 12
Identifier: A
Scope and Contents
Correspondence with Brigham Young about organizing handcart companies to migrate to Utah; national political parties and the possibility of statehood for Utah; and construction of the Salt Lake Temple.
Dates:
1855 September 28-1857 September 13