Box 9
Container
Contains 14 Results:
Winter Quarters--Historical Records and News, Clippings, 1846-1936 August 29
File — Box: 9, Folder: 1
Identifier: F
Scope and Contents
Actual and historical accounts of events at Winter Quarters as Mormons prepared for their trek to Utah, including the subject entry in Andrew Jenson's Encyclopedic History of the church; the Winter Quarters bishops' census; a December 16, 1846, report of the saints' destitution, published in the New York Tribune; "Justice for the Dead," a Deseret News article published July 18, 1936;...
Dates:
1846-1936 August 29
"The Tragedy at Winter Quarters", 1936 August 15-November 7
File — Box: 9, Folder: 2
Identifier: F
Scope and Contents
Andrew Jenson's historical series about the saints' stay at Winter Quarters, published in the Deseret News.
Dates:
1936 August 15-November 7
Church Business--President-in-Exile, 1847 June 17, 1886 September 23
File — Box: 9, Folder: 3
Identifier: F
Scope and Contents
A letter from John Taylor and Parley P. Pratt concerning preparations at Winter Quarters for the trek across the plains; and a lengthy report of church affairs from Wilford Woodruff while Taylor was in exile.
Dates:
1847 June 17; 1886 September 23
Ann Hughlings Pitchforth Taylor, 1840 November 20-1845 May, 1928 August 15
File — Box: 9, Folder: 4
Identifier: F
Scope and Contents
Materials regarding Ann Hughlings Pitchforth Taylor, one of John Taylor's wives, including the will of her father, John Hughlings; a letter to her niece, Sarah; a letter she wrote to her parents upon her arrival in Nauvoo; a biographical sketch of her daughter, Sarah Barbara Pitchforth Kienke; letters to her sister and brother-in-law, Sarah and Samuel Jackson; and a letter to the editor of the London Times-News, concerning the search for genealogical...
Dates:
1840 November 20-1845 May; 1928 August 15
Winter Quarters Chronology Cards, 1846 August 4-1893 October 3
File — Box: 9, Folder: 5
Identifier: F
Scope and Contents
Index cards briefly chronicling events at Winter Quarters.
Dates:
1846 August 4-1893 October 3
Biographies of John Taylor
File — Box: 9, Folder: 6
Identifier: F
Scope and Contents
Several short biographies of John Taylor, written by Matthias F. Cowley and H. J. Faust, among others.
Dates:
1844-1994
Trustee-in-Trust Memorandum
File — Box: 9, Folder: 7
Identifier: F
Scope and Contents
John Taylor's official explanation of his position on the settlement of the Brigham Young estate.
Dates:
1844-1994
Church Business--Presiding Apostle, 1878 December 7-1887 February 19
File — Box: 9, Folder: 8
Identifier: F
Scope and Contents
Correspondence concerning a Coalville, Utah, couple's marital problems, compounded by the husband's desire to take a second wife; and the progress of political events in the church's fight against antipolygamy legislation.
Dates:
1878 December 7-1887 February 19
Revelations on Priesthood Authority, 1882
File — Box: 9, Folder: 9
Identifier: F
Scope and Contents
Revelations concerning organization and succession in the priesthood.
Dates:
1882
Writings of John Taylor, 1846 June 30-1870s
File — Box: 9, Folder: 10
Identifier: F
Scope and Contents
Excerpts from John Taylor's personal journal about the migration and Mormon Battalion; and his written testimony of modern prophecy as petitioned by Brigham Young.
Dates:
1846 June 30-1870s