Hiram Rumfield's six letters to his wife are accompanied by a photograph, four colored views of Salt Lake City, a printed program of the 15th anniversary celebration at Salt Lake, and a letter from T. S. Boardman and one from Brigham Young. 23 p.
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Typed transcript available.
Subject (Geographic):
Utah. and Salt Lake City (Utah)
Subject (Name):
Boardman, T. S., Rumfield, Hiram S., Rumfield, Hiram S., Mrs., and Young, Brigham, 1801-1877.
The papers, written to or by Thomas Ellerbeck during his service as Colonel of Ordnance, include records of inventories, stores of arms, ammunition, bills, receipts and commissary supplies of the Nauvoo Legion, and general order no. 12 ...
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Thomas Ellerbeck, originally from England, converted to Mormonism and came to Utah in 1851. He served as Brigham Young's clerk, as engineer for the Salt Lake City Waterworks, and as Colonel of Ordnance of the Utah militia in the Nauvoo Legion.
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Jefferson Barracks (Saint Louis, Mo.) and Utah.
Subject (Name):
Browning, Jonathan., Colebrook, Charles., Ellerbeck, Thomas Witton, 1829-1895., Harney, William Selby, 1800-1889., McDowell, Irvin, 1818-1885., Richards, F. D. 1821-1899. (Franklin Dewey),, Scott, Winfield, 1786-1866., Wells, Daniel Hanmer, 1814-1891., Wootton, Francis H., Young, Brigham, 1801-1877., Nauvoo Legion., United States. War Department., and Utah Expedition
The papers consist chiefly of correspondence, 1884-1893, but also include a photograph album, Jesse Leonard's diary for 1883, and a few other papers. About half the letters are business correspondence between Jacob, Jesse, and Alden Leonard, their Hea...
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Jesse H. Leonard was the son of Jacob Leonard of Albany, New York. He may have attended Columbia University. In the early 1880s, the Leonard family formed the Leonard Park Land and Cattle Company, with offices in Albany and Colorado. Its president w...
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Colorado., Utah., Utah, Green River (Utah), Antelope Island (Utah), Colorado, Mesa County (Colo.), Grand Junction (Colo.), Monterey (Calif.), San Francisco (Calif.), Albany (N.Y.), and United States
Subject (Name):
Leonard, Alden., Leonard, Jacob., Leonard, Jesse H. (Jesse Hoyt)., Leonard Park Land and Cattle Company., Scott, S. W., and Young, Grace.
Subject (Topic):
Ranching, Ranch life, Cattle, Marking, Horses, Mines and mineral resources, Real property, Indians of North America, Ute Indians, Social life and customs, Courtship, History, and Love-letters
The papers consist chiefly of correspondence, 1884-1893, but also include a photograph album, Jesse Leonard's diary for 1883, and a few other papers. About half the letters are business correspondence between Jacob, Jesse, and Alden Leonard, their Hea...
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Jesse H. Leonard was the son of Jacob Leonard of Albany, New York. He may have attended Columbia University. In the early 1880s, the Leonard family formed the Leonard Park Land and Cattle Company, with offices in Albany and Colorado. Its president w...
Subject (Geographic):
Colorado., Utah., Utah, Green River (Utah), Antelope Island (Utah), Colorado, Mesa County (Colo.), Grand Junction (Colo.), Monterey (Calif.), San Francisco (Calif.), Albany (N.Y.), and United States
Subject (Name):
Leonard, Alden., Leonard, Jacob., Leonard, Jesse H. (Jesse Hoyt)., Leonard Park Land and Cattle Company., Scott, S. W., and Young, Grace.
Subject (Topic):
Ranching, Ranch life, Cattle, Marking, Horses, Mines and mineral resources, Real property, Indians of North America, Ute Indians, Social life and customs, Courtship, History, and Love-letters
William Egan's papers includes a diary of his 1863 cattle drive from Salt Lake City to Carson City, Nevada, memoirs of his childhood in Salt Lake City (WA MSS 157) family letters, papers, photographs, and materials relating to the publication of Howar...
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William Monroe Egan, son of Howard Egan and his wife Tamson Parshley, was a cattle driver. He edited two journals, Our Deseret Home and The Utah Industrialist. He married in 1886 and moved to Provo.
Subject (Geographic):
Utah. and Salt Lake City (Utah)
Subject (Name):
Egan, Howard, 1815-1878., Egan, Wm. M. 1851- (William Monroe),, Young, Brigham, 1801-1877., and Egan, Howard R. 1840-1916. (Howard Ransom),
The letter to the Attorney General in Washington describes the situation of gentile federal officials under a Mormon governor and their inability to enforce the laws of the United States
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William W. Drummond, associate judge, Utah Territory, 1854-57.
Subject (Geographic):
Utah. and Utah
Subject (Name):
Drummond, William W., Cushing, Caleb, 1800-1879., and United States. Attorney-General.
Photographs of Utah, including views in Salt Lake City of the City Hall, the interior of the Tabernacle, and Brigham Young's residence, and a portrait of Brigham Young. Outside of Salt Lake city there are photographs of a wagon train at Coalville, the...
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Advertisement on verso of some mounts for C. W. Carter's Photograph Gallery and View Emporium. Manuscript captions on verso of some mounts. Letterpress captions on some mounts. One print of Brigham Young has become detached from its mount.
Circa 80 items, mostly ALS written to Alice M. Bement Fletcher in Salt Lake City, Utah Territory, by members of her family. Thirty-three letters, 1865-1886, were written to Fletcher by Charles H. Bement, most discussing his life as a rancher near Kan...
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Alice M. Bement Fletcher was born ca. 1855 and was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. She married William Fletcher in the 1870s. Family members who corresponded with Alice M. Bement Fletcher included her brothers, Charles H...
Subject (Geographic):
Middle West., Utah., Millard County (Utah), Utah, Millard County., and Nauvoo (Ill.)
Subject (Name):
Adams, Rosa., Bement family., Bement, Arthur., Bement, Bingham., Bement, Charles H., Bement, Sarah J., Cook, Jessie, fl. 1886-1889., Cook, Mary., Fletcher, Addie L., Fletcher, Alice M. Bement., Fletcher, Jasper., Forbes family., Forbush family., Pierce, Fred C., Rogers, Annie., Searle, Ida A., Searle, Maria J., Twiss, John S., Warburton, Sarah., Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints., and Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Subject (Topic):
Missions, Mormons, Frontier and pioneer life, and Ranch life