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Call Number:: Zc64 855be
Collection Title:: The prophets : or, Mormonism unveiled
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: Books, Journals & Pamphlets
Alternative Title:: Murder of Maud Hatfield.
Subject (Topic):: Mormon women and Mormons.
Collection Created:: Philadelphia : W.W. Smith; London : Trubner & Co., 1855
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > A ladys life among the Mormons

Creator:: Female Relief Society of Nauvoo
Call Number:: WA MSS S-1644 F349
Image Count:: 2
Resource Type:: Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:: Manuscript fragment, containing a statement by Susan Cuthbertson requesting membership in the "friendly famel [sic] society in Navoo [sic]." The names Rebaca Reed and Judy[?] Reed appear beneath the statement. The remaining space on both sides of the sheet of paper has been filled with writing in various inks and pencil, some of it religious in nature. The jottings include a list of women's names, presumably members of the Female Relief Society, including Louisa Beman, Eliza R. Snow, Emily Partridge,and Elizabeth Partridge.
Description:: The Female Relief Society of Nauvoo was organized in March, 1842 by Joseph Smith. The society was abolished by Brigham Young in 1844.
Subject (Geographic):: Nauvoo (Ill.)
Subject (Name):: Female Relief Society of Nauvoo
Subject (Topic):: Mormon women, Mormons--Illinois--Nauvoo, and Mormons--Illinois--Nauvoo--Societies, etc
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Manuscript fragment, 1843, n.d.

Creator:: Powers, Mary Rockwood, d. 1858
Published / Created:: 1859
Call Number:: WA MSS 387
Image Count:: 33
Abstract:: The manuscript describes an 1856 journey from Wisconsin to California starting by train to Chicago and Iowa City, then overland by Council Bluffs, the Platte, Fort Laramie, Malade River, the Humboldt, Lassen’s Cut-off, and the Sacramento Valley. The account reports hardships and sufferings, the friendliness of Mormon women and fellow travelers, but gives few details about the route.
Description:: Autograph manuscript. and Transcribed for the North Western Home Journal.
Subject (Geographic):: West (U.S.) --Description and travel
Subject (Name):: Powers, Americus Windsor
Subject (Topic):: Mormon women and Women pioneers
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The overland route, leaves from the journal of a California emigrant /by Mary L. Rockwood Powers, 1859