A Guide to the Manuscripts in the Bancroft Library Relating to the History of Utah

Utah Historical Quarterly

Vol. 22, 1954. Nos. 1-4

A GUIDE TO THE MANUSCRIPTS IN THE BANCROFT LIBRARY RELATING TO THE HISTORY OF UTAH

COMPILED BY S. GEORGE ELLSWORTH

INTRODUCTORY to this guide, there has already appeared in the

April issue of the Quarterly the article "Hubert Howe Bancroft and the History of Utah" in which I attempted to describe Bancroft's scope of interests, his heuristic and writing methods, narrate the history of the acquisition of the Utah manuscripts as well as the preservation of the collection in the Bancroft Library on the Berkeley campus of the University of California.

Further introduction seems unnecessary. Suffice it to say that the guide is divided into two major divisions with two subdivisions each. Group I is made up of The Collection of Hubert Howe Bancroft, divided between (A) The Utah Manuscripts, and (B) Other Classifications, those manuscripts of special interest to Utah but cataloged in the collections of other states. Group II consists of Recent Acquisitions, those manuscripts acquired by the Bancroft Library since 1905 and is subdivided into (A) The Utah Collection and (B) Other Classifications, the collections relating to other states. Entries are arranged alphabetically within each division.

Each entry consists of the full name of the writer when it could be determined (followed by birth and death dates when these could be determined), the subject of the manuscript, or a group heading; a title, quoted, if the manuscript itself has a title; place and date of writing; the number of volumes and/or pages, and the size; a note of the handwriting and of the provenance; brief statements descriptive of the writer and the subject and scope of the manuscript, the contents of the document 01 documents; a reference to the collection, by call number, in brackets, on the last line at the right margin.

All cities, towns and counties are in Utah, or before 1896 in Utah Territory, unless otherwise indicated. In the names of towns and cities modern usage prevails; "City" is dropped from the name of those towns which have since dropped the word.

The phrase "From the Church Historian's Office" is meant to imply that the manuscript came to Bancroft through the courtesy of that office either as a copy of a record in that office, a copy of a manuscript written for Bancroft's use, or an original supplied to him. In each case it came to Bancroft through the Church Historian's Office.

The guide is as complete and up-to-date as may be possible, but it should be pointed out that additions may be made to the materials in "Other Classifications" in the Hubert Howe Bancroft collection and to all of the "Recent Acquisitions" as more complete cataloging of the Bancroft material is contemplated, and new material is constantly arriving.

I wish to acknowledge the aid and encouragement of Dr. Joel E. Ricks and Dr. King Hendricks, my colleagues at Utah State Agricultural College. Mrs. Julia H. Macleod, cataloger of manuscripts, Bancroft Library, has been most helpful. Her studies of handwriting and general assistance has amounted at times to collaboration, saving me from many mistakes. Nevertheless, responsibility for errors and inadequacies is my own, however much I am indebted to these and others for assistance.

GROUP ITHE COLLECTION OF HUBERT HOWE BANCROFTA

THE UTAH MANUSCRIPTS

These manuscripts were collected by Mr. Bancroft in connection with the writing, publication and sale of the History of Utah, 1540-1886 and were designated by him as the "Pacific MS 'F' Series."

BARFOOT, JOSEPH L., 1816-82

"A Brief History of the Deseret Museum," Salt Lake City, 1880. 8 p. 32cm. A?Ms.

The curator here wrote a brief historical sketch and analysis of the collections in die Deseret Museum, Salt Lake City, founded 1869 by John W. Young. Described are the collections of animal life, mineral samples, articles of home manufacture, Mormon church history, Brigham Young's collection, Indian lore. ". . . it contains almost everything that is found in Utah which is of interest to the tourist or visitor, in search of reliable information respecting the minerals, ores and natural resources of this Territory." [P-F 1]

BARTON, JOSEPH, 1848- Dictation, Kaysville, Davis County, [ca. 1885]. 1 p. 35cm.

English emigrant to Utah 1862, engaged in farming, surveying, public affairs. In territorial legislature, 1884.

Recorded by L. Leadbetter. [P-F 41]

BEAN, GEORGE WASHINGTON, 1831-77 Dictation, Richfield, Sevier County, 1886. 2 p. 31cm.

Born Illinois; parents joined the Latter-day Saints in 1841, moved to Nauvoo 1844, to Utah in 1847; member Mormon Battalion; lived in Provo; 1874 to Richfield. Indian interpreter, Indian wars and troubles told. "Our Indian troubles have generally been brought about by some foolish act of the white men like the cases mentioned."

Recorded by L. H. Nichols. [P-F 47]

BOOTH, JOHN EDGE, 1847-1920 Dictation, Provo, Utah County, 1886. 2 p. 31cm.

English emigrant to Utah 1857, settled at Alpine 1858, participated in the Black Hawk War 1867; taught Provo branch of the University for four years; 1878 admitted to the bar, practice in Provo; political-judicial appointments; director various business firms.

Recorded by L. H. Nichols. [P-F 53]

CARRINGTON, ALBERT, 1813-89

A letter to F. D. Richards, Esq., Ogden City, from Carrington as President of the Perpetual Emigrating Fund Company, dated Salt Lake City, Utah Territory, June 26th, 1880. 1 p. 31cm. L.S.

An exceedingly brief statement of the history and finances of the company to that date. Cover tide: "Perpetual Emigrating Fund." [P-F 11]

CARSON

VALLEY"Early History of Carson Valley," [n.p.], 1881. 5 p. 31cm.

The brief history covers only the period 1850-57 and includes references to other persons who "might be able to furnish you with further particulars . . . ."

Note at end: Sent to F. T. Gilbert, Carson, Nev., 27 April 1881. From die Church Historian's Office. [P-F 16]

CHRISTIAN, JOHN WARD, 1822- Dictation, Beaver City, Beaver County, [1886?]. 3 p. 31cm.

Born Tennessee, reared New Orleans, for reasons of health migrated west to Utah 1854, hence for reason of health to California 1857; returned to Utah widi San Bernardino Mormons, married a Mormon girl, settled in Beaver, 1858; engaged in freighting, practiced law, counsel for defendants in trial relative to the Mountain Meadows Massacre, extended statements on me latter, places blame for the massacre on the "Reformation so called."

Recorded by L. H. Nichols. [P-F 52]

CLUFF, HARVEY HARRIS, 1836-1916

"Biographical Sketch of Harvey Harris Cluff," [Provo, Utah County?, ca. 1885]. 14 p. 27cm. With cover title: "Overland in Winter."

Born Kirtland, Ohio, to Illinois with parents exodus to Utah in 1850, settlement in Provo; details the help given to distressed handcart emigrants 1856; minor political offices; 1865-68, mission to Europe; cabinetmaking business in Provo; 1869-74, mission to Sandwich Islands; 1875 ordained bishop, later made a president of Utah Stake of Zion; editor Utah County Times for short period; minor political offices held; 1879 appointed president Sandwich Islands Mission serving until 1882; upon return home, 1883, wife died.

CLUFF, WILLIAM WALLACE, 1832-1915 Dictation, Coalville, Summit County, 1886. 2 p. 32cm.

Born Ohio, parents moved 1838 to Springfield, Illinois, and in 1840 to Nauvoo; exodus to Utah 1850, mission to Sandwich Islands 1854-59, mission to Denmark 1860-64; to Coalville, 1865, Wasatch Coal Mine, Coalville, Cooperative Institution—activities described.

Recorded by L. H. Nichols. [P-F 79]

COBB, JAMES T. "The Mormon Problem," Salt Lake City, 1884. 16 p. 21cm. A.Ms.S.

Portions of letters addressed to H. H. Bancroft, then in Salt Lake City, from James T. Cobb, dated September 1st, 2nd and 7di, 1884. Cobb's pet idea is that the whole "Mormon Problem" can be solved by proving that Sidney Rigdon was the originator of the faith, the delusion will men be over!

COOKE, SARAH A. (MRS. WILLIAM) "Theatrical and Social Affairs in Utah," Salt Lake City, 1884. 11 p. 31cm.

The first eight pages are biographical in nature, in which Mrs. Cooke recounts her conversion to Mormonism while in Salt Lake City, her drifting away, her questions on Mormon doctrine and dogma, that she never accepted polygamy and showing how Mormon wives adjusted to plural marriage.

Pages 9-11 describe her twelve years of experience widi local theatrical entertainments—taught music, played the organ and melodeon in the tabernacle, met with choir each week; the gift home from Brigham Young and the law suit over it later. Her husband filled missions to New Zealand and Australia, was killed in 1858 while acting in the capacity of a policeman.

Recorded by Mrs. H. H. Bancroft. [P-F 19]

DALTON, LUCINDA LEE (MRS. CHARLES W), 1847-1925 "Autobiography," Circle Valley, Piute County, 1876. 25 p. 25cm. A.L.S.

A letter dated 27 December 1876 to Mrs. E. B. Wells, Salt Lake City. A short biographical note followed by her thoughts on the problem of being an educated, liberated woman in a man's world. Born in Alabama, joined the Mormons in DeWitt County, Texas, in 1849, emigrated to Utah in 1850; to California but to return to Utah in 1857-58; an ardent student, devoted teacher, she has much to say on education, her own and for women in general; opposition received because of her own education. Her marriage. Deadi and spiritual experiences.

DESERET UNIVERSITY "Deseret University of Utah," [n.p., 1885]. 35 p. 25cm.

A history of the development of the institution to 1885, with emphasis on the first years but later developments covered. Quotes the acts of the legislature and publications of the university. [P-F 21]

EVANS, ISRAEL, 1828-96 Dictation, Lehi, Utah County, 1886. 2 p. 32cm.

Born Ohio; to Missouri in 1836 with Mormons, his father escaped at the Haun's Mill Massacre, Nauvoo, 1841-46; member Mormon Battalion, at Sutter's Fort when gold discovered, to Utah 1848; road building; 1851 to Lehi. General statements.

Recorded by L. H. Nichols. [P-F 54]

EXCERPTS FROM THE MANUSCRIPT HISTORY OF BRIGHAM YOUNG

A journal of the early history of Utah, 1847-67, abstracted from records in the Church Historian's Office, Salt Lake City, for H. H. Bancroft. 3 v. 31cm. Bound and cataloged separately.

Under Brigham Young, the Church Historian's Office maintained die manuscript collection "History of Brigham Young," into which were copied, in journal fashion, letters, reports, official acts of ecclesiastical and civil government, newspaper items, diaries, and otherwise original sources, detailing die history of the church and territory. The materials abstracted from these records for Bancroft were bound into three volumes, tided and cataloged in Bancroft Library as follows:

"Early Records of Utah," [1847-51]. 164 p. 31cm. Monthly journal, July 1847—Dec. 1851. [P-F 22]

"Incidents in Utah History," [1852-54]. 63 p. 31cm. Monthly journal, Jan. 1852—Dec. 1854. [P-F 26]

"Utah historical incidents," [1855-67]. 324 p. 31cm. Monthly journal, Jan. 1855—Dec. 1867. With letter, July 22, 1885, written and signed for F. D. Richards by John Jaques (between pp. 154-55).

In the handwriting of John Jaques. [P-F 67]

FARNSWORTH, PHILO TAYLOR, 1826-87 Dictation, Beaver City, Beaver County, [1886?]. 3 p. 31cm.

Born Ohio, to Nauvoo 1842, to Salt Lake Valley 1848 for three years, to Millard County, 1856 to Beaver County; probate judge, bishop, in legislature 1857-58; pacification of Indians and the Arkansas Company (of Mountain Meadows fame) passing through Beaver, "Had J. D. Lee taken tiiis course the Mountain Meadows Massacre would never have been"!

FARR FAMILY DICTATIONS, ca. 1885-88 Brief biographical statements from Aaron F. and Lorin Farr. Recorded by L. Leadbetter. Report to The History Company, San Francisco, from L. H. Nichols concerning Aaron F. Farr, Jr., Ogden, Weber County, and Logan, Cache County, ca. 1885-88. 3 folders in portfolio.

FARR, AARON FREEMAN, 1818-1903. Biographical sketch, Ogden, Weber County, [1886?]. 4 p. 21cm. Born Vermont, in Mormon migrations— Ohio, Missouri, Illinois, at Council Bluffs 1846-47, to Utah 1847; 1852 mission to West Indies for two years; 1856 Las Vegas, Arizona; 1857 to Ogden; construction of road bed for Central Pacific, probate judge, "a man of sterling worth and integrity."

FARR, LORIN, 1820-1909. Biographical sketch, Ogden, Weber County, [1886?]. 2 p. 28cm. Born Vermont, 1838 to Kirdand, 1839 to Missouri, to Nauvoo, 1847 to Utah, to Ogden; saw and grist mill, 1868 Ogden Woolen Mills, merchandising, mayor of Ogden twenty years, president Weber Stake twenty years, member territorial legislature, promoter of roads and railroading.

NICHOLS, L. H. Report to the History Company, San Francisco, concerning Aaron Freeman Farr, Jr., of Logan, Cache County, 28 June 1888. 1 p. 18cm. Manager of Logan branch, Consolidated Implement Co.; cattle; "He has considerable property. . . . I think this man will become a subscriber." [P-F 46]

FERRY, EDWARD P., 1837-1917 Dictation, Park City, Summit County, 1886. 1 p. 32cm.

Born Michigan, 1874 to Utah—mining interests, companies at Park City. Recorded by L. H. Nichols. [P-F 75]

FOLSOM, WILLIAM HARRISON, 1815-1901 Dictation, Manti, Sanpete County, 1886. 2 p. 32cm.

Born New Hampshire, reared Buffalo, N. Y., 1843 joined the Latter-day Saints and to Nauvoo, to Keokuk, then to California via New Orleans and water route to the gold diggings; 1852 to Keokuk, to Council Bluffs and in 1860 to Utah with wife and six children; architect for church on Salt Lake Temple, architect of tabernacle and drew plans for the same, "Brigham Young gave me die idea and explained to me what he wanted and I drew the plans . . ."; construction business; architect of Manti Temple.

Recorded by L. H. Nichols. [P-F 49]

GODBE, WILLIAM SAMUEL, 1833-1902 Statement regarding [Utah and Mormon affairs, including] polygamy. [Salt Lake City], 1884. 30 p. 32cm.

A defense of his actions, an apologia, his statements regarding mining and die cause for his excommunication, the "walled-in" policy of Brigham Young (to keep the gentiles out), mining interests and activities, his charges against the "fanaticism" of leaders, his pragmatic view of "law" or "truth," his polygamous marriage, relations and responsibilities.

Godbe here considers himself "a liberal Mormon"; an associate of Eli B. Kelsey, E. W. Tullidge and E. L. T. Harrison in die "Godbeite" movement.

[P-F 58]

GRANT, HEBER JEDDY, 1856-1945 "Autobiography of Heber Jeddy Grant," Salt Lake City, [1885]. 3 p. 28cm. Ms.S.

Born Salt Lake City, at age of fifteen began working in insurance business, enlarged into banking and insurance business; 1880 appointed president Tooele Stake; 1882 ordained an apostle; emphasis on business ventures. "I have been quite successful in business. ... I have always paid one-tenth of all my earnings as titiring" and, he adds, another five per cent donation for the poor.

Signed at: "Salt Lake City, U.T., June 30th/85." [P-F 45]

GUNNISON, JOHN WILLIAM, 1812-53 Biographical sketch of John W. Gunnison, [n.p., n.d.]. 31 p. 33cm. Typescript. Also titled: "Railroad Exploration."

Following the Mexican Cession of 1848 there was increased interest in projecting railroads to the Pacific. The Military Appropriation Act of March 3, 1853 directed such explorations and surveys as to "ascertain the most practicable and economical route for a railroad from the Mississippi river to the Pacific ocean," and Captain J. W. Gunnison, an army engineer, was directed (May 20, 1853) to conduct "a survey of the pass dirough the Rocky mountains in the vicinity of the head-waters of the Rio del Norte, by way of the Huerfano river and Cooch-to-pa, or some other eligible pass, into the region of Grand and Green rivers, and westwardly to the Vegas de Santa Clara and Nicollet river of the Great Basin; and tiience northward to the vicinity of Lake Utah, on a return route, to explore the most available passes and canons of the Wahsatch range and South pass to Fort Laramie." Gunnison, a West Point graduate, had served in various Indian campaigns and exploration surveys, and was with Captain Howard Stansbury's surveying party in Utah in the winter of 1849-50; it was from this latter experience diat he wrote The Mormons, or Latter-Day Saints, in the Valley of the Great Salt Lake . . . (Philadelphia, 1852).

Rather full biography for die period before 1850 togedier with description of his service as topographical engineer, his activities in Utah, the massacre of his party on the Sevier River, near Sevier Lake, October 23, 1853, and the trials that followed.

Note of sources at end.Additional note in G. H. Morrison's handwriting at page 16. [P-F 55]

HATCH, ABRAM, 1830-1911 Dictation, Heber City, Wasatch County, 1886. 3 p. 32cm.

Born Vermont, to Nauvoo 1840, 1850 to Utah; January 1851 to Lehi, beginnings of mercantile business, cattle interests; 1867 to Heber as "a Presiding Bishop of this County," his business interests.

Recorded by L. H. Nichols. [P-F 74]

HILL, H. C."Remarks on mines and mining in Utah," Salt Lake City, 1884. 2 p. 31cm.

The whole of the manuscript reads: "Three hundred men are employed at the Frisco mine, many of them Mormons, most of them good workmen, There is a library of 1000 vols at the mine, and the men read the highest class of literature, Hubert Spencer's works &c. The rock is brought by rail to the reduction works, six miles from Salt Lake City, and the bullion, largely lead, is sent to Chicago."

In H. H. Bancroft's handwriting. [P-F 23]

HORNE, MARY ISABELLA HALES (MRS. JOSEPH), 1818-1905

"Migration and settlement of the Latter Day Saints," Salt Lake City, 1884. 42 p. 31cm.

Really a life history of Mrs. Home, not a general essay on the subject of the tide.

An ample straightforward relation of personal in relation to public affairs, in vivid description, stories of human interest, all with a religious emphasis, stories of the miraculous frequently told.

Of English emigrant family to Canada; marriage, conversion to Mormonism 1836; to Far West, Mo., 1838-39, mobocracy there; years in Illinois following, meetings with the Prophet; the exodus of 1846 and migration to Utah 1847; first years in valley—problems of food, clothing, shelter, pests; the Battalion men; plural marriage a trial but religious duty. Patriarchal blessing

given 2 April 1844 by Hyrum Smitii inserted, also poetry.

Recorded by Mrs. H. H. Bancroft.

Hyrum Smith's blessing and the

poetry in Mrs. Home's handwriting.

[P-F 24]

HYDE, MARY ANN PRICE (MRS. ORSON), 1816-1900 "Autobiography," Spring City, Sanpete County, 1880. 6 p. 31cm. A.Ms.S. *

Her conversion to Mormonism in native England; emigration to Nauvoo, met Orson Hyde, introduced to the subject of plural marriage, resisted, but became his third wife in spring of 1843; at Council Bluffs, in Salt Lake Valley; moved to Sanpete County, family affairs, her faith in church. [P-F 25]

JENNINGS, WILLIAM, 1823-86 "Material Progress of Utah," [Salt Lake City], 1884. 7 p. 31cm.

The ex-mayor of Salt Lake City gives brief comments on the problems of clothing in early days before the railroad came, the railroad's coming "a great blessing as an educator"; the grasshopper plagues.

Recorded by Mrs. H. H. Bancroft. [P-F 27]

LADD, S. G., d. 1893 "Settlement of the Little Colorado Country, Arizona," [n.p., 1885?]. 11 p. 32cm.

Chronological treatment of die history of Mormon colonization (effective from 1876) on the Little Colorado River in northern Arizona, to the year 1881. Names and dates frequently mentioned.

From the Church Historian's Office. [P-F 64]

LITTLE, FERAMORZ, 1820-87 "Mail Service Across the Plains," Salt Lake City, 1884. 38 p. 31cm.

A preface "Across the Plains" notes the contents of the manuscript: "This contains trip of Aug. 1st, 1851 per Little & Hanks, Decker's Sept. trip 1851, Mr. Little's Nov. trip 1852, Mr. Little's Oct. trip 1851, C. F. Decker's trip Dec. 185[?], Decker's Feb. trip 1852, Decker's May trip 1853, F. Little's April trip 1853, Extra trip of Litde & Hank in winter of 1856-7."

[P-F 28]

MC BRIDE, JOHN R. "The Route by which the Mormons Entered Salt Lake Valley in 1847," Salt Lake City, 1884. 4 p. 31cm. A.Ms.S.?

A general description of the roads of the time, the author speaks as an eyewitness contemporary. "The road as far west as Fort Bridger in 1846 was as plain as the road from Sacramento-Marysville, in 1850. . . . The Mormons found a plain road into a fertile unoccupied country and tiiey drove into it and squatted—for two reasons: tiiey wanted isolation, which tiiey found; they were too indifferently provided in die way of outfit to search California, for which they had started, without great danger of perishing on the desert."

[P-F 29]

MC NIECE, ROBERT Letter to H. H. Bancroft, dated Salt Lake City, U. T., 18 September 1884. 4 p. 21cm. A.L.S.

The pastor of the First Presbyterian Church (since 1877) writes Bancroft concerning material for the Utah history and recommends Judge McBride's article published in the International Review for February 1882, and Judge Cradlebaugh's speech in Congress, 1863; includes his own views on die Mormons. [P-F 84]

MARTINEAU, JAMES HENRY, 1828-1921 "Settlements in Arizona," [Pima, Graham County, Arizona, 1885?]. 9 p. 32cm.

A general historical statement of the beginnings of Mormon pioneer settlement in southeastern Arizona (St. Joseph Stake) for the period 1878 to 1885. Dates and names frequently mentioned.

By-line reads: "The following was furnished by James H. Martineau, of Pima, Graham Co., Arizona."

From the Church Historian's Office. [P-F 63]

MORONI, SANPETE COUNTY Eight brief dictations, Moroni, Sanpete County, [1886?]. 3 p. 32cm.

Includes paragraph dictations from: HARDY, AARON, b. 1839; to Utah 1863, teaching, farming, manager cooperative store. FAUX, JABEZ, 1837-1923; English emigrant of 1860, farming, manager cooperative store. BLACKHAM, JOHN, 1827-1900; English emigrant of 1855, settlement in

Salt Lake, Fillmore, Moroni; farmer. SWENSEN, LARS, b. 1826; Danish emigrant to Utah 1858, to Ephraim and in 1859 to Moroni; farming. MONSON, BENGT, b. 1815; Swedish emigrant to America 1856, at

Keokuk, Iowa, 1857 to Utah, Spanish Fork and Moroni; farmer. ANDERSON, LARS J., b. 1828; Swedish emigrant to Utah 1864, American

Fork then to Moroni; watchmaker, farmer. IRONS, JOHN WILBERT, 1823-1901; to Utah 1863, 1864 to Moroni; bishop, justice. CHRISTENSEN, NIELS, b. 1832; Danish emigrant to Utah 1857, Salt

Lake City, 1860 to Moroni; farming, stock raising, wool growing. Recorded by L. H. Nichols. [P-F 50]

MURDOCK, NYMPHAS CORIDON, 1833-1917 Dictation, Charleston, Wasatch County, 1886. 1 p. 32cm.

Born New York, to Salt Lake 1847, 1864 to Wasatch County—farming and stock raising, sheriff, postmaster.

Recorded by L. H. Nichols. [P-F 73]

MURRAY, ELI H. "Remarks on the way out of the difficulty," Salt Lake City, 1884. 3 p. 31cm.

Murray recommends abolishing the Utah legislature and empowering the president to appoint a governing council with Mormon minority representation only.

Dictation recorded by H. H. Bancroft. [P-F 31]

NEBEKER, JOHN, 1813-86 "Early Justice," [Salt Lake City?], 1884. 6 p. 31cm.

Memoirs of migration to Utah 1847, die crickets, Indians contract the measles, first houses built, gold coins minted from California gold dust, council house erected. Statements on the establishment of law, punishment for infractions of common law—stealing alone named.

From the Church Historian's Office. [P-F 32]

PEERY, DAVID HAROLD, 1824-1901 Biographical sketch, Ogden, Weber County, [1884?]. 4 p. 32cm.

Born Tazewell Co., Virginia; merchandising business, Confederate volunteer in Civil War, became converted to Mormonism by his wife (Nancy C. Higginbotham), to Utah 1864; recovered war losses slowly; to Ogden merchandising, flour milling, superintendent Ogden branch of ZCMI, president Weber Stake, member territorial legislature since 1876, delegate to Washington, mayor of Ogden (1883).

Recorded by L. Leadbetter. [P-F 44]

RAYBOULT, BENJAMIN GRUNDY, 1839-1926 Dictation, Salt Lake City, 1884. 2 p. 27cm.

English emigrant to America 1859, to Utah 1862; various jobs, tiien in January 1866 became associated with Walker Brothers, bankers, at present cashier and general manager.

Recorded by J. R. McBride? [P-F 42]

RICHARDS, FRANKLIN DEWEY, 1821-99 "Bibliography of Utah" [and other notes, Salt Lake City], 1884. 33 p. 31cm.

Contents: "Bibliography of Utah," "The Book of Mormon," and "European Emigration to Utah."

The "Bibliography of Utah" opens: "In answer to questions, put by Mr. Herbert [sic] H. Bancroft, to Elder Franklin D. Richards, in July 1880, he made, substantially the following answers, which have been revised by him, and brought up to date of July 1884." The source for die trek across die plains is Orson Pratt; the office of Church Historian; the beginnings of die writing of church history; answers "Why was Joseph Smith persecuted?"; a somewhat chronological treatment of the publications of die church, periodicals and standard works, in English and foreign languages; Utah newspapers and periodicals.

"The Book of Mormon" relates the Mormon account of the origin of the record from which Joseph Smith translated die BooA: of Mormon; quotes Joseph Smith on the plates; translations into foreign languages; Joseph Smith and Orson Pratt quoted on the truthfulness and superiority of the record.

"European emigration to Utah" is a brief general statement with statistics and comments on the safety of passages. Shippers and ship captains, he says, consider "a company of Mormon emigrants . . . better insurance than the underwriters of Lloyds could give."

From die Church Historian's Office. [P-F 33]

RICHARDS, FRANKLIN DEWEY, 1821-99 "Crime in Utah," [Salt Lake City], 1884. 21 p. 32cm. Notes of various sizes bound together.

Given to H. H. Bancroft upon his specific inquiry, consisting of quotations from "official records and sources," cataloging only "the unlawful immoral practices" of the Mormons and anti-Mormons, showing the superiority of die former in these respects. Figures given are for the years 1880-82. [P-F 34]

RICHARDS, FRANKLIN DEWEY, 1821-99 Letters and notes on Utah history. 1883-85. 12 folders in portfolio.Tided: "Names and their significations." Includes the following: Letter to W. H. Benson, 19 July 1883. 1 p. 23cm. L.S.

Two letters to H. H. Bancroft, 29 April 1884. 1 p. 17cm. 2 p. 26cm. A.L.S.

Letter to "My Dear Sir," 13 May 1884. 2 p. 26cm.

"Names and Their Significations," Salt Lake City, 7 March 1885. 9 p. 32cm. Origins of place names. F. D. Richards per John Jaques.

Letter to H. H. Bancroft, 7 March 1885. 3 p. 32cm. L.S. w/postscript S. Answers questions relative to population and wealtii of Utah in 1860, Mountain Meadows Massacre. Reading proof "slips" of the history.

Letter to H. H. Bancroft, 27 March 1885. 2 p. 27cm. A.L.S. His mission to Dresden, Germany, and the conversion of Karl G. Maeser 1855.

Letter to H. H. Bancroft, 28 March 1885. 2 p. 27cm. A.L.S. Requests a "little more extended and complimentary notice" of die mission of Orson Hyde to Palestine, 1840-42.

Letter to H. H. Bancroft, 2 April 1885. 2 p. 27cm. A.L.S. "Corrects" Bancroft on a point in the proof "slips."

Notes concerning "The Old Tabernacle, The Large Tabernacle, The Assembly Hall." Salt Lake City, 1 July 1885. 2 p. 32cm.

Letter to E. P. Newkirk, Esq., [n.d.]. 1 p. 27cm. Question on the Assembly Hall.

"The Deseret Alphabet." 4 p. 32cm.Letter to H. H. Bancroft, 2 November 1884. 2 p. L.S. [P-F 66]

RICHARDS, FRANKLIN DEWEY, 1821-99 "Narrative of Franklin Dewey Richards," San Francisco, 1880. 130 p. 31cm.

This is the first of the Mormon dictations taken by Bancroft which opened to him the field of Utah history. The "Narrative" consists of four parts:

(1) Pp. 1-43: autobiographical dictation to Mr. Bancroft, dealing with his early experiences in Mormonism at Far West, Nauvoo, marriage, missions 1845 ff. (to England, 1846-48), emigration practices, his beginnings in Salt Lake, short general description of settlement of land. Full personal reminiscences but with few dates.

(2) Pp. 45-62: random comments and observations on emigration, settlement, Indian affairs; extended treatment of church organization and discipline, courts, tithing.

(3) Pp. 63-90: random comments and observations on geography, church periodicals, sources for history of Mormonism, land problem, mineral resources, politics and government, federal courts, difficulties, "This religion is a cure for dissension," his faith expressed, polygamy, on writing the history of Utah ("all we ask is the truth, do the fair thing"), Brigham Young and church property, his estate and character,. Willard Richards and Orson Pratt described, the cooperative institutions, the Endowment House, church discipline, sources for the history of Utah.

(4) Pp. 93-130: "Bibliography," a record of a conversation on the sources for the projected history of Utah—historians, writers, records, periodicals, newspapers, tracts and their use, the Doctrine and Covenants, Book of Mormon, books to be consulted, church organization. Orson Pratt, Willard Richards, Miss Eliza R. Snow, Edward Tullidge, Parley P. Pratt and others mentioned.

[P-F 3]

RICHARDS, JANE SNYDER (MRS. FRANKLIN D.), 1823- 1912

"The Inner Facts of Social Life in Utah," San Francisco, 1880. 18 p. 31cm.

Report of a private conversation between Mrs. Richards and Mrs. H. H. Bancroft, during a short visit to San Francisco, dealing primarily with Mrs. Richards' own personal experience in polygamy. The frank statements and intimate reflections of a polygamous wife. ". . . tiiey [the Latter-day Saints] considered it wholly as a religious duty and schooled themselves to bear its discomforts as a sort of religious penance; and that it was a matter of pride to make everybody believe they lived happily and to persuade themselves and others that it was not a trial; and that a long life of such discipline makes die trial lighter." [P-F 2]

RICHARDS, JANE SNYDER (MRS. FRANKLIN D.), 1823- 1912 "Reminiscences," San Francisco, 1880. 25 p. 31cm.

Autobiographical sketch recorded by Mrs. H. H. Bancroft.

The intimate thoughts of a Mormon wife and mother, the description of her life of trials and sorrows, her story told in relation to the times in which she lived; a work of positive literary merit, it shows signs of revision.

Born New York, to Upper Canada, miraculous healing of her brother by Mormon elders, her restoration to health by same and her baptism 1839; migration fall 1839 to Missouri, stopped at LaHarpe, Ind., engagement to Franklin D. Richards, move to Nauvoo fall 1841, marriage Dec. 18, 1842; life in Nauvoo, deadi of Joseph and Hyrum Smith, description of their persons; exodus, polygamy, afflictions of the exodus 1846; at Winter Quarters, death of Richards' second wife; (F. D. Richards on mission 1846-48); privations; excellent description of her life in Salt Lake City during first years of settlement; husband's missions; the Relief Society; the coming of Johnston's Army; commentary on book by Mrs. T. B. H. Stenhouse, her refutation, "the Mormons live happier with their wives and more virtuously man other peoples"; answers to questions put on the Mountain Meadows Massacre, Indian relations, celebration of the 24th of July, polygamy, popular opinion in regards to the Mormons; residence in Ogden 1869; comments on Relief Society in Ogden. [P-F 4]

RICKS, THOMAS EDWIN, 1828-1901 "A Historical sketch of the Bannock Stake," [Rexburg, Bingham County, Idaho, 1885?]. 20 p. 32cm.

A brief general statement of the history of Bannock Stake, "Snake River Country," created out of Cache Valley Stake of Zion, followed by a "Chronological Statement of Important Events . . . ." March 1879 to February 1885.

The name of this, the "old" Bannock Stake (1884-98), was changed toFremont Stake in 1898 with the creation of the "new" Bannock Stake in Bannock County, Idaho. See Andrew Jenson, "Fremont Stake," Encyclopedic History of the Church . . . (Salt Lake City, 1941).

By-line reads: "Furnished by Thos. E. Ricks of Rexburg, Bingham Co., Idaho." From the Church Historian's Office. [P-F 62]

RITER, WILLIAM WOLLERTON, 1838-1922 Dictation, Salt Lake City, [1886]. 3 p. 32cm.

Born Pennsylvania, to Utah 1847; farming, stock raising, guide to emigrant trains, surveyor; mission to Austria 1863-66; contracting on Union Pacific road; 1869-70 mission to New York and Washington, D.C. on the Cullom Bill; Tintic mining district, superintendent building the street railroad 1872, Summit County railroad, 1876 superintendent Utah Western, building roads, banking, drugs (Logan).

Recorded by L. H. Nichols. [P-F 80]

ROBSON, CHARLES INNES, 1837-94 "Maricopa Stake, including Mesa and other settlements, Arizona," [n.p., 1885]. 4 p. 32cm.

A brief chronicle, with names of participants, and dates, of the beginning of Mormon settlement in central Arizona, 1878, by one of die settlers of Mesa.

"Furnished by Chas. I. Robson, Sept. 28, 1885." The last sentence of the essay reads: "This is all I can get hold of at Lehi" [no doubt Lehi, formerly Jonesville, Arizona].

From the Church Historian's Office. [P-F 61]

ROCKWOOD, ALBERT PERRY, 1805-79 "A report, with Extracts from the Congressional Acts of the United States Congress, The Legislative Journals and Laws of the Territory of Utah, and A concise History of Utah Penitentiary, Its Inmates and Officers, From the Year 1855 to 1878. Compiled for and by the request of Mr. H. H. Bancroft, by A. P. Rockwood, Salt Lake City, Jan. 4, 1878."

70 [63] p. 32cm. Ms.S. [P-F 85]

SALMON RIVER MISSION Journal, 1855-58. Ill p. 32cm.

Copy of the daily journal kept by the clerk, D. Moore. A few entries, June-Oct, 1857, by J. Miller, clerk pro tern. Names of members of the colonizing group, notes on the Indians. Establishment of Fort Lemhi and abandonment of the mission.

From the Church Historian's Office. [P-F 68]

SMITH, ALMA L., 1831-87 Dictation, Coalville, Summit County, 1886. 3 p. 32cm.

Mistitled "Murder of Mormons in 1850"; more properly deals wim Haun's Mill Massacre, Daviess, Caldwell County, Missouri, 30 October 1838.

Born Ohio, to Missouri, at Haun's Mill Massacre, the event described; missions, superintendent of railroad work, coal mining, ecclesiastical and political positions.

Recorded by L. H. Nichols. [P-F 78]

SMITH, JOHN, 1832-1911 "Autobiography of John Smith, Patriarch to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints," Salt Lake City, 1885. 12 p. 32cm.

Son of Hyrum and Jerusha (Barden) Smith, bom Rutland, Ohio; with parents on dieir moves; February 1846 started west with Heber C. Kimball's family, in September his father's family joined him; 1848 widi family to Utah; "Battalion of Life Guards" (established to warn/protect against die Indians), stepmother died 21 September 1852, his marriage, on the Salmon River, 18 February 1855 ordained patriarch, his various activities, trip east in 1859, mission to Scandinavia 1862-64.

From the Church Historian's Office. [P-F 60]

SMOOT, MARGARET THOMPSON MC MEANS (MRS. ABRAHAM O.), d. 1884

"Experience of a Mormon Wife," Provo, Utah County, 1880. 10 p. 31cm. A.Ms.S.

Autobiographical statement written at die request of H. H. Bancroft. "I have given the principle events of my life, leaving out, however a great deal of my experience and views for fear of transcending die bounds of yourkind and liberal invitation." Conversion 1834 in Tennessee, 1837 to Far West, Mo., expulsion 1838-39, to Quincy, Illinois; Nauvoo; the succession of Brigham Young; expulsion from Nauvoo and arrival in Salt Lake Valley 1847; church history told from a personal point of view, general statements of life activities—settling Salt Lake City, mission to England 1851-52, positions filled by husband, her ardent belief in superiority of polygamy over monogamy; pointed preachy remarks.

Covering letter dated September 2, 1880. [P-F 5]

SNOW, ELIZA ROXEY, 1804-87 "Brief Sketch of the Organizations conducted by the Latter-day Saint Women of Utah," Salt Lake City, 1880. 3 p. 31cm.A.Ms.S.

The Relief Society, The Young Ladies' Mutual Improvement Association, and the Primary Association receive brief treatment as to history, organization, purposes, achievements.

Signed "E. R. Snow," Salt Lake City, June 1880. [P-F 6]

SNOW, ELIZA ROXEY, 1804-87 "Sketch of my life," Salt Lake City, 1885. 49 p. 32cm. A.Ms.S.

One of the finest of Mormon autobiographies, a prized manuscript, signed: "Eliza R. Snow Smith" and dated at "Salt Lake City, Utah, April 13, 1885." Full in its details, broad in its scope, of literary merit, the sketch recounts her intellectual, literary and religious activities, her thoughts and feelings.

Bom Berkshire County, Mass.; joined the Latter-day Saints 1835; the Kirtiand and Missouri persecutions; at Nauvoo, plural marriage ("I was sealed to die Prophet, Joseph Smitii, for time and eternity, in accordance with the Celestial Law of Marriage which God has revealed . . ."); Relief Society; the martyrdom, extensive description of the exodus and trek of 1847; first winter, early activities in Salt Lake Valley; re-establishment of Relief Society, its work; the Primary Association; visit to the Holy Land 1872-73; literary labors, publications, culture and manufacture of silk, hospitals, "Deseret Hospital Association;" sketch ends, is signed, at bottom of page 44. Poems follow: "Yes I would be a Saint," "Bury me Quietly When I Die;" others included in the sketch: "Let us Go," "Song of the Desert," "Song for the Fourth of July, 1852." [P-F 57]

SNYDER, GEORGE G., 1819-87 Dictation, Park City, Summit County, 1886. 1 p. 32cm.

Bom New York, 1838 to Indiana, 1839 to Hancock County, Illinois, 1849 to Sacramento, California; 1854 to Summit County, Utah, 1869 to Park City—"discovered the first mine the 'Green Monster,' " others discovered; his several occupations.

Recorded by L. H. Nichols. [P-F 76]

STANFORD, JOSEPH, 1834-1909 "Brief Historical Sketch of the Settlements in Weber County," Ogden, Weber County, 1880. 24 p. 31cm. A.Ms.S.

The political, ecclesiastical and educational affairs of Lyne, Slaterville, Harrisville, Plain City, North Ogden, Riverdale, Easton, Marriottsville, Huntsville, Eden, Hooperville, West Weber, and Mound Fort are given, concluded with a "Brief Summary" concerned primarily with schools, irrigation canals and the "Probate County Judgeship."

Signed "J. Stanford." [P-F 8]

STANFORD, JOSEPH, 1834-1909 "Historical Sketch of Ogden City," Ogden, Weber County, 1880. 16 p. 31cm. A.Ms.

A chronicle of political, ecclesiastical and educational affairs; economicdevelopment—saw mills, irrigating canal company, woolen factory, coming of the railroads (UP, CP, UC); F. D. Richards' Ogden Publishing Co. (the "Ogden Junction"); various stores and buildings, church buildings, 1880, Present tense often employed, sources are not indicated. [P-F 7]

STEVENS, SIDNEY, 1838-1910 Biographical sketch, Ogden, Weber County, [1884?]. 2 p. 35cm.

English emigrant to Utah 1863, to Weber County 1865; tannery, manufacture of leather goods, merchandising, shipping, the Stevens-Dooly block oi business houses in Ogden, characterized as one "of the most successful business men of the Territory." [P-F 43]

STEWART, ANDREW JACKSON, 1819-1911 Dictation, Benjamin, Utah County, 1886. 2 p. 32cm.

Bom Ohio, to Utah in 1850; "I built first house on the City Piatt of Provo"; surveyor, civil engineer, farmer, stock raiser; bought Camp Floyd wagons, etc., "and worked the iron up into Machinery and nails."

Recorded by L. H. Nichols. [P-F 56]

STEWART, JAMES ZEBULON, 1844-1931 "Settlements in Colorado," Salt Lake City, 1885. 3 p. 32cm.

A brief statement on the beginnings of Mormon settlements in Colorado following 1878, the communities of Ephraim and Manassa, written June 29, 1885.

From the Church Historian's Office. [P-F 71]

STOCK RAISING IN UTAH "History of Live Stock of Utah," [n.p., n.d.]. 6 p. 25cm., mounted on leaves 30cm. and bound.

Elementary and introductory exposition of how Utahns received tiieir supply of cattle (from emigrants to California) in exchange for goods; cattle fed and sold to people of California and Nevada for gold dust; superiority of horses of the West; sheep. [P-F 59]

TAYLOR, JOHN, 1808-87 "Reminiscences," Salt Lake City, 1884. 27 p. 31cm.Manuscript title: "President John Taylor's Dictation." Includes: "The First Year's journey across the Plains," questions and answers on crimes and punishments (refers to Nebeker's statements), "we were a good deal imbued with the old Hebraic ideas—a good deal like the Puritans, yet we never enacted blue laws, neither had we witches to kill, even if we had been disposed to do so"; early voting practices; the term "Valley Tan"; the manufacture of liquor; "forting up" homes; "Summer Quarters;" paper; "Journey to England [1846]"; the location of the temple; the city plan; Kirtland Bank bills; die Danites.

Bound with: "Narrative" by Daniel H. Wells (32 p.) and "Pioneer incidents" by Wilford Woodruff (13 p.). Each from the Church Historian's Office. [P-F 35:1]

TEASDALE, GEORGE, 1831-1907 Autobiography, [Mexico, 1885]. 21 p. 21cm. A.Ms.S.

Born England, converted to Mormonism 1852, married 1853; preaching and proselyting, presiding over conferences in England until 1859 when appointed in charge of Scottish Mission; in 1861 "released to go home to Zion;" the trek to Salt Lake Valley; taught 20th Ward school, music and dramatics, store, ecclesiastical assignments; 1868 mission to England, editor of the Millennial Star; 1869 to New York, preached and supervised emigration; back to Utah by rail, his store; 1875-76 a mission to die southern states; 1877 president Juab Stake,, his business relation; 1882 appointed to the apostieship, in Mexico on a mission at the time. [P-F 69]

THURBER, ALBERT KING, 1826-88 Dictation, Richfield, Sevier County, [1886?]. 4 p. 32cm.

Born Rhode Island, 1849 went overland to the California gold fields via Salt Lake Valley where he became converted to Mormonism, baptized September 1, 1849; in November on to California the south route, by schooner to San Francisco and the mines; to Utah, settlement at Spanish Fork; learned "Utah dialect" became interpreter; ecclesiastical and political activities; to Richfield 1874.

Recorded by L. H. Nichols. [P-F 48]

TRACY, NANCY N. ALEXANDER (MRS. MOSES), 1816- "Narrative," Ogden, Weber County, 1880. 36 p. 20cm., with covering letter, dated November 4, 1880. A.Ms.S.

Autobiography written for Bancroft upon request of Mrs. Jane S. Richards of Ogden. "I have been associated with the Mormon Church 46 years Consequently have had considerable experience and what I write will be in truth and simplicity and is at your disposal . . . ." Born New York, early religious interests, conversion to Mormonism (baptized May 10, 1834); to Kirtland 1835, to Missouri—persecutions at Crooked River and Far West, expulsion, Quincy and Nauvoo, the culmination of religious persecution in the deadi of Joseph and Hyrum Smith, exodus to Great Salt Lake Valley, general narrative of affairs—the crickets, Mountain Meadows Massacre, Johnston's Army, her defense of polygamy and her religion. ". . . what I have wrote is in part events in my own history connected with the travels and history of the Church and a portion is my own testimony and what I have written is true." Religious persecution complex. [P-F 9]

UTAH BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES Interviews with fourteen Utah "Gentiles," including one former Mormon, [Salt Lake City and Ogden, n.d.]. 61 [58] p. 31cm., typescript except pp. 43-50 which are manuscript.Includes: HENRY WAGENER, Salt Lake City, pp. 1-2. Brewery establishment.

SAMUEL PAUL, Salt Lake City, pp. 3 [6]-8. Onetime deputy U. S, marshall, Utah Territory.

FREDERICK H. AUERBACH, Salt Lake City, pp. 9-10. Dry goods business.

JOSHUA R. NICHOLS, Salt Lake City, pp. 11-13. Railroad, business, mining interests.

JOHN T. GILMER, Salt Lake City, pp. 14-16. Staging and mining interests.

JOSEPH B. ROSBOROUGH, Salt Lake City, pp. 17-42. Resident of California to 1864, then to Idaho, statement on mining in Idaho, government; to Utah 1871 for mining interests, statements on government, judicial matters, polygamy prosecutions, the work of die United States Commission, general problems with Mormons, state of education of children. "It is the political character and aspirations of the church that have brought it into all its difficulties everywhere."

A. G. FELL, Ogden, pp. 43-44. Union Pacific agent, operator and train dispatcher.

JAMES FORBES, Ogden, p. 44. Central Pacific agent at Ogden fifteen years.

L. B. ADAMS, Ogden, pp. 45-46. Banking and ranching business.

J. M. LANGSDORF, Ogden, pp. 46-51. Freighting, banking (Corinne and Ogden), cattle raising.

FRED J. KIESEL, Ogden, pp. 52-55. German emigrant to Utah 1863; sutler; 1864 opened business in Wellsville for Gilbert & Sons, also in Ogden, Bear Lake, Montpelier, Ophir, Corinne—always Mormon interference and "Cooperation" drove him out; finally at Ogden. Statements on General Connor.

WATSON N. SHILLING, Ogden, p. 56. Telegraph and ranching interests in Idaho; banking in Utah, leader in Republican political affairs.

JOHN BROOM, Ogden, pp. 57-59. English emigrant-convert to Mormonism, left church after 21 years; owner Hotel Broom, cost $70,000; feelings toward church.

W. B. DODDRIDGE, Ogden, pp. 60-61. Railroad interests, Union Pacific employee in charge of Idaho Division since 1882; statement on Utah & Northern. [P-F 15]

UTAH DICTATIONS, 1886-88

Statements from business and community leaders, recorded by L. H. Nichols. Obtained primarily in order to sell the Works of H. H. Bancroft. Agent's reports accompany many of the statements. 1 box (174 folders).

Includes dictations from one hundred and eighty-two of the persons met by L. H. Nichols, agent of H. H. Bancroft, in an effort to sell them the published WorArs including Volume XXVI, the History of Utah. The dictations were taken while the history was being written, before it was off the press, hence were not used as source material. For other dictations of the same character, taken by L. H. Nichols under die same circumstances, see items in this section of the guide, P-F series: 46, 47 to 54, 56, 73 to 76, 78 to 80 incl.

The dictations are usually very brief. Each constitutes little more than a thumbnail sketch, often filling only one-half to two-thirds of a sheet usually 32 to 36cm. long.

By and large, the persons interviewed were the children of first setders— a second generation, so to speak—men who were in their infancy when die Mormon exodus and first settlement in Utah took place. They are now (1886-88) successful business men, prominent leaders in civic and ecclesiastical affairs. Many are non-Mormons; Mr. Nichols notes such facts.

The dictations follow a general pattern: name of the indivdual, place of the dictation, birth date and place, some statement of genealogy or family connection, changes in residence receive chief emphasis usually in connection with an occupation or business enterprise, and ecclesiastical and civic offices held. Only occasionally is there a side comment of an event of historical renown.

Of interest and significance are the Nichols reports to Bancroft on the prospective buyers. These covering reports include statements quite descriptive of and revealing the character and personality of the biographee as well as additional biographical data. Unfortunately, reports accompany only about one-fourdi of the dictations. When present, an asterisk (*) so indicates.

While only a handful of these persons were non-Mormons, only about twenty per cent of the total are represented in Andrew Jenson's Latter-day Saints' Biographical Encyclopedia (4 v., Salt Lake City, 1901-36).

The following list is by document (sometimes two or more dictations were recorded on one leaf):

ALLEN, JAMES X., b. 1830; Ogden, Weber County, 1888. 2 p.* 36cm.

ANDERSON, CHARLES L., b. 1846; Grantsville, Tooele County, [1888?]. 1 p. 32cm.

ANDREWS, JOHN, b. 1817, and CHARLES ANDREWS, b. 1843; Nephi, Juab County, [1886?]. 1 p. 32cm.

ANGUS, JOHN, b. 1835; Spanish Fork, Utah County, [1886?]. 1 p, 32cm.

ARMSTRONG, JAMES C, b. 1836; Ogden, Weber County, 1888. 2 p.* 36cm.

BARRASTON, R. J.; Mona, Juab County, [ca. 1886]. 1 p. 28cm. BEAN, JAMES A., b. 1834; Provo, Utah County, [1886?]. 1 p. 32cm,

BEERS, FRANKLIN, b. 1842; Pleasant Grove, Utah County, 1886. 1 p. 32cm.

BLANCHARD, JOHN R., b. 1830; Logan, Cache County, 1888. 1 p.*

36cm. BOND, HENRY M., b. 1841; Ogden, Weber County, 1888. 1 p. 36cm,BOYDEN, JOHN, b. 1841; Coalville, Summit County, 1886. 1 p. 32cm. BOYER, FRANCIS C, b. 1843; Springville, Utah County, 1886. 1 p.

32cm. BOYLE, JOHN A., b. 1846; Ogden, Weber County, 1887. 1 p. 32cm. BRADFORD, PLEASANT S., b. 1843; Spanish Fork, Utah County,

[1886?]. 1 p. 32cm. BRADFORD, SYLVESTER, b. 1839; Spanish Fork, Utah County, 1886.

1 p. 32cm. BRERETON, RICHARD, b. 1835; Provo, Utah County, 1886. 1 p. 32cm,

BROWN, JOHN W., b. 1826; Parowan, Iron County, [ca. 1886]. 1 p. 32cm.

BROWNING, JOHN M. and MATHEW S. BROWNING; Ogden, Weber County, 1887. 1 p. 32cm. Tells of work of their father, Jonathan Browning, of rifle manufacture fame. BRYAN, W. A. C, b. 1849; Nephi, Juab County, [1886?]. 1 p. 32cm. BUCKMILLER, MICHAEL, b. 1836; Ogden, Weber County, 1888.

1 p.* 36cm. BULLOCK, ROBERT, b. 1838, and DAVID BULLOCK, b. 1844;

Cedar City, Iron County, [ca. 1886]. 1 p. 30cm. CALLISTER, THOMAS C, b. 1852; Fillmore, Millard County, [ca.

1886]. 1 p. 20cm. CARDON, THOMAS B... b. 1842; Logan, Cache County, 1888. 2 p.

36cm. CARVER, GEORGE H., 1854-1922; Plain City, Weber County, 1888.

1 p.* 36cm. CHILD, WARREN G, 1835-1906; Ogden, Weber County, [1888?].

2 p. 32cm. CHIPMAN, JAMES, b. 1839; American Fork, Utah County, [1886?].

1 p. 32cm. CHIPMAN, WASHBURN, b. 1829; American Fork, Utah County,

1886. 2 p. 32cm. CHIPMAN, WILLIAM H., b. 1833; American Fork, Utah County,

[1886?]. 1 p. 32cm. CHRISTENSON, JULIUS H., b. 1844; Gunnison, Sanpete County, 1886.

1 p. 32cm. CHRISTENSON, THEODORE E„ b. 1845; Gunnison, Sanpete County,

1886. 1 p. 32cm. CLARK, GEORGE S., 1816-1901; Pleasant Grove, Utah County, [1886?].

1 p. 32cm. CLARK, ISAAC L., b. 1853; Ogden, Weber County, 1888. 1 p.* 36cm. CLIFT, F. D., b. 1833; Salt Lake City, 1888. 1 p.* 32cm. COLVIN, L. O. A., b. 1822; Payson, Utah County, [1886?]. 1 p. 32cm. CONKLIN, J. C, b. 1837; Salt Lake City, 1887. 1 p. 32cm. COREY, GEORGE L„ b. 1839; Ogden, Weber County, 1888. 3 p.

36cm. CRANDAL, MARTIN P., b. 1830; Springville, Utah County, [1886?].

1 p. 32cm. CROSBY, JESSE W., JR., b. 1848; Panguitch, Garfield County, [ca.

1886]. 1 p. 28cm. CULMER, GEORGE P., b. 1850; Salt Lake City, 1887. 2 p. 32cm. CUNNINGHAM, JOHN, b. 1836; Salt Lake City, 1887. 1 p. 32cm. CUTLER, THOMAS R., 1844-1922; Lehi, Utah County, [ca. 1886].

1 p. 32cm. DANIELS, JAMES E, b. 1825; Provo, Utah County, [1886?]. 1 p.

32cm. DAVIS, CHARLES A., b. 1810; Spanish Fork, Utah County, 1886.

1 p. 32cm.

DEE, THOMAS D., 1844-1905; Ogden, Weber County, 1888. 1 p.* 15cm.

DIX, EDWIN, b. 1838; Plain City, Weber County, 1888. 1 p.* 19cm, DIXON, CHRISTOPHER F., b. 1816; Payson, Utah County, 1886. 1 p.

32cm.

DOUGLAS, WILLIAM, b. 1835; Smithfield, Cache County, 1888. 1 p.* 36cm.

DUSENBERRY, WILSON H., b. 1841; Provo, Utah County, [1886?].

1 p. 25cm. ECCLES, DAVID, b. 1849; Ogden, Weber County, 1888. 2 p. 36cm. ELDREDGE, ALMA, b. 1841; Coalville, Summit County, 1886. 2 p.

32cm. ERICKSON, JONAS H., b. 1853; Mt. Pleasant, Sanpete County, 1886,

2 p. 32cm. EVANS, C. D., 1829-1908; Salem, Utah County, 1886. 1 p. 32cm. FERRIN, JOSIAH M., 1834-1904; Eden, Weber County,. 1888. 2 p.*

36cm. FOOTE, CHARLES, b. 1832; Nephi, Juab County, [1886?]. 1 p. 32cm. FOOTE, MYRON G., b. 1839; Park City, Summit County, 1886. 1 p.

32cm. FORBES, JOSEPH B., b. 1842; American Fork, Utah County, 1886.

1 p. 32cm. FOX, EDWARD W., b. 1833; Manti, Sanpete County, 1886. 1 p. 32cm. FRINGE, W. W., b. 1844; Ogden, Weber County, 1888. 2 p.* 36cm. GALBRAITH, WILLIAM W., b. 1838; Kaysville, Davis County, 1888,

2 p.* 32cm. GIBSON, HENRY E.; Ogden, Weber County, 1888. 2 p.* 32cm. GILLESPIE, J. K., b. 1858; Salt Lake City, 1888. 2 p.* 28 & 17cm. GLAZIER, CHARLES DEAN, b. 1842; Provo, Utah County, [1886?].

1 p. 32cm. GOWANS, HUGH S., b. 1832; Tooele, Tooele County, 1888. 1 p.*

32cm. GREEN, ALVAH A., b. 1839; American Fork, Utah County, 1886. 1 p.

32cm. GREEN WELL, AMBROSE, fe. 1833; Ogden, Weber County, 1888. 2 p.*

36cm. GROESBECK, NICHOLAS H., fe. 1842; Springville, Utah County, 1888,

2 p. 32cm. HAGUE, JOHN, fe. 1822, and ALMA HAGUE, fe. 1852; Nephi, Juab

County, [1886?]. 1 p. 32cm. HAIGHT, HECTOR W., 6. 1855; Farmington, Davis County, 1888. 1 p.*

32cm. HALES, GEORGE G., 6. 1844; Spanish Fork, Utah County, 1886. 1 p.

32cm. HAMMOND, JAMES T., fe. 1856; Logan, Cache County, 1888. 1 p.*

36cm. HARDY, M. H., 6. 1850; Provo, Utah County, [1886?]. 1 p. 32cm.

HENRIOD, EUGENE A., fe. 1833; American Fork, Utah County, 1886. 1 p. 32cm.

HEPPLER, ANDREW, fe. 1838; Glenwood, Sevier County, 1886. 1 p. 28cm.

HOLDEN, LIBERTY E. t 6. 1834; Salt Lake City, 1887. 1 p. 32cm.

HOLLISTER, OVANDO JAMES, 1834-92; Salt Lake City, 1887. 5 p. 32cm. Prominent gentile journalist. At Corinne, until 1882 collector of internal revenue for Utah district; deputy collector, mining interests; interested "in the contest against Mormonism," writing for newspapers. Married the sister of Vice President Schuyler Colfax, biographer of Colfax, the biography appraised. HOUTZ, J. S., fe. 1833; Ogden, Weber County, 1888. 1 p.* 36cm. HOWELL, REESE, fe. 1848; Ogden, Weber County, 1888. 1 p.* 36cm. HUGHES, HENRY, 1825-1919; Mendon, Cache County, 1888. 1 p.*

36~m. HUGHES, WILLIAM B., fe. 1859; Spanish Fork, Utah County, 1886,

1 p. 32cm. HUISH, WALTER H., fe. 1827; Payson, Utah County, 1886. 1 p. 32cm. HUNTER, JOSEPH S., fe. 1844; Cedar City, Iron County, [1886?].

2 p. 30cm. HUNTER, OSCAR F., [1852-1931]; American Fork, Utah County, 1886.

3 p. 32cm. JACKSON, JOSEPH, 6. 1853; Ogden, Weber County, [1888?]. 1 p.

36cm. JACKSON, WILLIAM W., fe. 1831; American Fork, Utah County, 1886.

1 p. 32cm. JOB, THOMAS, 6. 1812; Goshen, Utah County, [1886?]. 1 p. 32cm. JOHNSON, DON C, fe. 1847; Springville, Utah County, 1886. 1 p. 32cm. JONES, JOHN, fe. 1842; Spanish Fork, Utah County, 1886. 1 p. 32cm. JONES, MILES H.; Ogden, Weber County, [1888?]. 1 p. 20cm. KAY, DAVID, fe. 1856; Ogden, Weber County, 1888. 1 p. 36cm. KERR, GEORGE M., 6. 1841; Ogden, Weber County, 1888. 1 p.*

36cm. LEIGH, HENRY, fe. 1843; Cedar City, Iron County, [1886?]. 2 p.

20/30cm. LEIGH, SAMUEL, 6. 1815; Cedar City, Iron County, [1886?]. 1 p. 32cm. LEWIS, BENJAMIN M., fe. 1841; Logan, Cache County, 1888. 1 p.*

36cm. LEWIS, J. S., fe. 1830; Ogden, Weber County, 1888. 1 p.* 36cm. LOWE, GEORGE A., 6. 1836; Salt Lake City, 1887. 1 p. 32cm. LOWRY, JOHN, fe. 1829; Manti, Sanpete County, 1886. 1 p. 32cm. LUND, ROBERT C, fe. 1847, THOMAS JUDD, 1845-1922, and EDWIN G. WOOLLEY, fe. 1845; St. George, Washington County, [1886?]. 2 p. 32cm.

MC BETH, JAMES S., fe. 1849; Payson, Utah County, [1886?]. 1 p. 32cm.

MC CLELLAN, JOHN J., fe. 1838; Payson, Utah County, [1886?]. 1 p. 32cm.

MACK, JAMES, nee James McCracken, 1836; Smithfield, Cache County, 1888. 2 p.* 36cm.

MC KENZIE, GEORGE, fe. 1836; Springville, Utah County, [1886?]. 1 p. 32cm.

MC MURDIE, SAMUEL, fe. 1830; Paradise, Cache County, 1888. 1 p.* 36cm.

MATHEWS, E. C, 6. 1835; Beaver, Beaver County, [1886?]. 1 p. 31cm, MAW, ABRAHAM, fe. 1837; Plain City, Weber County, 1888. 1 p.*

17cm.

MERCER, KIMBALL B., fe. 1825; Ogden, Weber County, 1888. 1 p.* 36cm.

METCALF, JAMES, 6. 1847; Gunnison, Sanpete County, 1886. 1 p. 32cm.

MIDDLETON, JOHN, fe. 1840; Cedar City, Iron County, [1886?]. 1 p, 32cm.

MONK, CHARLES, fe. 1832; Spanish Fork, Utah County, 1886. 1 p. 32cm.

MONTGOMERY, NATHANIEL, fe. 1841; North Ogden, Weber

County, 1888. 1 p. 32cm. MOORE, DAVID, fe. 1819; Ogden, Weber County, 1888. 1 p.* 36cm. MYNDUS, JAMES H., fe. 1835; Nephi, Juab County, 1886. 1 p. 25cm, NYE, EPHRAIM HESMER, 1845-1903; Ogden, Weber County, 1888.

1 p.* 36cm. OWEN, EVAN, 6. 1836, and JOSEPH HOWELL, fe. 1857; Wellsville,

Cache County, 1888. 1 p.** 36cm. PACKARD, MILAN, fe. 1830; Springville, Utah County, [1886?]. 1 p.

32cm. PACKARD, NEPHI, 1832-1921; Springville, Utah County, [1886?].

2 p. 32cm. PARKER, HEBER, fe. 1849,. and WILLIAM HASLAM, fe. 1837; Wellsville, Cache County, 1888. 1 p.** 36cm. PARKER, SMITH, fe. 1849; Greenwich, Piute County, 1886. 1 p. 32cm. PATTEN, GEORGE, fe. 1828; Payson, Utah County, 1886. 1 p. 28cm. PETERSON, SOREN L., 6. 1835; Huntsville, Weber County, 1888.

1 p.* 36cm. PICKARD, W. L., fe. 1834; Salt Lake City, 1887. 2 p. 32cm. PIKE, WALTER R., fe. 1848; Provo, Utah County, 1886. 1 p. 32cm. PINGREE, JOB, 6. 1837; Ogden, Weber County, 1888. 1 p.* 29cm. PITKIN, GEORGE O., fe. 1837; Millville, Cache County; AARON

FARR, JR., fe. 1850; Logan, Cache County; 1888. 1 p.* 36cm. POMEROY, CHARLES E., fe. 1843; Salt Lake City, 1888. 1 p. 32cm. POTTER, HENRY E., 6. 1829; Moroni, Sanpete County, 1886. 1 p.

32cm. QUAYLE, JAMES, fe. 1831; Logan, Cache County, 1888. 1 p.* 36cm. REEVE, JOHN J., 6. 1835; Ogden, Weber County, 1888. 1 p.* 36cm. REID, WILLIAM TAYLOR, 6. 1830; Manti, Sanpete County, 1886.

1 p. 32cm.

RICH, JOHN S., fe. 1840; Grantsville, Tooele County, 1888. 1 p.* 32cm.

RICHARDSON, THOMAS, fe. 1825; Smithfield, Cache County, 1888. 1 p.* 36cm.

RICKS, JOEL, 1804-88; Logan, Cache County, 1888. 1 p.* 36cm.

RITER, BENJAMIN F., fe. 1859; Logan, Cache County, [1888?]. 1 p.* 36cm.

ROBERTS, BOLIVAR, fe. 1831; Salt Lake City, 1888. 2 p.* 32cm.

ROBERTS, WILLIAM D., fe. 1835; Provo, Utah County, [1886?]. 1 p. 32cm.

RYDALCH, WILLIAM C, fe. 1823; Grantsville, Tooele County, 1888. 1 p.* 32cm.

SCHOFIELD, THOMAS J., fe. 1824; Nephi, Juab County, 1886. 1 p. 32cm.

SEEGMILLER, WILLIAM H., fe. 1843; Richfield, Sevier County, [1886?]. 2 p. 32cm.

SHAW, AMBROSE; Ogden, Weber County, 1888. 1 p.* 32cm. SHEPHERD, MARCUS L., 1824-1904; Beaver, Beaver County, [1886?].

2 p. 32cm. SILVA, V. M. C, fe. 1844; Ogden, Weber County, 1888. 1 p. 32cm. SPIRES, JOHN, 6. 1822; Plain City, Weber County, 1888. 1 p.*

36cm.

STERLING, HIRAM L., 6. 1850; Spanish Fork, Utah County, 1886. 1 p. 25cm.

STEVENS, DAVID RILEY, fe. 1839; Holden, Millard County, [1886?]. 2 p. 20cm. Concerns his father, William Stevens, fe. 1805.

STEVENS, THOMAS JORDAN, 1848-1900; Ogden, Weber County, 1888. 1 p.* 36cm.

STEWART, UEL, 6. 1840; Springville, Utah County, [1886?]. 1 p. 32cm.

STONE, AMOS P., 6. 1815; Ogden, Weber County, 1888. 1 p.* 19cm. STRATFORD, EDWIN, 1833-99; Ogden, Weber County, 1888. 1 p.

36cm.

TANNER, JOSEPH S., 6. 1833; Payson, Utah County, 1886. 2 p. 32cm.

TANNER, MYRON, 1826-1903; Provo, Utah County, 1886. 2 p. 32cm. TANNER, NATHAN, JR., 1845-1919; Ogden, Weber County, 1888.

1 p.* 36cm.

TAYLOR, ELMER, 1831-96; Juab Station, Juab County, [1886?]. 1 p. 20cm.

TEASDEL, S. P., fe. 1834; Salt Lake City, 1886. 1 p. 32cm. THOMPSON, EDWARD W., fe. 1822; Beaver, Beaver County, 1886.

2 p. 30cm.

THURMAN, SAMUEL R., fe. 1852; Provo, Utah County, 1886. 1 p. 32cm.

TRIBE, GEORGE H., fe. 1844; Ogden, Weber County, 1888. 1 p. 36cm. TURNER, JOHN W., fe. 1832; Provo, Utah County, [1886?]. 1 p.

32cm.

TURNER, WILLIAM H., fe. 1847; Ogden, Weber County, 1888. 1 p. 36cm.

TUTTLE, LUTHER T., fe. 1825; Manti, Sanpete County, 1886. 2 p. 32cm.

TYLER, JOHN G., fe. 1850; Ogden, Weber County, 1888. 1 p. 16cm. URIE, JOHN, 6. 1835; Cedar City, Iron County, [1886?]. 1 p. 19cm. VAN DYKE, WILLIAM, fe. 1831; Ogden, Weber County, 1888. 1 p.*

36cm. WEBSTER, FRANCIS, fe. 1830; Cedar City, Iron County, [1886?].

1 p. 31cm. WHITE, JOHN W., fe. 1835; Goshen, Utah County, [1886?]. 1 p. 32cm. WHITEHEAD, JAMES, JR., fe. 1838; Springville, Utah County, 1886.

1 p. 32cm. WHITMORE, GEORGE C, fe. 1853; Nephi, Juab County, [1886?]. 1 p.

32cm. WILLES, FRED G., fe. 1839; Salina, Sevier County, 1886. 1 p. 32cm. WIMMER, ROBERT S., fe. 1805, and THOMAS G. WIMMER, b.

1847; Payson, Utah County, 1886. 3 p. 32cm. WOODMANSEE, CHARLES, fe. 1828; Ogden, Weber County, [1888?].

2 p. 36cm. WOODMANSEE, JOSEPH, fe. 1826; Salt Lake City, 1888. 1 p. 28cm. WOOLLEY, EDWIN G., fe. 1845; St. George, Washington County,

1886. 1 p. 32cm. See also above under Robert C. Lund. WRATHALL, JAMES, fe. 1828; Grantsville, Tooele County, [1888?].

1 p. 32cm. WRIGHT, JOHN F., fe. 1841; Paradise, Cache County, 1888. 1 p.*

36cm. WRIGHT, THOMAS, fe. 1824; Nephi, Juab County, 1886. 1 p. 32cm. WRIGHT, W. H., fe. 1827; Ogden, Weber County, 1888. 1 p.* 36cm.

[P-F 81]

UTAH DICTATIONS, 1885-88 Brief biographical statements obtained in Davis, Utah, Weber and Beaver counties, from prospective subscribers to the Works of H. H. Bancroft. Recorded chiefly by L. Leadbetter? 15 folders in portfolio.

These dictations, some written on "Clift House" letterheads, are similar in provenance and characteristics to those taken by L. H. Nichols. Included are: BAINES, JOHN R., fe. 1833; Kaysville, Davis County. 1 p. 28cm. CALL, ANSON, 1810-90; East Bountiful, Davis County. 2 p. 28cm. CLARK, EZRA I., fe. 1853; Farmington, Davis County. 2 p. 25cm. CREER, WILLIAM, fe. 1836; Spanish Fork, Utah County. 1 p. 25cm. DOUGLAS, WILLIAM, fe. 1819; Payson, Utah County. 2 p. 25cm. EGBERT, JOSEPH, 1818-98; Kaysville, Davis County. 2 p. 28cm. FINLAYSON, JAMES, 6. 1830; Payson, Utah County. 2 p. 25cm. MUIR, WILLIAM SMITH, 1822-97; West Bountiful, Davis County.

1 p. 28cm. and 7 p. 17cm. Latter pages note an incident with Col. Philip

St. George Cooke while Muir was with the Mormon Battalion. MURDOCK, JOHN R., fe. 1826; Beaver, Beaver County. 1 p. 20cm. PORTER, W. T., fe. 1820; Centerville, Davis County. 1 p. 28cm. SMITH, JOHN S., fe. 1810; Kaysville, Davis County. 1 p. 28cm. SMITH, WILLIAM R., fe. 1826; Centerville, Davis County. 1 p. 28cm. SNELL, GEORGE D., fe. 1836; Spanish Fork, Utah County. 1 p. 25cm. STODDARD, JOHN, fe. 1836; Ogden, Weber County. 2 p. 17cm., 1 p.

28cm. WOOD, S. I., b. 1832; Springville, Utah County. 1 p. 12cm.

[P-F 82]

UTAH DICTATIONS, 1884? Brief biographical statements obtained in Salt Lake City and Ogden from prospective subscribers to the Works of H. H. Bancroft. 7 folders in portfolio. Included are:

ALEXANDER, DANIEL; Ogden, Weber County. 3 p. 18cm. German emigrant 1862, New York, Ohio, Missouri to 1878, to Ogden; fire insurance; comments on Mormon faith—"all apostates are invariably infidels."

COHN, HENRY; Salt Lake City. 2 p. 22cm. Born in Prussia, to New York in 1867, thence to Salt Lake; connected with Auerbach; Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows of the Territory of Utah.

DOOLY, RICHARD M., 1855-1920?; Ogden, Weber County, 1884, 4 p. 18cm. Bom Illinois, to California 1872, to Utah 1873; Wells Fargo, banking; comments on Edmunds Act.

ERB, GABRIEL S., 1843-95; autobiographical statement titled "Salt Lake power, lights, and heating co." 1 p. 28cm. Born Pa., joined Union Army at 18 years, served four years; left home in 1864 and went to Utah, started hotel in Ogden, moved to Salt Lake 1877; Walker House, hotels, Rocky Mountain Electric Lights Co. (May 1881); president and manager Salt Lake Power, Lights and Heating Co.

GLASS, JAMES B., 1846-89; Salt Lake City, 1884. 2 p. 18cm. Manager of Salt Lake branch of Studebaker Brothers of South Bend, Indiana, since 1879.

GRIFFIN, H. L., fe. 1853; Ogden, Weber County. 3 p. 18cm. Born Pa., to Utah 1879, wholesale fruit business, married a Mormon widow (with 6 children) who had left the church.

HARRIS, J. W.; Salt Lake City. 1 p. 28cm. To Utah 1859, contractor and builder; "forced in to church" to save his life, upon advice of Bishop Benson; left church in 1868. [P-F 83]

UTAH MISCELLANY Nine letters, reports, etc., bound together with separate title pages. 1880. 1 v. Titled: "Utah Jottings."

Includes:

"Memoranda of the Deseret Telegraph Company," Salt Lake City, 1880. 8 p. 25cm. In the handwriting of W. D. Dougall, secretary, with covering letter, July 10, 1880, to F. D. Richards, signed by John Taylor, president.

"Sunday Schools in Utah," Salt Lake City, 1880. 3 p. 25cm. Signed; "Geo. Q. Cannon."

"Zion's Co-operative Mercantile Institution," Salt Lake City, 1880. On ZCMI letterhead, dated June 29, 1880, signed: H. S. Eldredge, Supt., and Thos. G. Webber, Secty and Treas. 3 p.

Letter from Mrs. Mary J. Tanner, to Mrs. H. H. Bancroft, dated Provo, Oct. 24, 1880. 8 p. 21cm. Mrs. F. D. Richards "wished me to write you a few lines as a testimony with regard to die people of Utah." An autobiographical sketch, testimonial especially with respect to polygamy and die "uprightness" of the leaders of the church. "I present you with my little book of poems which is just published, and my photograph . . . ."

Letter from Mrs. Martha H. Brown, to H. H. Bancroft, dated Ogden City, Aug. 7th, 1880. 7 p. 20cm. In answer to a request "to give my views and experiences on Mormon life and history . . . ." Born Illinois 1840, her exodus to Utah, marriage to Francis A. Brown; her favorable experience as a second wife.

"Statistical Report of the Stakes of Zion for the half-year ending March 15th, 1880." 1 p. 43 x 35cm., marked "copy," not bound in but placed in envelope bound in. Signed by John Taylor, president, and L. John Nuttall, secretary. Membership and population statistics by stakes in Utah, Arizona and the missions in Europe.

Description of Huntsville, Weber County, Utah Territory, Salt Lake City, 1880. 6 p. 25cm. A general historical sketch, author's name not given. Subheadings: The Valley, The Mountains, Huntsville, Reorganization [of die branch of the church, 1877].

Brief Memoir of the Early Mormon life of Hannah T. King (d. 1886), 4 p. 26cm. Autobiography, signed: Hannah Tapfield King. Born Cambridge, England, of respected, well-educated family, her conversion to Mormonism and emigration in January 1853. A dynamic, positive account; a sense of humor; splendid expression.

Letter from R. R. Anderson, secretary of the Salt Lake City Street Railroad Company, to Hon. F. D. Richards, dated Salt Lake City, U. T., July 1st, 1880. 1 p. 25cm. Body of the letter reads in toto: "The Salt Lake City Street Railroad Company was organized January 19, 1872, and commenced running their first car June 27, 1872. The road is fully more than seven (7) miles long, we use ten (10) cars, and about eighty (80) head of mules."

[P-F 12]

UTAH NOTES "Utah Notes," Salt Lake City, 1884. 11 p. 31cm.

Random notes on various subjects: Mormon wives, Brigham Young's family, the Tabernacle, the Assembly Hall, the Temple, Mormon workmen, Mormons great theatergoers, the power of the church over the people and influence, money scarce in Nauvoo, Walker, salt, the battle of Nauvoo (12 September 1846), Johnston's Army, including brief statements from F. D. Richards, D. H. Wells, Wm. Jennings and John Reese.

Chiefly in Mrs. Bancroft's handwriting, title page and a small portion in H. H. Bancroft's. [P-F 36]

UTAH SKETCHES, 1880 Copies of histories of thirty-eight communities, compiled chiefly by the bishops between June and November 1880, supplied to H. H. Bancroft by the Church Historian's Office. An account of the Gunnison Massacre, 23 October 1852, from the journal of Anson Call, also included (pp. 161-70). 181 p. 32cm.

The following is an index to the collection: PARADISE, Cache County, 20 June 1880, by Orson Smith. Pp. 1-2. PAYSON, Utah County, 24 June 1880, by Jos. S. Tanner, per I. W.

Coombs. Pp. 3-4. DESERET, Millard County, 3 July 1880, by Jos. S. Black. Pp. 5-6. VIRGIN CITY, Kane County, 30 June 1880, by John Parker, per George

Isom. Pp. 7-9. TOQUERVILLE, Kane County, 26 June 1880, by John Steele. Pp. 9-10. GUNNISON, Sanpete County, 3 July 1880, by C. A. Madsen, "President of Gunnison since 1862." Pp. 11-14. BEAVER, Beaver County, 27 June 1880, by W. G. Powers, "One of the first settlers in the county." Pp. 14-20. (Pages out of order in volume.) CEDAR FORT, Utah County [includes Cedar Valley, Fairfield], 7 July

1880, by James H. Glines. Pp. 20-22. (Pages out of order in volume.) HUNTSVILLE, Weber County, 2 July 1880, [writer's name does not appear]. Pp. 22-27. GRANTSVILLE, Tooele County, 25 June 1880, by Harrison Severe, "The occasion of my writing this, is that I was the first settler." Pp. 28-29. PLEASANT GROVE, Utah County, 17 July 1880, by John Brown. Pp.

29-31. WELLSVILLE, Cache County, 15 July 1880, by Wm. H. Maughan. Pp.

32-33. SANTA CLARA, Washington County, July 1880, by Marius Ensign and Samuel Knight, "settled here in 1851." Pp. 34-35. HEBER, Wasatch County, 10 July 1880, by Abram Hatch. Pp. 35-36. LEHI, Utah County, 16 July 1880, by Israel Evans and his father David

Evans. Pp. 37-40. MENDON, Cache County, 19 July 1880, by Walter Paul. Pp. 41-42. FOUNTAIN GREEN, Sanpete County, 15 July 1880, by Rees R.

Llewellyn. Pp. 42-44. WILLARD, Box Elder County, 14 July 1880, by George W. Ward, bishop, and James J. Chandler, clerk. Pp. 44-46. WOODRUFF, Rich County, 19 July 1880, by Wm. H. Lee. Pp. 46-47. ORDERVILLE, Kane County, 16 July 1880, by E. M. Webb. Pp. 47-52.

PROVO, Utah County, 15 July 1880, by Albert Jones. Pp. 53-64.

MOUNT PLEASANT, Sanpete County, 20 July 1880, by N. P. Madsen. Pp. 65-66.

SOUTHERN UTAH and ST. GEORGE, Washington County, 17 July 1880, by James G. Bleak, "Clerk and Historian of Southern Utah Mission." Pp. 67-80.

KAYSVILLE, Davis County, 26 July 1880, by Edward Phillips. Pp. 81-83.

CEDAR CITY, Iron County, 26 July 1880, by John Urie. Pp. 83-99. ••-' KANAB, Kane County, 30 July 1880, by W. D. Johnson, Jr. Pp. 100-01.

BRIGHAM CITY, Box Elder County, 5 August 1880, by A. Christensen.

Pp. 101-05. NEPHI, Juab County, 6 August 1880, by Geo. Teasdale. Pp. 106-14, NORTH OGDEN, Weber County, 3 August 1880, by Amos Maycock,

Pp. 114-15. SMITHFIELD, Cache County, 9 August 1880, by Francis Sharp. Pp,

116-19. HYDE PARK, Cache County, 3 July 1880, by Robert Daines. Pp. 119-20, AMERICAN FORK, Utah County, 1 August 1880, by L. E. Harrington.

Pp. 121-22. RICHFIELD, Sevier County, 17 August 1880, by Wm. Morrison. Pp.

123-27.

SEVIER COUNTY, Historical Sketch of, [n.d.], by Wm. Morrison, Paul Poulson and James M. Peterson. Pp. 127-48. [Apparently written pursuant to the Joint Resolution (HR 19) of the 44th Congress, 1st session, approved by the House, March 1st, 1876, and by the Senate the next day, and "proclaimed by President U. S. Grant (25 May 1876) calling upon die communities of the Nation to write and preserve their histories on die occasion .of the United States Centennial. See James D. Richardson, A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents . . . , p. 4345.]

TOOELE, Tooele County, August 1880, by F. M. Lyman and John Rowberry. Pp. 149-52. SALINA, Sevier County, 30 July 1880, by Wm. McFadyen. Pp. 152-60. THE GUNNISON MASSACRE [23 October 1852]. "Extracts From the private journal of Anson Call, now residing at Bountiful, Davis County, Utah. 'September 6th, 1880." Pp. 161-70. Copy of deposition, 15 September 1875, of Anson Call at Bountiful, Davis County, Utah, follows the extract. MANTI, Sanpete County, 11 October 1880, by J. B. Maiben. Pp. 171-74. CENTREVILLE, Davis County, 14 November 1880, by "one of its citizens of thirty years' standing," Nathan T. Porter. Pp. 175-81. [P-F 10]

VISIT TO THE CRAZY SWEDE "A Visit to the Crazy Swede," Salt Lake City, 1884. 6 p. 31cm.

Report of visit to home of and interview with "the Crazy Swede," who lived "at die end of 3rd South St., in the direction of the Fort." The house described; the Swede, a Mormon, not converted to polygamy, remains faithful to his deceased wife; scriptural reasons for not accepting polygamy. [P-F 38]

VAN SICKLE, H., 1822- "Utah Desperadoes," [Genoa, Douglas County, Nevada], 1883. 13 p. 31cm., with covering letter from Geo. H. Morrison to Henry L. Oak, dated Dec. 1, 1884.

A dictation, relating to early events in Carson Valley. Mormon Station described, Mormons in Carson Valley; the killing of Thornton, a gentile partner to Reese & Co., of Mormon Station (lynched for alleged participation in the killing of a Frenchman); "state of society existing in this section"; the killing of Sam Brown. [P-F 37]

WALKER BROTHERS "Merchants and miners of Utah," [Salt Lake City], 1884. 6 p. 26cm.

Subtitled: "Biographies of the Walker Brothers": Samuel Sharp Walker, aged 50, Joseph Robinson Walker, aged 48, David Frederick Walker, aged 46, and Mathew Henry Walker, aged 40.

An account of their mercantile, banking and mining operations. English emigrants of 1850, to Utah 1852 when "only 5 Business] Houses then all on Main Street mostly in hands of Gentiles"; the struggles of a gentile merchant in Zion; church requests for tithing; the "cooperation squeeze"; the opening of the bank in 1871 to aid in opening up mining in Utah.

On stationery of "Walker Brothers, Bankers," and "General Office of the Alice Gold and Silver Mining Co.," Salt Lake City.

In handwriting of John R. McBride? [P-F 30]

WALKER BROTHERS Biographical sketch of the Walker brothers, [Salt Lake City?, ca. 1885]. 24 p. 25cm.

A rough draft, in pencil, with many insertions, additions, corrections, written on eighteen sheets.

Family backgrounds in England, early experiences in America in the 1850's; general narrative of experiences in becoming established in business, the struggles of a gentile family of brothers in business; comments on Mormon troubles, opposition from and relations with the Mormons. [P-F 65]

WELLS, DANIEL HANMER, 1814-91 "Narrative," Salt Lake City, 1884. 32 p. 31cm.

Born New York, 1834 moved to future site of the Mormon city of Nauvoo, Mormons moved in on his lands, August 1846 made his "first connection" with them; describes difficulties at Nauvoo, the exodus; to Salt Lake Valley 20 September 1848; superintendent of public works, Indian relations, political organization, military organization, Indian troubles in Utah County 1850, Indian chief Walker, the Gunnison Massacre, Thistle Creek Indian affair 1864, relations with Governor Cumming.

Bound with: "Reminiscences" of John Taylor (27 p.) and "Pioneer incidents" by Wilford Woodruff (13 p.). Each from the Church Historian's Office. [P-F 35:2]

WOODRUFF, PHEBE WHITTIMORE CARTER (MRS. WILFORD), 1807-85

"Autobiographic Sketch of Phebe W. Woodruff," Salt Lake

City, 1880. 6 p. 31cm., with covering letter.

Written at the request of H. H. Bancroft through Mrs. F. D. Richards.

Born Maine, joined the Latter-day Saints 1834, to Kirtland, marriage to Wilford Woodruff 1836, her description and testimony of the power of God manifest in Joseph Smith in his healing stricken saints [at Commerce, 111., 1839?]; in lieu of a statement on polygamy she refers reader to her statement in Women of Mormondom, 413-14; her address at the "ladies great Mass meeting," held 13 January 1870 in the Tabernacle to protest the Cullom Bill; her reception of polygamy, belief in Joseph Smith as a prophet.

Covering letter dated Salt Lake City, Dec. 9, 1880, and signed: Phebe W. Woodruff. [P-F 13]

WOODRUFF, WILFORD, 1807-98 "Pioneer incidents," Salt Lake City, 1884. 13 p. 31cm.

The manuscript is titled "Wilford Woodruff" followed by: "[See Tullidge's Magazine Vol. Ill, also Deseret News, Vol. VIII, no. 18. for biography.]"

A general essay on the years 1844 to 1846 and direct abstracts for die period 7 April 1847 to 26 August 1847, read from his journals to Bancroft's reporter September 19, 1884. [P-F 35:3]

WOODS, GEORGE L., 1832-90 "Recollections," [n.p., n.d.]. 70 p. 31cm.

A forceful apologia of the governor of Utah Territory, 1871-74, employed by Bancroft in the History of Utah, 661-67. Uneven in the earlier portions though smoothed out in the later portions, and as Mrs. Macleod observes, it seems to be an incomplete copy by one of Bancroft's staff, either of a dictation or a written statement by Woods. There are gaps and blanks throughout,

Born Boone Co., Missouri; to Oregon 1847, to mines of northern California 1851; farming; 1862 moved to present-day Idaho, ran a ferry; to Dalles in Oregon 1862—law practice, Republican party worker, newspaper work; 1865 appointed Associate Justice Supreme Court of Idaho by President Johnson; Idaho politics; campaigns in the East for his party, in Washington, D.C., relations with federal officials (Grant and Stanton), Reconstruction politics; return to Idaho 1868; Oregon politics, military matters; appointed governor Utah Territory by President Grant, March 1871, took oath March 10, entered upon duties 19 April 1871. Territorial officials named, described; his view of Brigham Young's absolutism, Mormon crimes (Dr. Robinson's murder 1867); conflicts with Mormons—never met Brigham Young, the militia on 4 July 1871, indictments against church leaders, the legislature meeting January 1872, Constitutional Convention 1872, indignities put upon soldiers, election of delegate to Congress 1874; Mormon idea of church above state, problem of status of federal courts in die territories, marriage practices, polygamy, difficulties of suppression, difficulties with George Q. Cannon relative to citizenship, woman suffrage in Utah, biographical notes on James B. McKean, O. F. Strickland and C. M. Hawley.

Woods retired from office at the close of 1874; he died at Portland, Oregon, Jan. 8, 1890. [P-F 14]

YOUNG, CLARA DECKER (MRS. BRIGHAM), 1828-89 "A Woman's Experience with the Pioneer Band," Salt Lake City, 1884. 9 p. 31cm.

Dictation. Born New York, participated in the early Mormon migrations— Ohio, Missouri, Illinois; became fifth wife of Brigham Young, married when 16 years of age; her experiences crossing the plains; early days in the Salt Lake Valley. Mentions Eliza R. Snow.

Recorded by Mrs. H. H. Bancroft. [P-F 40]

YOUNG, LORENZO DOW, 1807-95 "Early experiences," Salt Lake City, 1884. 8 p. 31cm.

Report of interview, containing statements of impressions and descriptions not otherwise included in die "Biography and Diary of Lorenzo Dow Young," Utah Historical Quarterly, XIV (1946).

A description of Lorenzo Dow Young, then seventy-seven years old, his situation, homes and wives, first impressions of the valley, early experiences, Indians, etc.

Recorded by Mrs. H. H. Bancroft. [P-F 39]

BOTHER CLASSIFICATIONS

While Bancroft placed Utah manuscripts in his Pacific Manuscript "F" Series, several manuscripts, gathered from Utahns, were placed in appropriate series for the neighboring states and territories. No attempt is made to indicate all the materials in the manuscript collections for the various states where Mormon activities and Utah territorial boundaries once extended (even ignoring the visionary "State of Deseret"). There are several manuscripts, not included here, which give passing reference or treat the areas of Mormon colonization without giving extended treatments of Mormon activity. Included here are those manuscripts which relate particularly to the history of Utah and the Mormons.

Bancroft Library, in its California Biographical and Reference File, has a folder for each passenger of the ship Brooklyn (which left New York harbor in February 1846 and landed at Yerba Buena [San Francisco], July. 29, 1846, thus transplanting a Mormon colony in California), and for each member of the Mormon Battalion (which entered California in January 1847). The files include bibliographical reference notes on sources for the person's biography together with some abstracts. These notes were gathered by the workers who compiled the information into the "Pioneer Register and Index, 1542-1848," found printed in volumes 2 to 6 inclusive of H. H. Bancroft's History of California.

BANCROFT, HUBERT HOWE, 1832-1918 Manuscript and work notes for The History of Utah, ca. 1880-89. 2 cartons and 1 bundle.

Notes of sources and authorities, clippings, etc., and various drafts. Many in original envelopes. Unarranged.

Portions of the manuscript in Bancroft's handwriting; portions in that of Alfred Bates and others.

[Uncataloged]

BANCROFT SCRAPBOOKS

Bancroft scrapbooks of materials collected in the preparation of various Pacific states handbooks (lettered set SI-40), 1860-64. 40 v. 31cm. Vols. 27-28: "Utah Counties [1861-63]." Printed forms completed in MS, together with manuscripts and newspaper clippings.

William H. Knight was die editor of the H. H. Bancroft and Company publication, Hand-Book Almanac for the Pacific States: an official register and business directory . . . for the year 1862 (for 1863, 1864 . . . ). It was the publication of this work together with assembling books in possession of Bancroft for Knight's use that stimulated Bancroft to the collection of books on western America and thus began his enterprise in historical studies. See Literary Industries, 173 ff.

One printed form, "Statistics, etc." called for information under headings: "Historical," "Official," "Courts," "Townships," "Post Offices," "Finances," "Agriculture," "Public improvements," and industries. A second form called for "County Officers," "Supervisors," "Justices of die Peace," "Post Offices," "Finances." A third form called for additional information: business firms, historical data, finances, public institutions.

Each report is signed and dated; often letters and newspaper clippings describing die communities are included. Each volume has an index to its ' contents.

Knight's Hand-Book Almanac does not fully utilize the sources furnished and available in this collection.

[mF851.7.B22/v.27-28]

BEATIE, H. S., 1826-87 "The First in Nevada," Salt Lake City, 1884. 7 p. 33cm.

Record of an interview between Bancroft, F. D. Richards and H. S. Beatie, concerning the beginnings of setdement in Carson Valley, in present Nevada, mainly for the years 1849 and 1853.

Beatie was born in Virginia, fell in with a Mormon emigrant train to

Salt Lake in 1848, went on to California in 1849; his experiences at [Reese's

place at] Genoa.

Comments about Mormons and mining, first mining in

Nevada.

[P-Gl]

BIGLER, HENRY WILLIAM, 1815-1900 "Diary of a Mormon in California—Discovery of Gold 1848," Farmington and Brigham City, 1872. 16 folders in portfolio (98 p.), 20-32cm.

Reminiscences and notes from his diary, 1846-48, sent to H. H. Bancroft in fourteen installments, April to August 1872, written at Farmington and (chiefly) Brigham City.

Recollections of the Mormon Battalion and the journey to California; experiences in San Diego; journey to Sutter's Fort; work on Sutter's null and die discovery of gold; prospecting on die American River; journey of die Mormon wagon train from California to Salt Lake. Witii information concerning members of the battalion, J. A. Sutter, James W. Marshall, Samuel Brannan, the Dormer Party, Indian depredations and emigrant parties including that led by Joseph B. Chdes, 1848. Manuscript written in letter form at times. Also, on film, and photoprints. [C-D 45]

BRACKETT, ALBERT G. "A Sketch of the Mormon Battalion which served during the Mexican War," [n.p., n.d.]. 8 p. 32cm.

The author was colonel in the United States Army. A brief sketch only, quoting for part of the story an account by George A. Smith. In Brackett's handwriting. [C-E 64/30]

BRINK, J. F., 1845- Dictation, Grand Junction, [Colorado, ca. 1887], 3 p. 25cm.

Tided "Cattle Thieves in Utah & Colorado." Bom Pennsylvania, veteran of Civil War; to Salt Lake 1879, engaged in cattie business; cattie thieving trouble 1880/1881 instigated by Howard' and Bangs "Two notorious characters"; vain attempts at capture by Utah authorities; Brink's attempts, his experiences trying to recover his cattle; civic offices, cattle business. [P-L 286]

CRADLEBAUGH, WILLIAM M., 1817- "Nevada Biography," San Francisco, 1883. 5 p. 31cm.

Autobiographical dictation with detailed biographical notes on his brother, Judge John Cradlebaugh (1819-72), first territorial judge of the 2nd judicial district of Utah (southern counties), 1857 and following.

Born Ohio, statements concerning the early settlement of and mining in western Nevada; the Mormons and trade; service in the War with Mexico, 1846-47.

Recorded by G. H. Morrison. [P-G 3]

EAGAR, JOHN Statement concerning voyage of the ship Brooklyn, [n.p., n.d.]. 4 p. 26cm.

"Copy," in MS. From the Church Historian's Office. [C-D 238:2]

GLOVER, WILLIAM, 1813-92 "The Mormons in California," Farmington, 1884. 12 p. 32cm,

Statement made for F. D. Richards.

The voyage to California in the ship Brooklyn^, and experiences before arrival in Salt Lake City, September 1849. Contains passenger list of dieBrooklyn.

From the Church Historian's Office. Cover in H. H. Bancroft's handwriting.

Published under the title: The Mormons in California, by William Glover (Los Angeles, Glen Dawson, 1954), as Volume XIX of Glen Dawson's "Early California Travels Series," with Foreword, Notes and Selected Bibliography by Paul Bailey. 40 p. 19cm. [C-D 238:1]

HUFFAKER, GRANVILLE W., 1831- "Early Cattle Trade of Nevada," San Francisco, 1883. 6 p. 31cm.

Autobiographical dictation. Born Kentucky, education in Illinois, to St. Louis 1846, to Salt Lake 1851; freighting and selling goods to Salt Lake Mormons 1851-59; the "big move" of 1857-58, Johnston's Army; 1859 sold out his goods; cattle business in Truckee Meadows, Truckee and Steamboat Valley; descriptions of degree of settlement; early settlement.

In H. H. Bancroft's handwriting. [P-G 5]

JENNINGS, WILLIAM, 1823-86 "Carson Valley," [Salt Lake City, 1884?]. 11 p. 33cm.

Autobiographical dictation. Born England, to New York 1847, to Missouri, thence to Salt Lake in 1852; "I came here not a member of the Church"; early trade in the valley, money; the history of the ^'Reeses and others" on the "Carson Valley Mission," settling Carson Valley; Jennings "Called to go there" in 1856; general statement of experiences there (1856-58), the "move" of 1857, railroad coming through; Brigham Young and mining; the Mountain Meadows Massacre.

See also his dictation, "Material Progress of Utah," Salt Lake City, 1884. [P-G 6]

KEMBLE, EDWARD CLEVELAND, 1828-86

Copy of letter from one of the passengers of the ship Brooklyn, dated Island of San Juan Fernandez, 8 May 1846.

From Church Historian's Office.

E. C. Kemble, a non-Mormon (?) passenger on the Brooklyn, upon arriving in California, worked for Samuel Brannan on die California Star, was later editor of various California newspapers as the San Francisco Star, the Srar and Californian and the Alta California. One account of the Brooklyn voyage, by him, was published in the Sacramento Daily Union,

Saturday, August 26, 1871, under title "Yerba

Buena—1846, (Sketched Through a 'Loophole'.)"

For another account, author yet undetermined, see "Twenty Years Ago.

The 'Brooklyn Mormons' in California," in the Sacramento Daily Union,

Tuesday, September 11, 1866.

See also below, Part B, under John Shertzer Hittell. [C-D 238:3]

LANGLEY, HENRY G. Information for The Pacific coast business directory, 1875-77. 9v. 30cm.

Correspondence and completed questionnaires, 1874-76, circulated in preparation of The Pacific coast business directory ....

Contents: . . .

v. 9, Washington and Utah—officers and resources,1874-76. [Utah section: pp. 201-404.]

The printed questionnaire form, "Information for the Pacific Coast Business Directory, 1875-77" called for (1) office, name of incumbent, residence, term expires, salary (2) name of business firm, where located, branch of business, and (3) name of post office, name of postmaster, direction from county seat, distance from county seat. Filled in manuscript, additional information was often supplied by the local officers.

Counties represented: Beaver, Box Elder, Cache, Davis, Iron, Juab, Kane, Millard, Morgan, Piute, Rich, (Rio Virgin did not respond), Salt Lake, Sanpete, Sevier, Summit, Tooele, Utah, Wasatch, Washington and Weber. Materials from communities are filed within their respective counties.

Clippings from the proofs or the published works of Langley are often pasted on pages neighboring the source of information.

Very little of the information supplied by the local officers found its way into the published works.

Cf. John S. Hittell, The Commerce and Industries of the Pacific Coast (San Francisco, A. L. Bancroft & Co., 1882), 752. [C-B 110 v. 9]

REESE, JOHN, 1808- "Mormon Station," [Salt Lake City], 1884. 9 p. 33cm.

Autobiographical dictation in which Franklin D. Richards participated, likely in company with H. H. Bancroft.

Born New York, to Utah 1849, 1851-59 in Nevada; the beginnings of "Mormon Station," "a kind of hotel or store," trading, mining, ranching, early settiers of the region, Mormons and others; 1859 to Salt Lake City, guide for General Johnston and troops marching west. [P-G 11]

SEELY, DAVID, 1819-92 Autobiographical sketch, ca. 1885. 16 p. 21cm.

Recollections of his part in the Mormon hegira, 1847; privations of the early settlers at Salt Lake; journey to California, 1849, as a member of the Pomeroy party which encountered Death Valley sufferers; entertainment at die Lugo rancho; description of Los Angeles; gold mining; his role in the Mormon settlement of San Bernardino, 1851, and subsequent participation in local affairs.

A brief, colorful and vivid sketch; odd spelling.H. H. Bancroft Collection 56114. [C-D 779]

TYLER, DANIEL, comp., 1816-1906

"Mormon Battalion. List of Officers and Men with a List of Families. Compiled from records in the Historian's Office at Salt Lake City and in Adjutant Generals Office at Washington D. C," [n.p.], 1881. 16 p. 31cm.

Daniel Tyler, a sergeant with die Battalion, wrote A Concise History

of the Mormon Battalion in the Mexican

War, 1846-1847 [n.p., 1881].

From the Church Historian's Office.

[C-E 87]

GROUP II RECENT ACQUISITIONS

AUTAH MANUSCRIPTS

Grouped here are those items added to the collection of Utah manuscripts since 1905. Of special significance are items obtained by purchase from the collection of the late Herbert S. Auerbach of Salt Lake City and as gifts from Hugh F. O'Neil of Ogden, Utah.

BANK OF DESERET Fragment of stock certificate no. 70. Salt Lake City, [1871?]. 1 piece. 18x16cm. D.S.

With cancelled signature of Brigham Young, president. [P-F 300:3]

CHRISTENSEN, CHRISTIAN L. Agreement with Anna Johanna Jensen for a divorce. St. George, Utah, June 14, 1886. 1 p. 11x22cm. D.S.

Signed by both parties. Witnessed by P. W. Nelson. Negative photostat of original loaned by Percy J. McGough, May 6, 1949.

[P-F 300:1]

CLAYTON, WILLIAM, 1814-79 Letterbooks, 1860-79. Letterpress copies of business and personal correspondence, Feb. 25, 1860 to Nov. 25, 1879. Vol. 7 continued to June 2, 1882, by his son, Nephi W. Clayton. 7 v.

William Clayton did a business in Salt Lake City which might be compared to that of an attorney-at-law today. His business correspondence includes such matters as fell within the domain of the territorial auditor of public accounts, territorial recorder of marks and brands, notary public of Great Salt Lake County, secretary of the Deseret Telegraph Company; he was a collector of private accounts and had connections with Mormon mission presidents and banks in Eastern United States and Western Europe, business manager of a mercantile establishment, wrote letters for various people, which they signed, he ordered merchandise (from dry goods to books and magazines) for various persons, executed powers of attorney, took applications for bounty land warrants, as well as pensions.

His personal family correspondence, interspersed through the seven books, reveals much concerning the life of the times.

He wrote a full, clear and easy style in a beautifully neat hand. His correspondence, in the main, is of a routine nature concerning relatively minor matters, yet his contacts were so wide that church and governmental affairs of larger significance are touched upon. "My business connections makes me prominently known throughout this Territory, as well as most parts of the States . . . ," he wrote the American Minister to the Court of Switzerland [Nov. 1, 1862, Letterbook II]. Occasionally he breaks the strictly business character of his correspondence and describes affairs in Utah.

Vol. I, Feb. 25, 1860—April 19, 1865; Vol. II, April 14, 1860—July 14, 1863; Vol. Ill, Sept. 4, 1868—June 15, 1872; Vol. IV, Jan. 23, 1869—May 11, 1872; Vol. V, May 23, 1872—March 11,1876; Vol. VI, October 1870 [Nov. 8, 1871]—July 30, 1872; Vol. VII, March 18, 1876—Nov. 25, 1879. William Clayton's correspondence ends with November 25, 1879; he died on the 4tii of December. The correspondence of his son, Nephi W. Clayton, begins in July 1879 and continues to June 2, 1882. Purchased at Auerbach sale II (Oct. 1948), catalog nos. 95-96. The Auerbach collection of William Clayton letterbooks also included a volume covering the period from Feb. 2, 1860 to April 1869 (958 p. 46cm.). See Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., Catalogue sale no. 893, item 227; and Mary C. Withington, comp., A Catalogue of Manuscripts in the Collection of Western Americana founded by William Robertson Coe, Yale University Library (New Haven, 1952), no. 89.

The Utah State Historical Society also possesses a William Clayton letterbook which includes correspondence from May 1869 to December 1879, continued by Nephi W. Clayton from 1879 to 1885. [P-F 318]

ELLISON, SUSIE (TULLIDGE), 1878-1941 Agreement with John S. Lindsay concerning production rights to dramatic works of Edward W- Tullidge. Salt Lake City, Sept. 18, 1901. 2 p. 32cm. D.S.

Witnessed by Charles M. Ellison.

Found in: U. S. Office of Internal Revenue. Letters to John P. Taggart. 1870-1873. Acquired in Auerbach Sale (Oct. 1947), no. 1380. [P-F 300:2]

HAYNES, FRANCES (FAWCETT) Letter to the Bancroft Library. Riverside, Calif., 19 July 1932. 2 p. 25cm. A.L.S.

Concerning her father, Zebulon P. Fawcett, a member of die emigrant train ambushed at Mountain Meadows, but who escaped the massacre. Asking information concerning news of the incident. Note of contemporary newspaper accounts included.

From the Bancroft Library correspondence files. [P-F 300:4]

JOHNSON, HIRAM A. Correspondence concerning stock of the Emma Silver Mining Company Limited. London, England, 1871-73. 2 portfolios (67 folders).

Chiefly letters from Johnson while in London, speculating in stock in the Emma Silver Mine, Wasatch Range, Utah. Correspondence with Thomas L. Carpenter and Andrew Gross in New York City, and others. A letter from Henry M. Teller, president of the Colorado Central Railroad, included. With various printed circulars, a broadside and "a primer" used in promoting die sale of stock in the mine, and/or in reaction thereto.

By purchase, Argonaut Book Store, Nov. 16, 1949. [P-F 317]

LOUDER, JAMES NEWELL, 1843-1915? "To our dear children and others of kin [a family history and autobiography]. Salt Lake City, Jan. 12, 1915." 2 folders in portfolio.

Original manuscript (lacking pp. 15-25) and record prints of typed transcript of the complete manuscript, with added note, July 19, 1915.

Recollections of early life; Civil War service; journey, 1865, to Montana goldfields; railroad construction, Missouri; newspaper experiences in Texas; newspaper and mining ventures in New Mexico, Arizona, Idaho and Utah.

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Michael C. Reilly (great grandson and wife) Dec. 1, 1953.

The recollections of Utah include journey (ca. 1875) from Arizona to Dry Canyon; mercantile business with his father-in-law, Major Hiram Lusk; mention of his service as county surveyor, Tooele County; "gold rush," 1878, to Paria Mountains; life in Silver Reef, including publication of the Silver Reef Miner, and political activity; more to Beaver City, then to Salt Lake City, Nephi, and, after participation in the Thunder Mountain gold boom in Idaho, return to Salt Lake City. In addition to participation in local affairs he had business and newspaper interests, including the Eureka Democrat and the Mammoth Record. [P-F 324]

MORMON DIARIES, JOURNALS AND LIFE SKETCHES Microfilm copy of about four hundred transcripts of Mormon diaries, journals and life sketches in the Library of Congress prepared by the Historical Records Survey and Federal Writers' Projects in Utah between the years 1935 and 1940. 13 reels.

Partially duplicated in the O'Neil Collection.

List of contents is available at the Bancroft Library; the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery has a copy of the contents, and the Library of the Utah State Agricultural College has the same with a duplicate microfilm of the collection.

[P-F 319 FILM]

NERDIN, THOMAS Consecration deed conveying property in Pleasant Grove to Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Brigham Young, trustee, Feb. 16, 1857. 1 p. 32cm. D.S.(by mark).

Printed form filled in. Witnessed by Elijah Mayhew, George H. A. Harris & Asa S. Hawley. Certified by Dominicus Carter, Judge of Probate. Note on verso: recorded, May 2, 1857, Lucius N. Scovil, recorder, Utah County.

Gift of J. J. Hill, Aug. 21, 1917. [P-F 315]

NIELSON, PETER CHRISTIAN, 1831- Diary, May 17, 1858—July 1, 1878. In Danish. 199 p. A.Ms. On film.

Born Denmark, joined the Latter-day Saints May 17, 1858, emigrated to Utah, reached Manti, in the fall of 1864. With the journal are a few family notes in another handwriting. Negative microfilm and photocopy prints. Original in the possession of Jack Nielson; loaned for filming ca. 1945, courtesy of Herbert Hamlin. Use restricted. [P-F 320]

OHIO. PROBATE COURT, GEAUGA COUNTY

Certified copy of the marriage record of Brigham Young and Mary Ann Angel, 1834, made by C. S. Lenhart, Probate Judge. Chardon, Ohio, 1941. 3 p. 31cm.

Typewritten copy of the record, with a printed form of certification and a letter from C. S. Lenhart. [P-F 322]

O'NEIL, HUGH F., compiler, 1901- Collection of Utah documents, reports, etc., 1851-1939. Original documents, relating chiefly to Weber County, and miscellaneous reports prepared by the Historical Records Survey and Federal Writers' Projects in Utah. 5 boxes.

Mr. Hugh F. O'Neil, project editor and technical supervisor of the Historical Records Survey for Utah, Federal Writers' Project, Works Progress Administration, gave to Bancroft Library, over die period April 1941 to July 1942, his collection of about 350 original documents and over 50 reports (well over 1200 pages) made under the auspices of the Historical Records Survey and the Federal Writers' Projects.

The following analysis shows the general character and content of the collection:

BOX I.

ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS FOR WEBER COUNTY, UTAH,

1851-1919

1. Papers re taxes, 1851-87. 19 pieces.

2. Papers re elections, 1851-95. 28 pieces. Abstracts of election returns, certified copies.

3. Court documents, 1852-90. 28 pieces. Journal of County Court, typewritten copy included.

4. Miscellaneous bonds, 1853-67. 9 pieces.

5. Miscellaneous petitions, 1853-89. 41 pieces. Re water, roads, bridges, schools, jail.

6. Papers re roads, 1853-92. 16 pieces. 7. Papers re die pound, 1854-66. 3 pieces.

8. Jury lists, etc., 1854-73. 17 pieces. Grand and petit juries; orders for summons, lists, etc.

9. Papers re land titles, 1854-85. 19 pieces. 10. Claims and warrants, 1856-1919. 119 pieces. 11. Papers re church affairs, 1863-82. 6 pieces. 12. Census returns 1870-95. 3 pieces. 13. Papers re schools, 1875-89. 14 pieces. Reports of superintendents.

BOX II. MISCELLANEOUS UTAH DOCUMENTS (ORIGINALS AND COPIES)

14. Miscellaneous, 1851-1931. Includes four proclamations by various governors, 1851-92; last wtfl and testament of Allen Alburn, 12 April 1867; last will and testament of Andrew Jackson Kershaw, 27 May 1890; copy of articles of incorporation, Pacific Express Company, 19 September 1879; resolutions adopted 3 June 1899 by die Bar of the 2nd Judicial District in memory of James H. Macmillan; copy of die Police Record of Ogden City by F. A. Brown, Capt., 1859; photocopies of letters and documents concerning die Utah Expedition of 1857; reference to die insane asylum.

15. Papers re marriage and divorce, 1854-93. 6 pieces. Chiefly for Weber County.

16. Papers for Iron County, 1855-59. 3 pieces. Includes a bond signed by John D. Lee, and a tax list.

17. Papers re the United Order, 1856-77. 13 pieces. Articles of Incorporation of the United Order at Panguitch (Dec. 1874), Parowan (March 1875) and Mammoth (March 1875), among others.

18. Miscellaneous notes, accounts, etc., for individuals and firms, 1866- 92. 11 pieces.

19. Historical Records Survey. Reports, transcripts, etc., of documents in various counties. Legal, judicial matters; Carson County.

BOX III. UTAH COUNTY HISTORIES. TYPEWRITTEN, ORIGINALS

AND CARBON COPIES Box Elder County: 1 article, 5 p. Cache County: M. R. Hovey, "An Early History of Cache County," copied July 1937, 199 p. Davis County: Mary Henderson, "Davis County," 51 p. Garfield County: Mary Henderson, "Garfield County," 25 Nov. 1936,

7 p. W. O. Miles, "Garfield County," 23 Nov. 1936, 2 p. Green River County: Robert S. Ellison, "Fort Bridger Wyoming, A

Brief History," 4 p. "Green River County," 5 p. Grand County: Faun McConkie, "A History of Moab," 45 p. (Taken from The Times-Independent, Moab, Utah, 26 April to 21 June 1934.) Iron County: "Brief History of Iron County," [1938], 7 p. Juab County: W. E. Dodson, "Brief Historical Sketch of Juab County,"

25 August 1937, 8 p.

Kane County: "Kane County," 2 p. Mrs. J. S. Dalley, "The First Houses in Kanab," 1937, 4 p.

Millard County: Mrs. Eliza Hook, Essay on Delta, 6 p. [Milton A. Melville and students], "History of East Millard County . . . ," 1936, 15 p. Jennie Ashby, "Utah Before Territorial Days [Fillmore Days]," 1938, 6 p. Joseph E. Ray, "History," 12 November 1920 (copied 1938), 8 p.

Morgan County: Ireta Anderson, "A Brief Record of the early setdement of Morgan County . . . ," 1936, 6 p. Ireta Anderson, "[Morgan County, Utah:] Brief History and Form of Government," 1936, 4 p. "A Brief History of Morgan County," 3 p. San Juan County: "History of San Juan County Court House," 2 p. Sanpete County: Ernell J. Mortensen, "Brief History of Sanpete County,"

"[n.d.]", 6 p.

Sevier County: "The Early Settlement of Sevier County Towns" (copied 1938), 2 p.; taken from the Richfield Reaper, 2 May 1935. "Sevier County," 18 p.; writings of Daughters of Utah Pioneers, taken from the Richfield Reaper, 23 May to 27 June 1935.

Summit County: Mary Henderson, comp., History of Summit County, 1859-1925, [1937?], 27 p.; based upon church records.

Tooele County: Mary Henderson, "Tooele County," 19 p.; based upon church records. Andrew Jenson, "History of Tooele County, Utah [1847- 1936]," 346 p.

Utah County: Hamilton Gardner, "History of Lehi," 8 p. Eugene Peterson, "Utah County and Its County Seat," 13 p. Clyde I. Fechser, "Cedar County," 1 p.

Wasatch County: "Wasatch County," 2 p.; taken from church records. Mary Henderson, "Wasatch County," 5 p.; copied out of acknowledged sources. "History of Wasatch County taken from the Wasatch Wave files of 1889-94," 32 p.

Washington County: Juanita Brooks, "History of Washington County— An Essay . . . ," 33 p. [18 p., appendix and bibliography]. S. R. De Boer, "Washington County Policies," 1936, 12 p. mimeographed.

Wayne County: Alburn A. Brown, "Notes on the early history of Fremont Valley, Wayne County, State of Utah," June 1, 1938, 11 p., two copies; pencil note: "Taken from original Brian History."

Weber County: Timothy Kendell, "A brief history of Uintah, Weber County, Utah [1850-1934]," 1933, 9 p. Letter to Maurice L. Howe, re James Brown and Miles Goodyear and the site of Ogden, dated 27 February 1937. Letter to Hugh F. O'Neil, re same, dated 19 June 1937. "A brief ecclesiastical history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Weber County, Utah," 10 p.

BOX IV. MISCELLANEOUS REPORTS . . . FEDERAL WRITERS' PROJECTS . . .

Materials concerning the history of Ogden (Ogden history by Virginia

Howell; History of Ogden Schools by William Allison gathering materials from

E. H. Anderson, Weber Co., Supt. of Schools; the Goodyear cabin; Captain

James Brown); Salt Lake City

(Story of Walker Bank and Trust Co.,

History of the Salt Lake Fire Department); a "History of Utah," 1938, 59 p. typewritten copy [with pencil note: "Sent to Washington"]; lists of Utah governors; "Territorial Governors of Utah," 13 p., "The Governors of die State of Utah," 3 p., and "Ghost Government of the Territory of Utah," 3 p., all typewritten copies by Mary Henderson; Camp Floyd and Mendon Fort; material concerning the Mountain Meadows Massacre and the Gunnison Massacre, Mormonism and non-Mormon churches, national forests, place names and Utah arts and artists. Copies of Juanita Brooks, "A Close-up of Polygamy," Harper's Magazine, CLXVIII (Feb., 1934), 299-307, and "Mysteries of the Endowment House," Salt Lake Tribune, Feb. 12, 1906.

BOX V. MISCELLANEOUS REPORTS . . .

Dictionary of Utah names, individual reports, etc., by Mr. Bramwell, George H. Nichols, Hugh F. O'Neil and others; copies of works on Mormonism by Josiah Francis Gibbs, a scrapbook of clippings relating to the work of die Historical Records Survey in Utah, and lists of documents supplied to the Bancroft Library by Mr. O'Neil. [P-F 311]

OPHIR HILL CONSOLIDATED MINING COMPANY Record books for engine repairs. Ophir, Utah, 1922-25. 2 v.

14 & 31cm. Records kept by F. E. Jones. Hardy purchase, 1952. [P-F 321]

ROGERS, FRED B., 1889- "The Union Vedette and the Sweetwater Mines. Notes of an interview . . . with Adam Aulbach at Murray, Idaho, 1931." 2 p. signed typescript.

Concerning Aulbach's career as a journalist in the Utah Territory, 1864- 70.

Gift of Fred B. Rogers, June 28, 1951, who also sent copies to die Utah State Historical Society and the Library of the University of Utah. [P-F 316]

SNOW, ERASTUS, 1818-88 Fragmentary diary of Erastus Snow, one of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles in Brigham Young's day, and a principal figure in the colonization of Washington County, Utah. Written at St. George, mainly between January 1-10, 1872, with an additional entry dated April 7, and an especially signed memorandum concerning his property holdings in Utah dated March 17, 1873, at Northbridge, Massachusetts. 9.6 x 6.2cm.

Typescript copy from the original diary in the possession of Erastus Snow's granddaughter, Virginia S. (Mrs. R. K.) Wilkinson. The diary itself h a printed "Excelsior Diary for 1872," bound in leather. It passed from Erastus Snow to his son Willard, and from Willard Snow to his youngest daughter, Virginia. The diary includes a few disjointed memoranda by Erastus Snow, a note by his son Willard, and a memorandum by R. K. Wilkinson written in die name of his wife Virginia Snow Wilkinson. [P-F 327]

SPENCER, DWIGHT Memoir of experiences as Baptist missionary in Utah and other

sections of the West, 1881— ca. 1890. [81] p. 28cm.

Typescript copy from the American Baptist Home Mission Society, New York.

Chiefly a record of his experiences in establishing the Baptist Church in Utah. Also records his experiences in Idaho, Montana and the Dakotas.

Gift of Coe Hayne, Aug. 22, 1940. [P-F 323]

U. S. OFFICE OF INTERNAL REVENUE Letters to John P. Taggart, Assessor, Salt Lake City, from various commissioners, etc., Oct. 3, 1870 to May 3, 1873. 160 p.

(letters tipped in vol.), 30cm.

Acquired at Auerbach sale (Oct. 1947), no. 1380, catalogue for which sale adds: ". . . from die office of Internal Revenue at Washington, and from the San Francisco office. . . . Together about 125 letters . . . ."

[P-F 310]

U. S. OFFICE OF INTERNAL REVENUE. UTAH DIS­ TRICT Assessment book, Mar. 1866 to Dec. 1869, kept by Richard V. Morris. 95 p. (printed form filled in), 36cm.

Acquired at Auerbach sale (Oct. 1948), no. 778. [P-F 309]

U. S. OFFICE OF INTERNAL REVENUE. UTAH DIS­ TRICT Assessment lists and reports submitted by Ovander J. Hollister, Collector. Salt Lake City, May 1874—April 1878. 218 p. 52x

36cm.

Printed forms filled in; several sizes bound together. Certified by various federal commissioners. Receipts and lists of delinquent tax payers included.

Purchased from Grahame H. Hardy, June 1953. [P-F 325]

U. S. OFFICE OF INTERNAL REVENUE. UTAH DIS­ TRICT Reports from assistant assessors, Sept. 1862 to May 1865, marked: vols. no. 1, 4, 5. 3 v. (printed forms filled in), 41, 44 & 44cm. Signed by Robert Taylor Burton, collector for District of Utah.

Printed form calls for die date, name of individual, residence, property subject to ad valorem duty (quantity, description, valuation, amount of tax due), licenses and enumerated articles subject to tax and amount due. Volumes vary in form. Acquired at Auerbach sale (Oct. 1947), no. 1397. [P-F 301-303]

U. S. OFFICE OF INTERNAL REVENUE. UTAH DIS­ TRICT Tax lists (alphabetical by districts), May 1864 to April 1873, marked: vols. II-V, VIII. 5 v. (printed forms filled in), 42, 45 & 47cm.

Acquired at Auerbach sale (Oct. 1948), no. 778. [P-F 304-308]

UTAH Utah Biographies, 1935-40. Biographical sketches of pioneers prepared by the Historical Records Survey and Federal Writers' Projects in Utah. Copies of original manuscripts in private hands and information obtained by interviews included. Two boxes (78 folders).

Gift of Hugh F. O'Neil, 1941-42. Partially duplicate the items in the collection of "Mormon Diaries, Journals and Life Sketches" [P-F 319 Film], listed above, to which the reader is referred.

Seventy-eight separate pieces: transcriptions of diaries and autobiographies in private hands (about 22), recently written autobiographies (about 8), biographies of pioneers and contemporaries (about 22), pioneer personal interviews and dictations (about 16), one group of pioneer letters and (about 9) miscellaneous biographical notes.

Typewritten copies and for die most part carbon copies. [P-F 314:1-78]

UTAH Utah Questionnaires, 1936-39. Sixty pioneer personal histories obtained by interviews, Historical Records Survey, Utah. Answers to questionnaire no. 314. 2 portfolios (61 folders).

The gift of Hugh F. O'Neil, 1941-42. Partially duplicate the items in the collection of "Mormon Diaries, Journals and Life Sketches" [P-F 319 Film], listed above, to which the reader is referred.

A rather comprehensive questionnaire was employed with the purpose of enabling "the pioneer to recall as many interesting historical items [about himself and community history] as possible." Seventy-three questions listed in the questionnaire dealt with personal history, "firsts" in his experience, social affairs, disputes over water rights, famous personalities known, Indians, agriculture, domestic affairs, etc.

With the collection of answers to die questionnaire is a copy of die

questionnaire form no. 314. Only a few are in manuscript, otherwise typewritten. [P-F 312:1-61]

UTAH

Utah Questionnaires, 1937-39. Seventeen pioneer personal histories obtained by interviews, Historical Records Survey, Utah. Answers to questionnaire no. 314 (revised). 18 folders in portfolio.

The gift of Hugh F. O'Neil, 1941-42. Partially duplicate the items in the collection of "Mormon Diaries, Journals and Life Sketches" [P-F 319 Film], listed above, to which die reader is referred.

On the 9th of March, 1937, a revised form of questionnaire no. 314 was issued by the Utah Historical Records Survey to be used in gatiiering pioneer personal histories as in the case with the original form of questionnaire, no. 314. The revised form follows the original rather closely except that the revised form calls for more comprehensive coverage.

With the collection of answers is a copy of die questionnaire from no. 314 (revised 3/9/37).

All are typescripts. [P-F 313:1-18]

BOTHER CLASSIFICATIONS

Searches into the recent acquisitions grouped in the collections of the other western states will be rewarding for items of background and correlative interest. Of special interest in Utah are the following.

BLACKBURN, ABNER, 1827- Narrative of experiences, 1837-51, [n.p., n.d.]. [77', 81 p.] 26cm.

Born Pennsylvania, to Ohio, joined Latter-day Saints 1837, to Far West 1837, at Haun's Mill, after difficulties he left the Mormons for a while and went to steamboating, trapping in the Far West; joined parents at Nauvoo for exodus; contacts widi the Mormon Battalion; plains experience; inserts narrative of Louis Devon; Sam Brannan; among the trappers and Indians at headwaters of the Missouri; to California with Brannan; numerous trips across the plains, California to Salt Lake and east and return; mining, gold rush days, in California.

Unique narrative with many asides and detailed narrative of experiences with major events not clearly outlined. Spelling and language of special interest.

In photocopy with typewritten transcript (made for Herbert Hamlin, donor, San Mateo, California, May 1948; 81 p.). [C-D 5007]

HITTELL, JOHN SHERTZER, 1825-1901 Letters concerning the discovery of gold at Sutter's Mill, received from various persons, 1885-86. 3 folders (photocopy) in portfolio.

Negative photostats of letters in the possession of the Society of California Pioneers. Purchased Feb., 1948. The letters are in answer to inquiries from Hittell concerning the discovery and mining of gold on the American River, California. Include letters from: HENRY W. BIGLER, 29 Nov. and 21 Dec, 1885, St. George; quotes from his diary. EDWARD C. KEMBLE, 6 Oct. and 26 Oct., 1885, on headed paper "California Associated Press" New York. AZARIAH SMITH, 12 Jan. and 3 Feb., 1886, City of Manti; quotes from his diary (1848). [C-B 481]