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Box 6

 Container

Contains 23 Results:

Biographies and Chronology, 1963 November 25

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 1
Identifier: B
Scope and Contents

Two speeches and a chronology of the life of John Taylor written by Raymond Taylor.

Dates: 1963 November 25

Personal Documents, 1844 June 23-1852 November 10

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 2
Identifier: B
Scope and Contents

Papers documenting various events in John Taylor's life, including a journal account of the marriages he performed on the plains; an agreement concerning his guardianship of some of Joseph Smith's property; a bank draft record; extracts from his journal about the gathering of the Mormon Battalion; his declaration to become a United States citizen; and his calling to serve a mission in France.

Dates: 1844 June 23-1852 November 10

Juvenile Instructor, 1870 October 15, 1875 October 30

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 3
Identifier: B
Scope and Contents

"Missionary Sketches," an article about John Taylor's British mission by George Q. Cannon in vol. 5, no. 21 of his Mormon youth publication; and "Reminiscences," Taylor's account of the Nauvoo exodus, published in vol. 10, no. 22.

Dates: 1870 October 15; 1875 October 30

Genealogical Record

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 4
Identifier: B
Scope and Contents

A handwritten record of John Taylor's progeny.

Dates: 1877-1887

Pedigree Charts, 1964

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 5-13
Identifier: B
Scope and Contents

John Taylor family pedigree charts compiled by Archibald F. Bennett and D. A. Pratt, and copied and distributed by the President John Taylor Family Association.

Dates: 1964

John Taylor Family Organization, 1953 November 2-1975 November 7

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 14
Identifier: B
Scope and Contents

Family organization papers, including agendas, programs, and minutes of organizational meetings; a family genealogy progress report; a program of his funeral; and the Woolley family coat-of-arms.

Dates: 1953 November 2-1975 November 7

Revelations, 1882 June 25-1886 September 27

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 15
Identifier: B
Scope and Contents

A collection of selected revelations and correspondence by John Taylor.

Dates: 1882 June 25-1886 September 27

Church Business--President-in-Exile, 1886 September 6-October 15

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 16
Identifier: B
Scope and Contents

Church financial correspondence with other church leaders and James Jack, Utah territorial treasurer.

Dates: 1886 September 6-October 15

Lesser Known Wives, 1971 March 3-April 28

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 17
Identifier: B
Scope and Contents

Correspondence between Samuel and Raymond Taylor concerning John Taylor's lesser known wives.

Dates: 1971 March 3-April 28

Ann Hughlings Pitchforth Taylor, 1832 April 13-1846 July 15

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 18
Identifier: B
Scope and Contents

Documents concerning Ann Pitchforth, one of John Taylor's wives, including lists of her children; a Pitchforth coat-of-arms; correspondence with her family; and her letter, "To the Saints of the Isle of Man," published in vol. 8, no. 12 of the Millennial Star.

Dates: 1832 April 13-1846 July 15

Pitchforth Family Biographies, 1833-1849

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 19
Identifier: B
Scope and Contents

Short biographies of Ann Pitchforth's daughters, Sarah Barbara Pitchforth Kienke and Mercy Jane Pitchforth Jenkins, and John Hughlings Jackson, son of Ann's sister, Sarah; and the last will and testament of Ann's father, John Hughlings.

Dates: 1833-1849

Lesser Known Wives, 1846 September 5-1887 June 13, 1966-1968

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 20
Identifier: B
Scope and Contents

Documents related to Taylor's lesser known wives, including "Lines," the verse he wrote in the album of Abby Jane Hart that was later published in vol. 8, no. 178 of the Millennial Star; correspondence between Samuel Taylor and Nauvoo historian, T. Edgar Lyon; excerpts from articles on Biblical justification of polygamy; lists, charts, and family group records of Taylor's families; and Taylor's will, naming several of his wives.

Dates: 1846 September 5-1887 June 13; 1966-1968

"Celestial Marriage", 1882 June 25-26

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 21
Identifier: B
Scope and Contents

John Taylor's statement affirming the law of (polygamous) celestial marriage.

Dates: 1882 June 25-26

Lesser Known Wives

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 22
Identifier: B
Scope and Contents

Notes, lists, correspondence, and family records documenting Taylor's marriage to Annie Ballantyne, Leonora Cannon, Ann Hughlings Pitchforth, Josephine Elizabeth Roueche, and Margaret Young; and a copy of the Taylor coat-of-arms.

Dates: 1877-1887

Josephine Elizabeth Roueche Taylor, 1966 December 20-1967 January 19

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 23
Identifier: B
Scope and Contents

Correspondence documenting John Taylor's marriage to Josephine Elizabeth Roueche.

Dates: 1966 December 20-1967 January 19

Children's Blessings, 1864, 1875, 1882

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 24
Identifier: B
Scope and Contents

John Taylor's blessings on his and Margaret Young Taylor's children: Leonora Y. Taylor, Mary Y. Taylor, and Samuel Y. Taylor.

Dates: 1864; 1875; 1882

Revelations, 1882-1886

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 25-26
Identifier: B
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, speeches, and other documents including a bound collection of copied holographs, concerning several of John Taylor's revelations.

Dates: 1882-1886

Writings, 1881 October 7-1885 August 10

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 27
Identifier: B
Scope and Contents

Some of John Taylor's published writings, including his priesthood meeting speech, "Succession in the Priesthood"; "Origin, Object and Destiny of Women," an article published in the Relief Society Magazine; "Ecclesiastical Control in Utah," published in vol. 326 of the North American Review; and his poems "Father, Son, & Daughter," "Lines," and "Acrostic."

Dates: 1881 October 7-1885 August 10

Last Will and Testament, 1887 June 30

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 28
Identifier: B
Scope and Contents

A photostatic copy of John Taylor's handwritten last will and testament.

Dates: 1887 June 30

Death Announcements, 1887 July 29 and August 8

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 29
Identifier: B
Scope and Contents

John Taylor's obituaries from the Deseret News and Millennial Star.

Dates: 1887 July 29 and August 8