Edward Hunter papers,

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1 Overview of the Collection Creator Hunter, Edward, Title Edward Hunter papers Dates (inclusive) Quantity 5 linear feet Collection Number Ms0358 Summary The Edward Hunter papers ( ) consist of correspondence, business papers, and genealogical materials concerning Edward Hunter ( ) and his family. Hunter was the third presiding bishop in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Repository University of Utah Libraries, Special Collections. Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library University of Utah 295 South 1500 East Salt Lake City, UT Telephone: SPCreference@lists.utah.edu Access Restrictions Twenty-four hours advance notice encouraged. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law. Languages English Historical Note Edward Hunter was born on 22 June 1793 at Newton Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania. He served for seven years in the cavalry and three years as Delaware County Commissioner. He moved to Chester County and married Ann Standley in He was baptized into the LDS Church in 1840 and moved to Nauvoo. Hunter served as bishop of several wards, supervised emigration to Salt Lake City, and was called to be presiding bishop in He organized the tithing system and a system to aid the poor. Edward Hunter died in Content Description The Edward Hunter papers ( ) consist of correspondence, business papers, and genealogical materials concerning Edward Hunter ( ) and his family. Administrative Information Acquisition Information 1

2 Gift of Lyman Hunter in 1973 and Separated Materials Photographs were transferred to the Multimedia Division of Special Collections (P0027). Processing Note Processed by Jennifer Breaden in Detailed Description of the Collection Edward Hunter and Family Correspondence Box1 Folders 1-13 contain letters written by Edward Hunter to the recipients listed below. Folders contain letters written to Edward Hunter by family members listed below. All correspondence is arranged alphabetically, then chronologically. Box 1 Folder 1 To William Hailstone and Edmund Hood 1863; To Addie Porter Hunter 3-4 To Daniel Hunter 1879; To Edward W. Hunter To Oscar Hunter To C. C. Rich To Ann Eliza Rich To George Riser To Willard G. Smith

3 11 To C. W. West To Brigham Young circa Unaddressed Note From Elizabeth Bishop 1846; From Annabelle Cowperthwaite Bull From Edmund Hood From C. W. Hunter From Daniel W. Hunter From Edward Hunter A nephew. 1852; From Edward W. Hunter From Hannah Hunter From Joseph Hunter From Joseph and Ann Eliza Hunter From Laura Lavinia Hunter 36 From Margaret Hunter From Mina C. Hunter Family Correspondence Box2 Folders 1-23 contain letters to Edward Hunter from the family members listed. Folders contain all other family correspondence not addressed to Hunter. Box 3

4 2 Folder 1-10 From Oscar Hunter From Rachel Hunter From Rodolph Edward Hunter 1880; From William Hunter From William W. Hunter From Ann Eliza Rich From Edward C. Rich From Susanna Wann Hunter From E. Porter 24 To Addie Porter Hunter from the Porter Family To Ann Hunter from Christiann Litzenburg To John Hunter from Thomas Taylor 27 To L & R Wesler & Co. from Oscar Hunter & Co To Rodolph Hunter from William G. Way From Susanna Wann Hunter to Daniel Wann To Susanna Wann Hunter from Daniel Wann To Susanna Hunter from J. C. Rich To Susanna Hunter from Jane Perry Porter Family Letters

5 Edward W. Hunter Papers Box3 Folders 1-19 contain correspondence. Box 3 Folder 1-3 To Addie Porter Hunter From Addie Porter Hunter to Edward W. Hunter To Henry Carrington To Edward from Oscar Hunter To Edward from Rodolph Edward Hunter, J. W. Davis Hunter, Mary A. Hunter, and J. C. Rich To Edward from James A. Anderson and O. B. Anderson To Edward from J. E. Booth, H. R. Carrington, and Julia Carter To Edward from George and Eliza Claup, William Cooper, John H. Dickson, H. B. Doddridge, and G. Everett 13 To Edward from Jesse Fox, P. Francis, Ben Fry, and Richard Fry 14 To Edward from George Goddard, D. E. Harris, and Hubert D. Hays To Edward from O. F. Lyons, J. McNiven, and H. Pembroke 1884; To Edward from E. A. Richards, Saul Stewart, J. W. Summerhays, Moses Thatcher, Charles Welch, and O. Wold To Bishop Evans from Edward W. Hunter

6 18 To William Eddington and Washington Townsend 1878; To Sisters Carter and Ferness Edward W. Hunter, Patriarchal Blessing Account Books Business Papers T. Tuckfield Works, Boiler Test Certificate County Surveyor Election Certificate Indentures 1881; Morgan County Surveys 1880s "The Surveyor's Companion" Quit Claim Deeds Notebook Contains conditions of sales and purchasers names. 32 Salt Lake City Assessment List Utah Eastern Railroad Prospectus 34 Warranty Deeds Business Correspondence, A-F Box4 Box 4 Folder 6

7 1 John Alger American Agriculturist O. B. Andersen D. Appleby George Bachman Bailey Mary Ball A. F. Barron Davis Bartholomew N. W. Batholomew John Bennion J. W. Bigler 1856; E. H. Blackburn John Bright C. H. Bryan Elizabeth Burton Andrew Cahoon 21 Addison Caine Thomas Callister John Cameron Hiram Cannon

8 25 I. C. Cannon Isaac Clark Thomas Clark Hyrum B. Clawson William Clayton G. W. Cochran James B. Cole 32 Alfred Condon Isiah M. Coombs Howard Coray Anna Courvoisier 1860s 37 C. J. Cowperthwait Heber S. Cutler W. R. Davies E. H. Davis 1844; Thomas Deardon George Dorkstader J. H. Eddy 46 M. M. Egan 47 John S. Eldredge David Evans

9 49 Isaac T. Evans John B. Fairbanks 1862; George Farnsworth John A. Forgeus William Forman 1880; B. Frost 56 E. K. Fuller 1852 Business Correspondence, G-P Box5 Box 5 Folder 1 Robert Gardner George Goddard Joseph Hadfield I. C. Haight L. E. Harrington Thomas W. Haskins John S. Hawkins William Hickenloopes

10 9 A. N. Hill Charles H. Hubbard Dimick B. Huntington W. W. Hutchings J. M. Johnson Dan Jones Isabalea Jones Judd H. H. Kearns Thomas Kington J. H. Kinkead Henry Lund C. Layton John Lewis Joseph Lewis L. J. Lincoln A. M. Lowry John Lowry Henry Lunt/Lund Walter Mansfield 29 Rebecca A. Martindale

11 30-31 Peter Maughan David McConkey James McCormick T. J. McCullough A. E. Millett J. R. Murdock Amitton Musser A. Nichols Benjamin A. Norris John Oakley Davis and Mariah Page 42 Samuel Pinkerton Stephen Poulteser Robert Price 1882 Business Correspondence, R-Y Box6 Box 6 Folder 1 E. A. Richards 1872;

12 2 Willard Richards George Riser Peter Robison John Rowberry Thomas Salisbury Jane Savage B. Scheller W. S. Seeley 1861; E. F. Sheets George A. Smith John Henry Smith J. W. Smith Philip K. Smith A. D. Smoot G. D. Snell Z. Snow C. W. Stayner William G. Sterrett William Stevensen Edward Stevenson John Stoker

13 23 J. W. Sylvester I. S. Tarnall John Taylor Benjamin Terry 28 Morgan Thomas August Thomberg Charles and Harriet Thornton; Hannah Harris Charles Turner United States Internal Revenue District of Utah Samuel Wagstaff Jacob Weiler C. W. West Lyman Wight Thomas G. Winn T. W. Winter 39 H. Y. Wood Mary C. Woodward R. D. Wooley 42 John Worthen Jonathan C. Wright Brigham Young

14 45 Joseph Young 1857 Miscellaneous and Unidentified Correspondence Box7 Box 7 Folder 1 Laura Lavinia Brown to President Young N. H. Felt to John Taylor Bishop Saines to Aaron Johnson Joseph F. Smith to Owen Morgan William G. Sterrett to C. S. Bolton Mary Wilson to Abraham Brothwell Lyman L. Wood to Zina D. Young Unknown to Edward Hunter Unknown 14 Invitations Notes and Letter Fragments Business and Property Papers Box8 14

15 Box 8 Folder 1-7 Notebooks, Notes, Lists, Orders, and Correspondence 8 Power of Attorney Document by Chauncey S. Higbee Public Storehouse Receipts and Price Lists "List of Wards and the Cattle They Will Furnish to Haul Stone from the Quarry" Land and Property Deeds, Water Certificates, Leases, and Morgan County Surveys Emigration Records, Accounts, and Property Deals 54 Miscellaneous Check from Edward Hunter to ZCMI, ticket to Utah Territorial Fair, William E. Williamson business card, and Salt Lake County seal Liberty Park Opening, Ticket and Program 56 National Independence, 86th Anniversary Celebration Program 57 "Salt Lake City's Ovation to the Old Folks" 58 Record-keeping Flyer Salt Lake City Post Office, Statement of Business "Constitution and Rules for Detecting Horse Thieves" 1818 Church Business and Genealogy Box9 15

16 Box 9 Folder 1 Letter Fragment Telling of Joseph and Hyrum Smith's Murders in Carthage 2-3 Memos to Bishops and Counsellors 4 Book Pages 5 Baptisms and Blessings Tabernacle Meeting Minutes Sixth Ward Meeting Minutes Church Doctrine Notes 9 Luella Hunter, Patriarchal Blessing "Restoration of the Gospel" 11 Salt Lake Temple Dedication Tickets Mormon Battalion, Name List and Regimental Orders Speech Drafts and Excerpts By Edward Hunter, Joseph Smith, and Brigham Young Poetry and Songs Tithing Office Coupons and Receipts "Reflections of Edward Hunter" Thomas Lay, Biography and Address 29 James Taylor Memorial Poem to Edward Hunter 16

17 30-33 Hunter Family Genealogy 34 Lyon Soap Recipe 35 Poetry 36 Abraham and Francis Brothwell Papers 37 Name Lists 38 Evelyn Hunter Papers 39 George Washington Birthday Commemoration Invitation Request for Supplies Typographical Association of Deseret, Meeting Invitation Deseret Tannery Water Analysis Fourth of July Program Susannah Heiner Letter Addie Porter, Teacher Certificate and Composition 1885; 1889 Bound Volume of Hunter Family Papers Box10 Contains genealogy charts and correspondence. Names and Subjects Subject Terms : Mormon Church--Finance Corporate Names : Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints--Presiding Bishopric Family Names : Hunter family Geographical Names : Utah--Genealogy Form or Genre Terms : Business records 17

18 Correspondence Genealogies Finding aid prepared by Jennifer Breaden About Creative Commons Licenses in Archives West: