Microfilm of two brief statements on Mormon history made by Samuel W. Richards. The first gives a short account of Oliver Cowdery. The second describes Richards' learning while he was at Nauvoo in 1844 of the formation of a pioneer company intended to "find a suitable place for the Saints to move to where they could rest for a time from the constant harassing and persecutions to which...¦[they] were then being subjected. "Richards writes of council meetings involving Hyrum Smith and Sidney Rigdon and of the pioneer company's intentions to travel to California and Oregon, "if deemed necessary,"since it was "thought Lower California would offer the greatest inducements for locating a city for the Saints."The whole is addressed to B.H. Roberts, Salt Lake City. On the same reel (frames 368-374) as MSS MFILM 00164-00165 and MSS MFILM 00167, which also contain material related to Samuel W. Richards. Microfilm. San Marino, Calif. : Huntington Library Photographic Dept., 1949. 1 microfilm reel : negative 35 mm. Forms part of the Manuscripts Department's Mormon file, c.1805-1995. Samuel Whitney Richards (1824-1909) was born in Richmond, Massachusetts. He was baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1838. He later moved with his family to Nauvoo, Illinois, where he worked on the Mormon temple. From 1846-1848 Richards served on a mission to Great Britain, and was temporarily president of the Scottish Conference. On his return he lived in Iowa until emigrating to Utah in 1849. In Utah Richards was a member of the Salt Lake City Council and State of Deseret Constitutional Convention. He served on another British mission from 1851-1854, and spent part of this time as president of the British Mission. In 1855 he was elected to the Utah Territorial Legislature, where he served until 1859. In 1857 he served on another short mission to England, and was president of the Eastern States Mission from 1895-1897. He died in Salt Lake City in 1909.
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