Edward Hunter papers, 1818-1922

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Hunter, Edward, 1793-1883
Title
Edward Hunter papers
Dates
1818-1922 (inclusive)
Quantity
5 linear feet
Collection Number
MS 0358
Summary
The Edward Hunter papers (1818-1922) consist of correspondence, business papers, and genealogical materials concerning Edward Hunter (1793-1883) 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
84112-0860

Telephone: 8015818863
special@library.utah.edu
Access Restrictions

Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.

Languages
English

Historical NoteReturn to Top

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 1830. 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 1851. He organized the tithing system and a system to aid the poor. Edward Hunter died in 1855.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

The Edward Hunter papers (1818-1922) consist of correspondence, business papers, and genealogical materials concerning Edward Hunter (1793-1883) and his family.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

The library does not claim to control copyright for all materials in the collection. An individual depicted in a reproduction has privacy rights as outlined in Title 45 CFR, part 46 (Protection of Human Subjects). For further information, please review the J. Willard Marriott Library's Use Agreement and Reproduction Request forms.

Preferred Citation

Collection Name, Collection Number, Box Number, Folder Number. Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, The University of Utah.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Acquisition Information

Gift of Lyman Hunter in 1973 and 1974.

Separated Materials

Photographs were transferred to the Multimedia Division of Special Collections (P0027).

Processing Note

Processed by Jennifer Breaden in 1989.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Edward Hunter and Family CorrespondenceReturn to Top

Box 1, folders 1-13 contain letters written by Edward Hunter to the recipients listed below. Box 1, folders 14-40 contain letters written to Edward Hunter by family members listed below. All correspondence is arranged alphabetically, then chronologically. Box 2, folders 1-23 contain letters to Edward Hunter from the family members listed. Box 2, folders 24-35 contain all other family correspondence not addressed to Hunter.

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
1 1
To William Hailstone and Edmund Hood
 1863; 1874
1 2
To Addie Porter Hunter
1 3-4
To Daniel Hunter
 1879; 1888
1 5
To Edward W. Hunter
 1874-1888
1 6
To Oscar Hunter
 1874
1 7
To C. C. Rich
 1880
1 8
To Ann Eliza Rich
 1879
1 9
To George Riser
 1882
1 10
To Willard G. Smith
 1857
1 11
To C. W. West
 1857
1 12
To Brigham Young
 circa 1860
1 13
Unaddressed Note
 1856
1 14
From Elizabeth Bishop
 1846; 1869
1 15-16
From Annabelle Cowperthwaite Bull
 1861-1883
1 17
From Edmund Hood
 1874-1879
1 18
From C. W. Hunter
 1887
1 19-26
From Daniel W. Hunter
 1878-1907
1 27
From Edward Hunter
A nephew.
1852; 1857
1 28-31
From Edward W. Hunter
 1872-1887
1 32
From Hannah Hunter
 1857-1862
1 33
From Joseph Hunter
 1869
1 34
From Joseph and Ann Eliza Hunter
 1872
1 35
From Laura Lavinia Hunter
1 36
From Margaret Hunter
 1863-1881
1 37
From Mina C. Hunter
2 1-10
From Oscar Hunter
 1872-1883
2 11
From Rachel Hunter
 1883
2 12
From Rodolph Edward Hunter
 1880; 1883
2 13
From William Hunter
 1849
2 14-19
From William W. Hunter
 1874-1883
2 20
From Ann Eliza Rich
 1877-1883
2 21
From Edward C. Rich
 1883
2 22
From Susanna Wann Hunter
 1871
2 23
From E. Porter
2 24
To Addie Porter Hunter from the Porter Family
 1890-1891
2 25
To Ann Hunter from Christiann Litzenburg
 1846
2 26
To John Hunter from Thomas Taylor
2 27
To L & R Wesler & Co. from Oscar Hunter & Co.
 1882
2 28
To Rodolph Hunter from William G. Way
 1875
2 29-31
From Susanna Wann Hunter to Daniel Wann
 1843-1885
2 32
To Susanna Wann Hunter from Daniel Wann
 1870
2 33
To Susanna Hunter from J. C. Rich
 1876
2 34
To Susanna Hunter from Jane Perry
 1857
2 35
Porter Family Letters
 1861-1893

Edward W. Hunter PapersReturn to Top

Box 3, folders 1-19 contain correspondence.

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
3 1-3
To Addie Porter Hunter
 1888-1898
3 4-6
From Addie Porter Hunter to Edward W. Hunter
 1888-1890
3 7
To Henry Carrington
 1892
3 8
To Edward from Oscar Hunter
 1887
3 9
To Edward from Rodolph Edward Hunter, J. W. Davis Hunter, Mary A. Hunter, and J. C. Rich
 1874-1893
3 10
To Edward from James A. Anderson and O. B. Anderson
 1888-1908
3 11
To Edward from J. E. Booth, H. R. Carrington, and Julia Carter
 1889-1891
3 12
To Edward from George and Eliza Claup, William Cooper, John H. Dickson, H. B. Doddridge, and G. Everett
 1874-1891
3 13
To Edward from Jesse Fox, P. Francis, Ben Fry, and Richard Fry
 1887-1889
3 14
To Edward from George Goddard, D. E. Harris, and Hubert D. Hays
 1875-1890
3 15
To Edward from O. F. Lyons, J. McNiven, and H. Pembroke
 1884; 1887
3 16
To Edward from E. A. Richards, Saul Stewart, J. W. Summerhays, Moses Thatcher, Charles Welch, and O. Wold
 1874-1889
3 17
To Bishop Evans from Edward W. Hunter
 1866
3 18
To William Eddington and Washington Townsend
 1878; 1883
3 19
To Sisters Carter and Ferness
 1890
3 20
Edward W. Hunter, Patriarchal Blessing
 1888
3 21
Account Books
 1885-1887
3 22
Business Papers
 1874
3 23
T. Tuckfield Works, Boiler Test Certificate
 1876
3 24
County Surveyor Election Certificate
 1885
3 25
Indentures
 1881; 1891
3 26-28
Morgan County Surveys
 1880s-1894
3 29
"The Surveyor's Companion"
 1882
3 30
Quit Claim Deeds
 1909
3 31
Notebook
Contains conditions of sales and purchasers names.
3 32
Salt Lake City Assessment List
 1891
3 33
Utah Eastern Railroad Prospectus
3 34
Warranty Deeds
 1896-1903

Business CorrespondenceReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
4 1
John Alger
 1878
4 2
American Agriculturist
 1877
4 3
O. B. Andersen
 1878-1883
4 4
D. Appleby
 1850
4 5
George Bachman
 1845
4 6
Bailey
 1827
4 7
Mary Ball
 1853
4 8
A. F. Barron
 1861
4 9
Davis Bartholomew
 1882
4 10
N. W. Batholomew
 1853
4 11
John Bennion
 1857
4 12-13
J. W. Bigler
 1856; 1874
4 14-15
E. H. Blackburn
 1854-1858
4 16
John Bright
 1853
4 17
C. H. Bryan
 1865
4 18
Elizabeth Burton
 1856-1857
4 19-20
Andrew Cahoon
4 21
Addison Caine
 1905
4 22
Thomas Callister
 1857
4 23
John Cameron
 1863
4 24
Hiram Cannon
 1852
4 25
I. C. Cannon
 1855
4 26
Isaac Clark
 1852-1853
4 27
Thomas Clark
 1857
4 28
Hyrum B. Clawson
 1853
4 29
William Clayton
 1853
4 30
G. W. Cochran
 1857
4 31
James B. Cole
4 32
Alfred Condon
 1856-1868
4 33
Isiah M. Coombs
 1850
4 34-35
Howard Coray
 1880-1883
4 36
Anna Courvoisier
 1860s
4 37
C. J. Cowperthwait
 1822
4 38
Heber S. Cutler
 1906
4 39-40
W. R. Davies
 1855
4 41-42
E. H. Davis
 1844; 1862
4 43
Thomas Deardon
 1884
4 44
George Dorkstader
 1867
4 45
J. H. Eddy
4 46
M. M. Egan
4 47
John S. Eldredge
 1859
4 48
David Evans
 1855
4 49
Isaac T. Evans
 1835
4 50
John B. Fairbanks
 1862; 1866
4 51
George Farnsworth
 1882
4 52
John A. Forgeus
4 53-54
William Forman
 1880; 1883
4 55
B. Frost
4 56
E. K. Fuller
 1852
5 1
Robert Gardner
 1842
5 2
George Goddard
 1873
5 3
Joseph Hadfield
 1862
5 4
I. C. Haight
 1856
5 5
L. E. Harrington
 1866
5 6
Thomas W. Haskins
 1872
5 7
John S. Hawkins
 1869
5 8
William Hickenloopes
 1865
5 9
A. N. Hill
 1863
5 10
Charles H. Hubbard
 1856
5 11
Dimick B. Huntington
 1852
5 12
W. W. Hutchings
 1865
5 13
J. M. Johnson
 1878
5 14
Dan Jones
 1861
5 15
Isabalea Jones
 1866
5 16
Judd
 1861
5 17
H. H. Kearns
 1862
5 18
Thomas Kington
 1856
5 19
J. H. Kinkead
 1849
5 20
Henry Lund
 1865-1866
5 21
C. Layton
 1866
5 22
John Lewis
 1855
5 23
Joseph Lewis
 1879
5 24
L. J. Lincoln
 1857
5 25
A. M. Lowry
 1857
5 26
John Lowry
 1853
5 27
Henry Lunt/Lund
 1868
5 28
Walter Mansfield
5 29
Rebecca A. Martindale
 1859
5 30-31
Peter Maughan
 1859-1866
5 32
David McConkey
 1842-1846
5 33
James McCormick
 1864
5 34
T. J. McCullough
 1875
5 35
A. E. Millett
 1881
5 36
J. R. Murdock
 1878
5 37
Amitton Musser
 1867
5 38
A. Nichols
 1879
5 39
Benjamin A. Norris
 1866
5 40
John Oakley
 1883
5 41
Davis and Mariah Page
5 42
Samuel Pinkerton
 1841
5 43
Stephen Poulteser
 1842
5 44
Robert Price
 1882
6 1
E. A. Richards
 1872; 1874
6 2
Willard Richards
 1849-1852
6 3
George Riser
 1882
6 4
Peter Robison
 1857
6 5
John Rowberry
 1859
6 6
Thomas Salisbury
 1864
6 7
Jane Savage
 1881
6 8
B. Scheller
 1883
6 9
W. S. Seeley
 1861; 1866
6 10
E. F. Sheets
 1861
6 11
George A. Smith
 1873
6 12
John Henry Smith
 1883
6 13
J. W. Smith
 1880
6 14
Philip K. Smith
 1852-1854
6 15
A. D. Smoot
 1852
6 16
G. D. Snell
 1882
6 17
Z. Snow
 1854
6 18
C. W. Stayner
 1883
6 19
William G. Sterrett
 1857
6 20
William Stevensen
 1870
6 21
Edward Stevenson
 1870
6 22
John Stoker
 1853
6 23
J. W. Sylvester
 1879
6 24
I. S. Tarnall
 1878
6 25-26
John Taylor
 1854-1883
6 27
Benjamin Terry
6 28
Morgan Thomas
 1838
6 29
August Thomberg
 1874
6 30
Charles and Harriet Thornton; Hannah Harris
 1880
6 31
Charles Turner
 1882
6 32
United States Internal Revenue District of Utah
 1868-1869
6 33
Samuel Wagstaff
 1868
6 34
Jacob Weiler
 1866
6 35
C. W. West
 1856
6 36
Lyman Wight
 1855
6 37
Thomas G. Winn
 1861
6 38
T. W. Winter
6 39
H. Y. Wood
 1874
6 40
Mary C. Woodward
 1847
6 41
R. D. Wooley
6 42
John Worthen
 1882
6 43
Jonathan C. Wright
 1852
6 44
Brigham Young
 1850-1866
6 45
Joseph Young
 1857

Miscellaneous and Unidentified CorrespondenceReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
7 1
Laura Lavinia Brown to President Young
 1850
7 2
N. H. Felt to John Taylor
 1855
7 3
Bishop Saines to Aaron Johnson
 1852
7 4
Joseph F. Smith to Owen Morgan
 1882
7 5
William G. Sterrett to C. S. Bolton
 1857
7 6
Mary Wilson to Abraham Brothwell
 1846
7 7
Lyman L. Wood to Zina D. Young
 1867
7 8-12
Unknown to Edward Hunter
 1845-1880
7 13
Unknown
7 14
Invitations
 1823-1881
7 15-17
Notes and Letter Fragments

Business and Property PapersReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
8 1-7
Notebooks, Notes, Lists, Orders, and Correspondence
8 8
Power of Attorney Document by Chauncey S. Higbee
 1846
8 9-24
Public Storehouse Receipts and Price Lists
 1824-1891
8 25
"List of Wards and the Cattle They Will Furnish to Haul Stone from the Quarry"
8 26-44
Land and Property Deeds, Water Certificates, Leases, and Morgan County Surveys
8 45-53
Emigration Records, Accounts, and Property Deals
8 54
Miscellaneous
Check from Edward Hunter to ZCMI, ticket to Utah Territorial Fair, William E. Williamson business card, and Salt Lake County seal.
1878-1882
8 55
Liberty Park Opening, Ticket and Program
8 56
National Independence, 86th Anniversary Celebration Program
8 57
"Salt Lake City's Ovation to the Old Folks"
8 58
Record-keeping Flyer
 1902
8 59
Salt Lake City Post Office, Statement of Business
 1879
8 60
"Constitution and Rules for Detecting Horse Thieves"
 1818

Church Business and GenealogyReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
9 1
Letter Fragment Telling of Joseph and Hyrum Smith's Murders in Carthage
9 2-3
Memos to Bishops and Counsellors
9 4
Book Pages
9 5
Baptisms and Blessings
 1851-1853
9 6
Tabernacle Meeting Minutes
 1852
9 7
Sixth Ward Meeting Minutes
 1867
9 8
Church Doctrine Notes
9 9
Luella Hunter, Patriarchal Blessing
 1922
9 10
"Restoration of the Gospel"
9 11
Salt Lake Temple Dedication Tickets
 1893
9 12-14
Mormon Battalion, Name List and Regimental Orders
 1855-1856
9 15-18
Speech Drafts and Excerpts
By Edward Hunter, Joseph Smith, and Brigham Young.
1820-1853
9 19-21
Poetry and Songs
9 22-26
Tithing Office Coupons and Receipts
 1853-1880
9 27
"Reflections of Edward Hunter"
 1874
9 28
Thomas Lay, Biography and Address
9 29
James Taylor Memorial Poem to Edward Hunter
9 30-33
Hunter Family Genealogy
9 34
Lyon Soap Recipe
9 35
Poetry
9 36
Abraham and Francis Brothwell Papers
9 37
Name Lists
9 38
Evelyn Hunter Papers
9 39
George Washington Birthday Commemoration Invitation
 1824
9 40
Request for Supplies
 1842-1843
9 41
Typographical Association of Deseret, Meeting Invitation
 1856
9 42
Deseret Tannery Water Analysis
 1881
9 43
Fourth of July Program
 1871
9 44
Susannah Heiner Letter
 1885
9 45
Addie Porter, Teacher Certificate and Composition
 1885; 1889
10
Bound Volume of Hunter Family Papers
Contains genealogy charts and correspondence.

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • Latter Day Saint churches--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
  • Correspondence
  • Genealogies (histories)

Finding aid prepared by Jennifer Breaden.
1989 (last modified: 2019)

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