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Utahville Ward United Order minutes

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Title Utahville Ward United Order minutes
Creator Biggs, Thomas Piercy, 1859-1902----Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Utahville Ward----Mesa Cooperative Mills----Utah Irrigation Water Ditch (Company)
Subject Biggs, Thomas Piercy, 1859-1902; Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Utahville Ward--History--Sources; Mesa Cooperative Mills--History--Sources; Taylor, John, 1808-1887; Utah Irrigation Water Ditch (Company)--History--Sources; Agriculture and Natural Resources; Church Government; Mormonism (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints); Religion; Irrigation--Arizona--Maricopa County--History--Sources; Mormons--Arizona--Maricopa County--History--Sources; Pima Indians--Arizona--Maricopa County--History--Sources; United orders (Mormon Church)--Arizona--Lehi--History--Sources; Water and Water Rights
Description Administrative History: The Utahville Ward of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, located in Maricopa, Arizona, was organized soon after the church was established in the Utah/Arizona area. The United Order was instituted to help implement the principles of the law of consecration (to be united in all things- doctrinally, spiritually, socially, and economically). Within three years, however, the Lord chastened the Church for transgression and withdrew the practice of the United... Account book contains list of nine members baptized into the United Order, minutes and financial information regarding the Utah Irrigation Water Ditch Company, correspondence concerning John Taylor, Thomas Biggs, a Brother Jones and Brother Rogers, and Articles of Incorporation for the Mesa Co-op Mill from 1877 to 1883 in Arizona.
Relation Digital version available online. Photocopy of account book available in repository.
Publisher L. Tom Perry Special Collections; 19th Century Western & Mormon Manuscripts; 1130 Harold B. Lee Library; Brigham Young University; Provo, Utah 84606; http://sc.lib.byu.edu/
Type Corporate minutes
Date 1877; 1878; 1879; 1880; 1881; 1882; 1883
Language Materials are in English.
Rights Condition restricted; patrons must use transcript. Permission to use original item must be obtained from the Curator of 19th Century Western and Mormon Manuscripts. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances. Permission to publish material from Utahville Ward United Order minutes must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Board of Curators.
Format 1 folder (0.05 linear ft.) ead
Identifier https://findingaid.lib.byu.edu/viewItem/MSS 3138

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