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Charles Wilson Fox papers

COLL MSS 66

Biographical Note

Farmer, mail carrier, director of Franklin Co-op.

Scope & Content Note

Thirteen bound handwritten volumes dealing with the businesses and societies that Fox was involved in. Represented are the Franklin Ward of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS), including a cash book (1873), tithing records (1859-1865, 1870-1871), and account book (1877); the Franklin Cooperative Mercantile Institution, including work records (1868-1874), account book (1869), and a cash book (1873); and a personal diary of daily farm routine and church service (1865-1867). Four folders hold receipts, legal papers, and some miscellaneous personal items. Also included are some home remedies and folk medicine receipies.

Inventory

Book 1: 1859-1865, memorandum recording labor and tithing records for ward.

Book 2: 1860-1867, Franklin Branch clerk's record book

Book 3: 1865-1867, personal diary of daily farm routine and church service.

Book 4: 1868-1874, record of work at Franklin Co-op; construction of meeting house; and finances of the Franklin Ward.

Book 5: 1869-1877, account book listing stock held in the Franklin Co-op, the Utah Central Railroad, the Utah Northern Railroad, the Bridgeport Bridge and Mink Creek Mining Company. Also included are home remedies and folk medicine recipes.

Book 6: 1869, Franklin Co-op account book.

Book 7: 1870-1871, tithing record for Franklin Ward.

Book 8: 1871-1878, Franklin Ward Treasurer's account book.

Book 9: 1871-1878, memorandum book recording labor and materials for the City Ditch and work on the Logan Temple.

Book 10: 1873, Franklin Co-op cash book.

Book 11: 1877, Franklin Ward temple donations.

Book 12: 1878-1879, miscellaneous accounts both personal and church related.

Book 13: 1879, record book for church service and tithing.

Folder 1: Receipts

Folder 2: Legal papers - deeds, agreements, etc.

Folder 3: Patriarchal blessing and personal misc.

Folder 4: Miscellaneous


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