1844 Succession Question

Thu 27 Jun 1844

Copyrighted document and shall not be made available online. Mr. Ehat presents very interesting account of what took place with Brigham Young etc after Joseph Smith was martyred. Events at that time profoundly affected NHF

1865 Patent for Leather Cutting

1865

This does not appear to be the same patent that is housed at the Phillips Library in Salem on the big sheep skin. This is yet another one that NHF obtained for his brother JGF.

1877 PEF Debtor's Index

1877

This document raises more questions for me than it provides answers. Why would NHF owe money to the PEF at all? I can see why he would borrow money to go to Salt Lake, but I can't see why he wasn't asked to pay it back sooner. The year 1851 doesn't make sense since he immigrated in 1850, however, his debt may have been recorded in 1851 because may have become "overdue."

Angell, Truman O.

*** Three Stars! Autobiography of Truman O. Angell gives some very interesting insight to temple building.  NHF is mentioned one time very precisely.

Ashby, Benjamin is born at Salem, Essex, MA

Fri 19 Dec 1828

*** Three Stars!  Benjamin Ashby is 12 years younger than NHF, but he was born and raised in the same city.  Benjamin's father is Nathaniel Ashby and would have known NHF.  Benjamin is a gifted writer and described many of the events that took place in Salem and en route to Nauvoo.

Aveson, Robert - Leaving Home

**** Four Stars!  A wonderful story of faith and dedication to the gospel by Robert Aveson.  Elder Aveson does an outstanding job describing England at the time NHF served there, and mentions him twice in the same story.

It's interesting to website editor to see Elder Aveson worked for none other than the Anti-Mormon TBH Stenhouse who published the Salt Lake Telegraph.  However, at the time Stenhouse appeared to be a believer.

Benson, Ezra T.

NHF had some interaction with ETB, but he was not mentioned in this journal. ETB was obviously a gifted man.

Boston and Maine Railroad Depot 1 (Salem, MA)

1910

Photograph taken about 1910, but the train station would have been familiar to NHF when he was alive. The train station itself was close to where his grandfather lived.

Boston and Maine Railroad Depot 2 (Salem, MA)

1910

1910 Photograph

Brigham Young on Politics and Priesthood

Fri 20 Jul 1849

This effective research paper demonstrates the Church's position regarding politics after Brigham Young becomes President. NHF was President of St. Louis Conference at the time and therefore had many opportunities to dabble in politics as politicians solicited the Mormon block vote there.

Buckwalter, Margaret

NHF is mentioned as marrying Margaret B. to Lemon Wickel in St. Louis.

Burgess, Harrison

A member of the City Council in Salt Lake. Burgess does a good job in describing his activities

Cannell, Ada Margaret Kewley, A memoir of

Fri 24 Feb 1939

The MR FELT mentioned in this memoir was probably NHF since the meetings took place in Liverpool, England. "There were two who came frequently to our house to spend the evening with music and conversation. They were Lyman Martineaux and Mr. Felt. I forget Mr. Felt's first name. We had very pleasant times together."

Chislett Narrative

NHF is mentioned as one of those that met the tragic Willie and Martin Company with Franklin D. Richards. The Chislett Narrative has an axe to grind and can be found on many Anti-Mormon websites.

Chronicles of Old Salem

Not available online; Interesting timeline of Salem, MA history

Church Chronology

Cobb, Augusta Adams

Since the webmaster does not understand the relationship between Brigham Young, Sister Cobb and NHF, I don't think I'll publish source material I know of yet. Most of the material is Anti-Mormon in nature, and almost always involves polygamy. Sister Cobb was a plural wife of Brigham Young as early as 1843/1844, and she was also a trusted associate of NHF in the east as he conducted business for the church.

Crane, James

May 1856

*** Three Stars! Bishop Crane's amazing memory corroborates much of the history I have learned about the church over the years.  He mentions NHF one time in May 1856 after disembarking from a ship in Boston.  I especially enjoyed his description of his life in Wales and also his life in Salt Lake County.  Bishop Crane was bishop of the Herriman Ward in the Salt Lake County Stake.

Crosby, Jesse W

Jesse W. Crosby was born for the restoration and gives interesting insights to early history of the church including Nauvoo. JWC lived in the 17th Ward near where NHF lived in 1860.

Diary of Levi Savage Jr.

**** Four Stars! Journal of Levi Savage Jr is extremely valuable for at least two reasons in regards to NHF. Reason #1 is Savage's New York City and vicinity mission which was simultaneous with NHF's mission. This mission extended west throughout the Willie and Martin tragedy which NHF was also intimately involved. Reason #2 is Savage's simultaneous involvment with grain peddling etc with Allen's mill at the Jordan Road. NHF was, at that time, a partner with Allen and did Deseret News advertising.

East India Marine Hall (Salem, MA)

Photograph from about 1910, but the building would have been familiar to NHF; Building Dedicated in 1825 (this is mostly the way Joseph Smith would have seen it)

Essex Institute (Salem, MA)

1910

Essex Institute As It Must Have Mostly Looked In Nathaniel’s Day

Essex Street 1 (Salem, MA)

1910

Photograph; Essex Street Looking North From Town Square; You can almost see the building NHF worked in every day on the right

Essex Street 2 (Salem, MA)

1910

Photograph; Essex Street Looking Toward Liberty St.; The walk home from Salem Common for Nathaniel H. Felt

Farnham, Augustus Alwin

Sun 11 Feb 1849

Biography, Notes, Genealogy of AA Farnham

Felt, Mary L. Pile

1866

My great great grandmother left NHF's household while he was away on a mission in England. This research attempts to analyze the household she left.

Gilbert, Timothy

Correspondence to Millennial Star and other sources help Brother Gilbert and NHF meet in New York while NHF is serving a mission there with John Taylor and others as they defend plural marriage.

Godbeites

Article about the Godbeites which was a moderate Anti-Mormon schism that eventually became more of a counter Mormon culture movement.

Grand Bang 1876

Wed 05 Apr 1876

A fascinating story of the grand explosion of Arsenal Hill in 1876. The explosion was mentioned by Georgie Spencer in her diary, and the Felt home and family would have been drastically affected that day and for days afterward. Scholarship is needed to estimate how much damage could have resulted to the family

Heywood, Joseph L.

Joseph Heywood was NHF's bishop in the 17th Ward. NHF also considered Heywood one of his friends. Heywood and Felt probably knew one another in Nauvoo especially after Brigham Young. Joseph Heywood was a U.S. Marshall.

Hunter, Edward

NHF named his son after this presiding Bishop of the Church, and also purchased a ranch in Round Valley next door to him.

Hutchins, Kenneth

Sat 10 Feb 2001

A letter from Jonathan C. Felt to President Hutchins of the Boston Massachusetts Stak

Hyde, Orson

Orson Hyde was one of the most influential leaders for NHF; OH probably presided over him while he served St. Louis, but Brigham Young would often communicate directly with NHF while he served in that capacity. As NHF lay on his "death bed," he reported seeing OH, Brigham Young, and Joseph Smith in vision.

Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States, 43rd Congress, 1st Session, THURSDAY, January 29, 1874.

Thu 29 Jan 1874

By Mr. Benjamin F. Butler: The remonstrance of N. H. Felt, A. P. Rockwood, and others, native-born citizens of Massachusetts, now residing in Utah, against the passage of certain bills now before Congress purporting to be in aid of the execution of the laws in the Territory of Utah, to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Kane, Thomas L. - A Friend in Need

Good background information about TLK. NHF is said to have "opened a correspondance" with TLK while he was in St. Louis, but no trace of letters exist to my knowledge. It has always made me curious why NHF's biographer would have mentioned it in the first place.

Kane, Thomas L. - The Mormons

Tue 26 Mar 1850

Discourse delivered before the Historical Society of Pennsylvania March 26, 1850 by Colonel Kane. NHF is reputed to have had a relationship with TLK.

More Precious Than Gold

1849

LDS Church leaders capitalized on the economic opportunity provided by the gold rush by creating a revolving fund called the Perpetual Emigrating Fund (PEF), which the Saints were asked to sustain

Woods is an expert on Mormon emigration, and he has personally related many important things to this webmaster. I don't think you can understand NHF until you understand his role in building the kingdom as an emigration organizer.

Morgan College

Deseret News Article, June 1998; Since John Morgan lived in the 17th Ward, it's a lead pipe cince that NHF knew Morgan.

Mormons and Mormonism, The National Review, July 1862

Jul 1862

Full Text not inserted for indexing...This article is outstanding in its opinions and interpretations primarily for non-Mormon readers. Not all of it is accurate or decent, but it is thoroughly interesting.

Notes: The text viewable for this collection was generated from the page images by optical character recognition (OCR). No corrections have been applied. [More about text] Page images for periodicals other than Garden and Forest are mounted at Cornell University Library.

Notes By Editor: I have edited some of the more obvious errors in the OCR text to make it more readable. I have also footnoted some of the more obscure passages when I didn’t know the meaning. This study is for the sake of NHFelt.org and its nterpretation is solely for that purpose. I find this article important to know the world in which Nathaniel H. Felt lived in 1862, and how the outside world regarded Mormons. Nathaniel H. Felt would soon leave on mission to England, but in 1862 it appears he is living a normal life in Salt Lake City. NHF always watched the press, and he probably read this same article with high interest. - Jonathan C. Felt, Editor

Nauvoo Holy Order

An interesting research paper about Nauvoo priesthood organization. This paper helps to clarify how NHF's friendships probably formed. It is the webmaster's assumption that to have been in as many circles as NHF traveled, he would be needed to be completely loyal to Brigham Young all of his life.

Niether White Nor Black

Both NHF and John Taylor are quoted from Chicago about slaves in the Utah Territory.

Old North Bridge (Salem, MA)

1910

A 1910 photograph of the place where Captain John Felt helped repulse Leslie in Salem. By this time there is no draw bridge and it certainly looks small compared to the heroic tale.

Pack, Julia Ives

12/31/2002: Notable because the Pack family lived in the Salt Lake 17th Ward

Parkinson, Samuel R.

Dec 1848

NHF confirms brother Parkinson in St. Louis at age 17

Parry, John

*** Three Stars!  NHF is mentioned twice, but many details of the Latter-day Saints in Wales are revealed in this great journal.

Penrose, Charles W. - Discourses

Sun 11 Apr 1880

On 11 April 1880 NHF spoke in the Assembly Hall before Charles W. Penrose. CWR's discourse was captured by clerks, and he happened to mention NHF when he started speaking. CWR and NHF served in England together on a mission for the church.

http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=QIAIAAAAIBAJ&sjid=xEcDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6806%2C2621034

Pioneer Christmas

Thu 25 Dec 1851

Christmas always had a strong appeal to the pioneers and was observed by them no matter what their conditions were

Primary Hospital

Primary Childrens Hospital was conceived by Louie B. Felt who was NHF's first daughter-in-law.

Road to Bingham

Wed 27 Aug 1862

I like this document because the Jordan Mills is mentioned and the petition is signed by a Daniel R. Allen; I assume this is the Allen that NHF was a partner. Does this mean he lived nearby the mills and probably operated it. NHF was probably a good agent and salesman for Allen.

Roy H. Felt breaks from jail in St. George,Utah at age 17

Fri 02 Jan 1903

This is interesting because the news clipping appears on the same page as a clip about his 6th cousin Clyde Felt who was also having his trouble with things related to the law.

Roy F. Felt, a 17-year-old boy, who was in jail in St. George, last week made his escape by the assistance of another boy. Both boys secured horses, cut the telegraph wires to prevent word being sent in advance, and rode away, but were captured the next day.

Scoville, Lucius

Scoville mentions NHF as President in St. Louis as he passes through on his way to New Orleans to preside there. NHF and Scoville would therefore have some interaction.

Silver, William J.

Undocumented account of Latter-day Saints traveling from Liverpool to New York in fall of 1855. John Taylor and his assistants Felt and Robbins are there to meet ship. This is probably when NHF meets Mary L. Pile.

Smith, Joseph for President 1844 #1

1844

This event in church history profoundly affected NHF and family since Brigham Young spent much time in the Salem area during that fateful year.

Smith, Joseph for President 1844 #2; General Smith's Views of the Powers and Policy of the Government of the United States

Hosted by BYU

Smith, Joseph III

Joseph Smith III was unusually descriptive of his surroundings and everyday experiences. These memoirs will be useful to the historian looking for details of Nauvoo life. Additionally, some of the more negative opinions of the Utah Church will be more understood after reading these passages. Joseph Smith III, however, is not strident or corrosive in his attitude toward the "Brighamites"

Snow, Erastus

You would think Elder Snow would have mentioned NHF at least once, but he did mention exposing Sister Felt to small pox in St. Louis. NHF and Erastus Snow would have, in fact, known each other quite well since Snow was the main missionary in Salem when when NHF was baptized.

Snow, William

Biography of William Snow edited by Paul E. Price. William is the older brother of Erastus Snow. William Snow and NHF served together as aldermen in Salt Lake City.

Spencer, Daniel

Biography edited by Claudia Sadler. Daniel Spencer and NHF served together in various capacities, and their paths crossed just as the tragic Willie and Martin Company was getting a late start on the plains. Spencer was in Salem at the time of the Martyrdom of Joseph and Hyrum.

St. Louis and the Nauvoo Exodus

1850

I enjoyed reading Hartley's narrative of the Ellison Family, because it describes St. Louis at the time NHF lived there and it is about a family in Layton for whom I have great respect.

Taylor, John

Biography of John Taylor by B.H. Roberts. This work will shed light on some of NHF's activities especially during the New York mission to publish the newspaper "The Mormon." Its purpose was to "to disabuse the public mind, then fast being prejudiced against the Church by the tongue of slander."

Taylor, John Papers Volume 1

By Samuel W. and Raymond W. Taylor; "The John Taylor Papers - Records of the Last Utah Pioneer", Volume 1, 1836 - 1877

Taylor, John Papers Volume 2

By Samuel W. and Raymond W. Taylor; "The John Taylor Papers - Records of the Last Utah Pioneer", Volume 2, 1877 - 1887

The Utah Expedition, It's causes and consequences April 1859

1857

One cannot say Nathaniel H. Felt was a key player in this conflict, but he was certainly an interested person with a key personal role.

The Utah Expedition, It's causes and consequences Mar 1859

1857

One cannot say Nathaniel H. Felt was a key player in this conflict, but he was certainly an interested person with a key personal role.

The Utah Expedition, It's causes and consequences Mayl 1859

1857

One cannot say Nathaniel H. Felt was a key player in this conflict, but he was certainly an interested person with a key personal role.

Tripp, Enoch Bartlett

Mentions NHF as one he travels with on his way to mission field at the time of he and John Taylor going to New York.

Wakefield, Caroline R

Sister Wakefield mentions NHF's role in organizing ship American Congress when he was a missionary in England.

When I Lived In Salem

1835

Four Stars ****! Delightful collection of stories from Salem at the time NHF lived. This document is currently being typed by my son Ammon and me for the web.

Woodruff, Wilford - Journal

President Woodruff and NHF were acquaintances and worked together from time to time. In the preface of Woodruff's journal it states, "Wilford Woodruff kept one of the most important journals in the early Church. Recorded within its pages are some of the greatest moments in the Church's history, much of which might otherwise have gone unrecorded. He was personally acquainted with the Prophet Joseph Smith, Brigham Young and John Taylor, and kept a faithful record of many of their private meetings and counsel. Here for the first time in print are selected out the choicest gems of doctrine and history as they were recorded by this great man."

Woodruff, Wilford (12 Aug 1848)

Sat 12 Aug 1848

Elder Woodruff was an impressive documenter of LDS history, and he mentioned NHF on several occasions. On this occasion NHF was with another missionary named Lewis Robins.

Woodruff, Wilford (12 Jul 1848)

Wed 12 Jul 1848

Elder Woodruff and family meet NHF in St. Loui

Young, Brigham - Discourse at April Conference, 6 April 1857

Mon 06 Apr 1857

The talk may be significant because B.Y. mentions John Taylor's mission in N.Y. He mentions the character of Alexander Robbins' preaching (dry and ineffective). B.Y. also asks for everyone to store up 7 years worth of grain. NHF was a grain merchant from about this point in time.

Young, Brigham (Manuscript History)

Thu 27 Jun 1844

BY and NHF did many things together for many years, but the manuscript history of BY rarely mentions NHF or Salem, MA

Young, Mary Adelia Felt (Dell)

Thu 19 May 1864

Handwritten biography of Mary Dell Young who married one of the sons of Brigham Young. Mary Dell was a daughter of NHF and Mary Louise Pile

Zwick, Craig W.

Sat 10 Mar 2001

On March 10, 2001 Jonathan Felt and Diane LaFrandt wrote a letter to Elder Zwick in support of the Nathaniel Felt House project in Salem.