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Documents mostly about Nathaniel H. Felt are quite rare.  However he seems to have "been there."  Did you know NHF and Eliza entertained Brigham Young, Wilford Woodruff and Erastus Snow regularly in their home at Salem, MA?  When John Taylor sent the letter from Nauvoo to find Brigham Young after Joseph Smith's assassination, it was likely sent care of NHF.  He was there at the surrender of Nauvoo in 1846.  He was back at the Nauvoo Temple shortly after it burned to the ground in 1848.  Family lore says he suggested the idea of a "Perpetual Emigration Fund" to Brigham Young and we believe he made its first contribution.  The Felts even participated in the first wagon train funded by the PEF.  When the ill-fated Willey and Martin companies were crossing the plains he was there to encourage them to fight on to Zion.  When President Buchanan ordered troops to Utah he was there to supply grain; and so on and so forth.  Although he did not write a journal himself, his many activities and faithful service attracted the attention of many, and his life's story is preserved through others.

 
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1876 Cemetery Excerpt

This is one of the only personal events in NHF's life that was documented carefully. NHF plays the important role of patriarch to his entire progeny, and the message is still clear for all of us.

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Joseph Henry Felt Journal and comments from this website's editor

1880 Census

Quick research of where each family member lived in 1880. Only Sarah Strange Felt is unaccounted for.

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1904 Biographical Sketch of Nathaniel H. Felt

1904

Most well-known biographical sketch of NHF.

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History of Utah by Orson F. Whitney, Volume 4, page 548

1909 Joseph F. Smith, Jr. on the Felt Family

Sat 11 Dec 1909

This article must have brought my aunts, uncles and old 1st cousins great satisfaction. Not one of them are yet alive, but we can enjoy again what they did.

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Deseret Evening News, December 11, 1909

1914 Biographical Sketch in Jenson's "Latter-day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia"

1914

I respect this sketch for it's relative completeness

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Coincidental Meeting Leads to Preservation of Historic Home

Sat 03 Feb 2001

I remember vividly reading this article when I was a worker at the San Diego Temple on February 2001 Friday evening shortly after the article was published. I was shocked, but excited to see it. I had been out to Salem 8 years before that date to "discover" the same house.

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By Shaun D. Stahle, Church News staff writer

Used by permission; Reprint of Church News article from Feb 3, 2001.

Editor's Note: I (Jonathan Felt), was curious in December 2002 about the make up of the NHF household and others related to him. The result was the following:

Jun 1880

Almost everyone is accounted for in 1880, but there are exceptions. The number one problem is finding Sarah Strange Felt who was NHF’s 2nd plural wife. Perhaps the family deliberately left her off the official count due to prejudice against those who practiced polygamy. However, NHF’s first wife was deceased and his 3rd wife Mary L. Silver had already married another man (William J. Silver). The inclusion of Sarah would not have raised any obvious suspicion in my opinion. There is also the question regarding Charles Baird. Who was Charles Baird?

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1880 US Census

LEAVES FROM OLD ALBUMS, IN PARIS FIFTY YEARS AGO

Sat 28 Apr 1917

Photograph published Saturday April 28, 1917 in the Deseret Evening News

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Deseret Evening News, Saturday April 28 1917 with additional materiel by this website's editor

Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel, 1847–1868

Fri 19 Sep 1856

Felt, N. H., "Correspondence from Bishop N. H. Felt," The Mormon, 15 Nov. 1856, 3.

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Downloaded from lds.org website on 7 Jan 2007 by Jonathan C. Felt

Nathaniel H. Felt Chronology

Constantly updated to bring you the most up-to-date research sources for Nathaniel Henry Felt and related subjects.

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This website's editor.

Nathaniel H. Felt Family Association 2003 Reunion Report

Sun 22 Jun 2003

Read about our family reunion held 22 June 2003

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This website's editor

NHF's Salem, Massachusetts

Slow work in progress notes about NHF's Salem experiences including people and document cross-references.

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Patriarchal Blessings

Mon 30 Jun 1845

NHF actually had two blessings. The first on June 30, 1845 by John Smith and the second July 18, 1845 by William Smith

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Salem; Home Where Brigham Young Learned of the Prophet's Martyrdom Preserved by Massachusetts Museum.

Sat 03 Feb 2001

Cover page of Church News, 3 Feb 2001

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Salem's Ties to Mormonism Recalled

Sat 06 May 2000

The Mormon News was an interesting organization that summarized news from around the world when it pertained to the Latter-day Saints in general. This article is primarily about the Belmont Temple, but NHF is mentioned by name.

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Document 35; Tab __; Summarized from the Boston Globe by Mormon News

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in New England

Wed 30 Aug 2000

Two news stories about Church members in New England and the 100th Temple of the Church mention NHF

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Document 39; Tab ___; The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; downloaded from www.lds.org in 2001