Descriptive SummaryVault MSS 806William Patterson McIntire (1813-1882) Daybook
and Autobiography,
1840-1856McIntire, William Patterson,
1813-1882L. Tom Perry Special Collections1 vol. ; 37.5 cm x 15.5 cm x 2.0 cm.William Patterson
McIntire was born in Wheatfield, Indiana County, Pennsylvania in 1813, the son
of George and Sarah Davis McIntire. In 1833 he married Anna Patterson
(1821-1880), the daughter of William and Margaret Patterson. In 1836 he was
baptized a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by Elder
Erastus Snow. In 1849, McIntire crossed the plains and settled in Salt Lake
City. Having received a call to fulfill a colonizing mission, McIntire moved
his family to St. George Utah and lived there until his death on 7 January
1882.This volume mainly consists of notes for
business transactions. Also included are notes from sermons of several
prominent Church leaders and genealogical information about the McIntire
family.ProvenanceThe daybook and autobiography evidently crossed the plains with
William McIntire, as there are entries from Salt Lake City at the end of the
volume. William gave the book to his daughter, Margaret Jane McIntire, who
passed it on to her daughter, Jennie Burgess Miles. It was then donated by this
granddaughter of William McIntire to the Harold B. Lee Library.
AccessThis collection is open to research according to established policy of
L. Tom Perry Special Collections. The original is restricted. Researchers must
use the typescript, also included in the collection. Permission to publish
material from this collection must be obtained from the Board of Curators, L.
Tom Perry Special Collections.
Conditions of UseLiterary rights held by the family; publication in part or as a whole
prohibited without written permission from the family.
Permission to publish material from the William Patterson McIntire
(1813-1882) Daybook and Autobiography must be obtained from the Supervisor of
Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Board of
Curators.
Preferred CitationInitial Citation: Vault MSS 806; William
Patterson McIntire (1813-1882) Daybook and Autobiography, 1840-1856; 19th
Century Western and Mormon Americana; L. Tom Perry Special Collections, Harold
B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University.
Following Citations: Vault MSS 806,
LTPSC.
Biographical HistoryWilliam Patterson McIntire was born in Wheatfield, Indiana County,
Pennsylvania in 1813, the son of George and Sarah Davis McIntire. At the age of
fourteen he was apprenticed to learn the trade of a tailor. After his
apprenticeship he traveled, working in Kentucky and Missouri, and finally
returning to Pennsylvania. In 1833 he married Anna Patterson (1821- 1880), the
daughter of William and Margaret Patterson. Shortly thereafter he contracted a
disease of the lungs from which he suffered for three years.
In 1836 he was baptized a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-day Saints by Elder Erastus Snow. He received a blessing and was healed
of the illness of his lungs. Between 1839 and 1840, he served as a missionary
for the Church, working with Elder Snow in the Eastern States. In October 1840,
McIntire moved with his family to join the main body of Latterday Saints at
Nauvoo, Illinois. There he worked as a tailor. During this time, he made the
acquaintance of many prominent Church leaders, including Joseph Smith.
In 1849, McIntire crossed the plains and settled in Salt Lake City. He
had a family of ten children, two of whom died in infancy. His daybook contains
notes and brief reports of the discourses of several prominent Church leaders,
from 1852 to 1854. Having received a call to fulfill a colonizing mission,
McIntire moved his family to St. George Utah and lived there until his death on
7 January 1882.
Bibliographic Note
Another McIntire record book is held by the Family and Church History
Library/Archives in Salt Lake City, Utah.
See also:
- The Words of Joseph Smith: the Contemporary Accounts of the
Nauvoo Discourses of the Prophet Joseph. Compiled and edited by Andrew
F. Ehat and Lyndon W. Cook. (Provo, Utah: Religious Studies Center, Brigham
Young University, 1980)
Scope and Content NoteThis collection consists of one volume, written by William Patterson
McIntire over the course of his life. The book contains an account book,
genealogical information, and notes taken from discourses given by leaders of
the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (also called LDS or Mormon
Church). The volume measures 38 cm x 15 cm and contains 226 pages. Pagination
has been added in brackets [ ] and written in pencil, to assist the researcher
in locating specific subjects. The volume is bound between two thick pieces of
dark-colored cardboard. The original binding is in poor condition, and has been
redone. Also included in the collection is a typescript, divided into three
sections, of the original book.
Notes on ArrangementSome changes in the order of pages were made upon the volume's
donation. They are as follows:
- Pages 99 and 100 were originally found between pages 138 and
139
- Pages 105 and 106 were originally found between pages 138 and
139
- Pages 129 and 130 were originally found between pages 146 and
147
- Pages 145 and 146 were originally found between 150 and
151
- A fragment matching page 119 and 120 was originally found between
pages 94 and 95
Subject TracingsPeopleMcIntire family--GenealogySmith, Joseph, 1805-1844Hyde, Orson, 1805-1878Pratt, Orson, 1811-1881Young, Brigham, 1801-1877Richards, Willard, 1804-1854Cowdery, OliverKimball, Heber Chase, 1801-1868Lyman, Amasa M. (Amasa Mason), 1813-1877Phelps, William Wines, 1792-1872Pratt, Parley P. (Parley Parker), 1807-1857Smith, George Albert, 1817-1875Knight, Vonson, 1804-1842Taylor, John, 1808-1887Woodruff, Wilford, 1807-1898PlacesNauvoo (Ill.)Salt Lake City (Utah)Container ListPapersPapers,
1840-1856BoxFolderContents
11Daybook, William Patterson McIntire
(1813-1882)- The book contains an account book, genealogical
information, and notes taken from discourses given by Church leaders. The
volume measures 38 cm x 15 cm and contains 226 pages.
12Pages 1-103 of a typescript of the item found in fd.
113Pages 104-215 of a typescript of the item found in fd.
114Pages 216-284 of a typescript of the item found in fd.
1Index of Selected SubjectsThis list is not comprehensive. There are additional
names, as well as discourses and personal histories. Prominent Church leaders,
accounts, and genealogy are the only categories which have been listed
here.William Patterson McIntire (1813-1882)
- Accounts (146 to end)
- Conversion and testimony (60)
- Cowdery, Oliver (208)
- "Declaration of Truth" (81)
- Fielding, Joseph (10)
- Genealogy/personal history kids (57, 62-63, 71, 83, 132-139,
192)
- General Conference (89-93, 96-98, 107-108)
- God, nature of (67)
- Herodotus (99)
- Kimball, Heber (176)
- Lyman, Amasah (183, 184, 188)
- Mission (62)
- Nauvoo Temple (73)
- Phelps, William W. (150)
- Poetry (141)
- Pratt, Orson (93-95, 123)
- Pratt, Parley P. (3, 112-114)
- Pythagorus (79)
- Restoration (65)
- Richards, Willard (13, 180)
- Salvation, nature of (80)
- Scripture, quoted (86-88, 102, 104)
- Sketches (100-101, 115, 153, 168, 196, 203)
- Smith, Don Carlos (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31,
45)
- Smith, George A. (208)
- Smith, Joseph (19, 21, 26, 27, 62, 66, 74, 75, 93)
- Smith, Vinson [Vinson Knight] (18)
- Snow, Erastus (62)
- Taylor, John (45, 110, 177, 187)
- G. Washington (48)
- Woodruff, Wilford (116-121, 152)
- Young, Brigham (75, 78, 82, 85, 93, 112-114, 121-114,
116-121, 122, 124-129, 150, 180)
- Young, Joseph (212)