Jesse Haven was born in Holliston, Massachusetts on March 28, 1814. He converted to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1838, being baptized by Joseph Ball on April 13. He joined the Saints in Missouri and was present for the Saints persecution and expulsion from the state. Haven was ordained an Elder by Brigham Young on January 10, 1839. In March of 1841 Haven was called to serve a mission to the Eastern States. Haven married Martha Hall in November of 1842, and emigrated to Nauvoo the following year. In Nauvoo, Haven taught school and was chosen as one of the presidents of the Fourteenth Quorum of the Seventy. In 1848 Haven served a second mission to the Eastern States before making the journey to the Salt Lake Valley in 1850. Upon Haven's arrival he takes a second wife. In August of 1852 Haven is called on a mission to South Africa in 1852, becoming one of the first missionaries to spend any real length of time in the country (Joseph Richards, who en route to India stopped at the Cape of Good Hope for about a month distributing some pamphlets earlier in 1852). While in South Africa Haven founds the South African Mission and writes two tracts ("Some of the Principle Doctrines..." and "Celestical [sic] Marriage"). He returns to Salt Lake City in 1856 and serves as the Chaplain for the Sixth Utah Territorial Legislature. He later moves to Enterprise in Morgan County, and becomes one of the leaders of the community. Haven died at his grandson's home in Preston, Idaho on December 13, 1905.
The Jesse Haven papers contain an Elder's certificate, a handwritten speech, a bill of sale for land, and several books collected by Haven.
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Purchased from Ken Sanders Rare Books in 2014.
Processed by Betsey Welland in 2014.
Handwritten document (presumably in Willard Richards hand) signed by Brigham Young and Willard Richards.
This folder includes a printed typescript of the content within the document.
Thirteen page manuscript that Haven gave in his capacity as Chaplain. The subject of the speech is "righteousness and the true order of government."
This folder includes a printed typescript of the content within the document.
Enterprise was located near present day Peterson, Utah. Haven settled Enterprise in 1861 with Thomas Palmer and the Hales brothers (Henry and Stephen). Haven acquired much of the surrounding area over the next several years. Haven also acted as the presiding Elder in Enterprise for a dozen years.
This folder includes a printed typescript of the content within the document.
First Salt Lake edition. Haven has signed the book on the front free endsheet. Some underlining and marginalia in pencil, presumably by Haven.
This copy is a third edition. Backstrip and rear board missing. Haven has signed the book in pencil on the front free endsheet.
Unbound and in poor condition.