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The Perpetual Emigration Fund (PEF) was a 19th-century program of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) that provided economic assistance to emigrants seeking to join the main church community in the Salt Lake Valley and surrounding regions.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 48 relations: Antelope Island, Attempts to build a canal across Nicaragua, Bishop (Latter Day Saints), Brigham Young, Brigham Young University, Deseret News, Developing country, Edmunds–Tucker Act, Eli Houston Murray, Encyclopedia of Mormonism, Ensign (LDS magazine), Ensign Peak Foundation, Fielding Garr Ranch, First transcontinental railroad, General Conference (LDS Church), Great Salt Lake, Guion Line, Hamburg, Harold B. Lee Library, History of the Panama Canal, John Taylor (Mormon), Jubilee, L. Tom Perry Special Collections Library, Liverpool, Missouri River, Mormon handcart pioneers, Mormon History Association, Mormon pioneers, Pacific Historical Review, Perpetual Education Fund, Political Research Quarterly, Polygamy, Promissory note, Salt Lake Valley, Samuel W. Richards, Stansbury Island, State of Deseret, Steerage, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The Journal of American History, Tithing in Mormonism, Union Pacific Railroad, United States Congress, United States Secretary of the Interior, Utah Historical Quarterly, Utah Territory, Willie and Martin handcart companies, 1890 Manifesto.

  2. 1849 establishments in the State of Deseret
  3. 1887 disestablishments in the United States
  4. 19th-century Mormonism
  5. Defunct organizational subdivisions of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
  6. Mormon migration to Utah
  7. Religious organizations established in 1849
  8. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Europe
  9. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the United Kingdom
  10. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the United States

Antelope Island

Antelope Island, with an area of 42 square miles (109 km2), is the largest of ten islands located within the Great Salt Lake in Utah.

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Attempts to build a canal across Nicaragua

Attempts to build a canal across Nicaragua to connect the Atlantic Ocean with the Pacific Ocean stretch back to the early colonial era.

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Bishop (Latter Day Saints)

In the Latter Day Saint movement, a bishop is the highest office of the Aaronic priesthood.

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Brigham Young

Brigham Young (June 1, 1801August 29, 1877) was an American religious leader and politician.

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Brigham Young University

Brigham Young University (BYU) is a private research university in Provo, Utah, United States. Perpetual Emigration Fund and Brigham Young University are the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the United States.

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Deseret News

The Deseret News is a multi-platform newspaper based in Salt Lake City, published by Deseret News Publishing Company, a subsidiary of Deseret Management Corporation, which is owned by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

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Developing country

A developing country is a sovereign state with a less developed industrial base and a lower Human Development Index (HDI) relative to other countries.

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Edmunds–Tucker Act

The Edmunds–Tucker Act of 1887 was an Act of Congress that focused on restricting some practices of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). Perpetual Emigration Fund and Edmunds–Tucker Act are 19th-century Mormonism, history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the United States.

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Eli Houston Murray

Eli Houston Murray (February 10, 1843 – November 18, 1896) was Governor of Utah Territory between 1880 and 1886.

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Encyclopedia of Mormonism

The Encyclopedia of Mormonism is a semi-official English-language encyclopedia for topics relevant to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church, see also "Mormon").

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Ensign (LDS magazine)

The Ensign of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, commonly shortened to Ensign, was an official periodical of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 1971 to 2020.

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Ensign Peak Foundation

The Ensign Peak Foundation (formerly the Mormon Historic Sites Foundation) is an independent organization that seeks to contribute to the memorialization of sites important to the history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Perpetual Emigration Fund and Ensign Peak Foundation are history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

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Fielding Garr Ranch

The Fielding Garr Ranch is a ranch located on the southeastern portion of Antelope Island State Park in the Great Salt Lake, Utah, United States and is part of the Utah State Parks system.

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First transcontinental railroad

America's first transcontinental railroad (known originally as the "Pacific Railroad" and later as the "Overland Route") was a continuous railroad line built between 1863 and 1869 that connected the existing eastern U.S. rail network at Council Bluffs, Iowa, with the Pacific coast at the Oakland Long Wharf on San Francisco Bay.

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General Conference (LDS Church)

General Conference is a gathering of members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), held biannually every April and October at the Conference Center in Salt Lake City, Utah.

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Great Salt Lake

The Great Salt Lake is the largest saltwater lake in the Western Hemisphere and the eighth-largest terminal lake in the world.

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Guion Line

The Liverpool and Great Western Steamship Company, known commonly as the Guion Line, was a British passenger service that operated the Liverpool-Queenstown-New York route from 1866 to 1894.

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Hamburg

Hamburg (Hamborg), officially the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg,.

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Harold B. Lee Library

The Harold B. Lee Library (HBLL) is the main academic library of Brigham Young University (BYU) located in Provo, Utah.

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History of the Panama Canal

The idea of the Panama Canal dates back to 1513, when Vasco Núñez de Balboa first crossed the Isthmus of Panama.

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John Taylor (Mormon)

John Taylor (1 November 1808 – 25 July 1887) was an English-born religious leader who served as the third president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 1880 to 1887.

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Jubilee

A Jubilee is often used to refer to the celebration of a particular anniversary of an event, usually denoting the 25th, 40th, 50th, 60th, and the 70th anniversary.

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L. Tom Perry Special Collections Library

The L. Tom Perry Special Collections is the special collections department of Brigham Young University (BYU)'s Harold B. Lee Library in Provo, Utah.

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Liverpool

Liverpool is a cathedral, port city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England.

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Missouri River

The Missouri River is a river in the Central and Mountain West regions of the United States.

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Mormon handcart pioneers

The Mormon handcart pioneers were participants in the migration of members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) to Salt Lake City, Utah, who used handcarts to transport their belongings. Perpetual Emigration Fund and Mormon handcart pioneers are Mormon migration to Utah.

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Mormon History Association

The Mormon History Association (MHA) is an independent, non-profit organization dedicated to the study and understanding of all aspects of Mormon history to promote understanding, scholarly research, and publication in the field.

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Mormon pioneers

The Mormon pioneers were members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), also known as Latter-day Saints, who migrated beginning in the mid-1840s until the late-1860s across the United States from the Midwest to the Salt Lake Valley in what is today the U.S. state of Utah. Perpetual Emigration Fund and Mormon pioneers are 19th-century Mormonism and Mormon migration to Utah.

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Pacific Historical Review

The Pacific Historical Review is the official publication of the Pacific Coast Branch of the American Historical Association.

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Perpetual Education Fund

The Perpetual Education Fund (PEF) is a program of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), first announced by church president Gordon B. Hinckley on March 31, 2001.

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Political Research Quarterly

Political Research Quarterly is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal that covers the field of political science.

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Polygamy

Polygamy (from Late Greek πολυγαμία, "state of marriage to many spouses") is the practice of marrying multiple spouses.

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Promissory note

A promissory note, sometimes referred to as a note payable, is a legal instrument (more particularly, a financing instrument and a debt instrument), in which one party (the maker or issuer) promises in writing to pay a determinate sum of money to the other (the payee), either at a fixed or determinable future time or on demand of the payee, under specific terms and conditions.

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Salt Lake Valley

Salt Lake Valley is a valley in Salt Lake County in the north-central portion of the U.S. state of Utah.

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Samuel W. Richards

Samuel Whitney Richards (August 9, 1824 – November 26, 1909) was a religious and political leader in 19th-century Utah Territory and in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church).

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Stansbury Island

Stansbury Island is the second largest island within the Great Salt Lake in the U.S. state of Utah.

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State of Deseret

The State of Deseret (modern pronunciation, contemporaneously, as recorded in the Deseret Alphabet spelling 𐐔𐐯𐑅𐐨𐑉𐐯𐐻) was a proposed state of the United States, promoted by leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) who had founded settlements in what is today the state of Utah. Perpetual Emigration Fund and state of Deseret are 1849 establishments in the State of Deseret, Defunct organizational subdivisions of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

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Steerage

Steerage is a term for the lowest category of passenger accommodation in a ship.

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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, informally known as the LDS Church or Mormon Church, is the largest Latter Day Saint denomination, tracing its roots to its founding by Joseph Smith during the Second Great Awakening.

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The Journal of American History

The Journal of American History is the official academic journal of the Organization of American Historians.

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Tithing in Mormonism

Tithing is a commandment accepted by various churches in the Latter Day Saint movement.

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Union Pacific Railroad

The Union Pacific Railroad is a Class I freight-hauling railroad that operates 8,300 locomotives over routes in 23 U.S. states west of Chicago and New Orleans.

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United States Congress

The United States Congress, or simply Congress, is the legislature of the federal government of the United States.

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United States Secretary of the Interior

The United States secretary of the interior is the head of the United States Department of the Interior.

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Utah Historical Quarterly

Utah Historical Quarterly is a quarterly academic journal from the Utah State Historical Society (published through the University of Illinois) that discusses Utah history.

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Utah Territory

The Territory of Utah was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from September 9, 1850, until January 4, 1896, when the final extent of the territory was admitted to the Union as the State of Utah, the 45th state.

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Willie and Martin handcart companies

The Willie and Martin handcart companies were two companies of LDS handcart pioneers that were participating in the migration of members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) to Salt Lake City, Utah and used handcarts to transport their belongings. Perpetual Emigration Fund and Willie and Martin handcart companies are Mormon migration to Utah.

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1890 Manifesto

The 1890 Manifesto (also known as the Woodruff Manifesto, the Anti-polygamy Manifesto, or simply "the Manifesto") is a statement which officially advised against any future plural marriage in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). Perpetual Emigration Fund and 1890 Manifesto are history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

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See also

1849 establishments in the State of Deseret

1887 disestablishments in the United States

19th-century Mormonism

Defunct organizational subdivisions of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Mormon migration to Utah

Religious organizations established in 1849

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Europe

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the United Kingdom

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the United States

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perpetual_Emigration_Fund

Also known as Down-and-back company, Perpetual Emigrating Company, Perpetual Emigrating Fund, Perpetual Emigrating Fund Co., Perpetual Emigrating Fund Company.