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Egan, Howard, 1815-1878

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1815 - 1878

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Howard Egan letter to Brigham Young

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197232535523]
Identifier: Vault MSS 192
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed letter, dated 20 Sept. 1845, and addressed to Brigham Young, the second president of the Mormon Church. Egan writes to Young giving an account of his efforts to find a force coming together with the object of killing Mormons.

Dates: 1845 September 20
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Peter O. Hansen diary

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230236553]
Identifier: MSS SC 220
Scope and Contents

Typescript copy of a first person account of overland travel from Iowa to Utah during spring and summer, 1849 with the Howard Egan Company of Wagons.

Dates: 1849
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

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Church Government 1
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints 1
Diaries 1
Immigration and American Expansion 1
Latter Day Saint churches -- Presidents 1
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Latter Day Saint pioneers 1
Latter Day Saints -- Correspondence 1
Latter Day Saints -- Illinois -- History 1
Letters 1
Overland Journeys to the Western United States 1
Overland journeys to the Pacific 1
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