Jonathan Harriman Holmes diary
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of a typescript of a diary kept from 1846 to 1848. Holmes writes about enlisting in the Mormon Battalion, the march to Santa Fe and to California, being discharged from the service, and his travels to Sacramento, California, and to Salt Lake City, Utah. Also included is an obituary for Holmes, his account book, and biographies of Franklin Weaver and Sarah Elizabeth Holmes.
Dates
- 1846-1947
Creator
- Holmes, Jonathan Harriman, -1880 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Open for public research.
Conditions Governing Use
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances. Permission to publish material from Jonathan Harriman Holmes diary must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Board of Curators.
Biographical note
Mormon shoemaker who served in the "Mormon Battalion" from 1846 to 1847 during the war with Mexico. He was born in 1806 and died in 1880.
Extent
8 items (0.05 linear ft.)
Language of Materials
English
Appraisal
19th Century Western and Mormon Manuscripts.
- City and Town Life
- Diaries
- Holmes, Sarah Elizabeth
- Home and Family
- Latter Day Saint pioneers -- History
- Latter Day Saints -- California -- History
- Latter Day Saints -- Utah -- Farmington -- History
- Military
- Politics, Government, and Law
- Social Life and Customs
- United States. Army. Mormon Battalion -- Sources
- Weaver, Franklin
- Title
- Register of Jonathan Harriman Holmes diary
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Benjamin Sipes
- Date
- 2011 March 11
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English in Latin script.
Repository Details
Part of the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Repository
1130 HBLL
Brigham Young University
Provo Utah 84602 United States