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Life history of Albert Douglas Dickson

Item — Folder: 1

Identifier: MSS 752

Scope and Contents

Typescript of an autobiography. Dickson migrated to Utah in 1852. He first settled in American Fork but later moved to Kaysville. He participated in resisting the U.S. Army during the Utah War, mentions the Morrisite War, and moved to Richville, Utah, where he served as bishop of the Richville Ward of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Also included are poems dedicated to Dickson and some anecdotes on his life.

Dates: 1892-1922

Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

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Repository: L. Tom Perry Special Collections X
Subject: American poetry -- 19th century X
Subject: Typescripts X

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