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Joseph Lee Robinson autobiography and diary

File — Folder: 1

Identifier: MSS SC 2780

Scope and Contents

Typewritten condensation of an autobiography and a diary. The item was shortened by Robinson's granddaughter, Rena Robinson Cutler. Joseph Robinson writes about his conversion to the Mormon Church in 1836, his migration to Utah in 1848, his opinions of the Mormon doctrine of polygamy, and his settling in Weber County, Utah.

Dates: 1853-1892

Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

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Subject: Latter Day Saint pioneers -- History X
Subject: Latter Day Saints -- Utah -- Weber County -- History -- Sources X
Subject: Polygamy -- Religious aspects -- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints -- History X

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