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John Druce diary

File — Folder: 1

Identifier: MSS 950

Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a handwritten diary. Druce was born in England; was apprenticed as a baker in London in the 1830s; moved to Manchester; joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1842; migrated to the United States in 1846; worked as an engraver in New York State; migrated to Utah in 1861; settled in Salt Lake City, Utah; and served on a mission for the Church in the Eastern States in 1876.

Dates: 1842-1876

Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

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Subject: Latter Day Saints -- England X
Subject: Latter Day Saints -- New York (State) -- History X
Subject: Salt Lake City (Utah) -- History X

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