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Photocopy of microfilmed copy of a typewritten biography. Ann Adamson was born in England in 1841, joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and migrated to Utah in 1862. She settled in American Fork, Utah, and married James Robbins in 1865. She lived in various towns in Utah, Colorado, and California. She died in 1912.

Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typewritten biography. Charles Stagg was born in England in 1840, joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and migrated to Utah in 1868, where he settled in American Fork. He married Eliza Gilbert in 1877 and died in 1910.

Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typewritten biography. Jane Handcock Wood was born in England in 1811, joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and migrated to Utah in 1861. She settled in American Fork, Utah, and died in 1891.

Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typewritten biography. Martha Bush was born in England in 1843, joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and migrated to Utah in 1866. She settled in American Fork and married John Benjamin Roberts in 1867. She died in 1931.

Photocopy of a typed autobiography of Thomas Giles taken from his journals and other sources. The item includes detailed accounts of the voyage to America, the campaign against Johnston's Army (1857-1858), and the weather and farming in Utah.

Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a handwritten diary. Hutchings writes about migrating from England to Utah in 1857. He also tells about his life in the Salt Lake City, Utah, area until 1877. There are many gaps in the diary. Also included are financial records for the years 1876-7 and 1885.

Photocopy of a microfilm copy of an printed brochure. The item includes an "autobiographical sketch" which Annie dictated to her son, Albert E. Bowen. Annie tells about her early life in England, her joining the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in 1851, her migration to Utah in 1861, and her move to Samaria, Idaho, in 1876. Also included is a copy of the funeral services for Annie in 1929.

Bound photocopy of handwritten diary by Edward Lennox Sloan in Liverpool, England. Sloan tells of difficulties preaching Mormon doctrines in Great Britain, of church meetings held with other Mormons, and of helping members of that church to emigrate to the United States.