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The book of life of Hugh Moon
Typescript of an autobiography. Moon was born in Lancashire, England, converted to Mormonism with his parents, came to Nauvoo, Illinois, migrated to Utah in 1848, moved to St. George, Utah, in 1861, and relocated to Farmington, Utah, in 1866.
E. V. Carter papers
Jonathan Oldham Duke autobiography and diaries
Collection includes a handwritten autobiography and three volumes of diaries kept by Jonathan Oldham Duke from 1850 to 1857. Also includes a transcription of volume 1 and volume 2.
William Greenwood papers
Contains twelve handwritten, signed letters which concern Greenwood's conversion to Mormonism in England, his immigration to the United States, activities in Nauvoo, Illinois, and the 1847 trek to Salt Lake City and American Fork, Utah. Also includes a bound autobiography (plus typescript) written between 1869 and 1884.
John Murdock autobiography and diary
Typescripts of a diary and an abridgement of diaries for the years from 1830 to 1859 and 1832. Murdock joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1830 and lived in Kirtland, Ohio; Missouri; Nauvoo, Illinois; and Salt Lake City, Utah. He had numerous assignments for the Church and migrated to Utah in 1847. He participated in Zion's Camp in 1834 and went on a mission to Australia from 1852 to 1853.
David Pettigrew autobiography and diary
Warren Post diaries
Handwritten diaries in pencil with a typescript of the items. Post writes about his life in Nauvoo, Illlinois, as a Mormon, his conversion to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Strangites), his activities in Iowa, and his finances.
Albert Smith diaries
Photocopies of a handwritten diary and a typescript copy. Smith's materials include an autobiography of his early life in Massachusetts and his experiences with the Mormons in Far West, Missouri. His diary starts in 1842 and includes information on where he lived and his experiences in the Mormon Battalion.
Peter Mastin Wentz diary
Typescript of a diary. Wentz left Binghamton, New York, in 1853. He travelled to Dunkirk, New York, and then to Ashley, Indiana. He took steamboats on the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers in 1854 and described the buildings in Nauvoo, Illinois. He later settled in St. Louis, Missouri, where he joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1855. He migrated to Utah the same year.
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