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Immigrants -- Utah

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William Atkin autobiography

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230329671]
Identifier: MSS SC 3097
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typescript. The item is an autobiography of William Atkin "A Youth's Experience taken from the Union printed in 1896." William Atkin was born in England on 27 March 1835 and joined the Mormon Church in 1852. He migrated to the United States in 1855 and moved to Florence, Nebraska. He came to Utah in a handcart company and commented on the inexperience of the people in his group. He arrived in Salt Lake City, Utah, on 10 November 1859.

Dates: 1860
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / William Atkin autobiography

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