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Latter Day Saint churches -- Missions -- Southern States -- History

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Preston Thomas diaries

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Identifier: MSS 739
Scope and Contents Typewritten copies of diaries. The journals were typed by Thomas' son, Daniel H. Thomas, and entitled: "Preston Thomas: His Life and Travels." Daniel often provided introductory material between sections of the diaries. Most of the journals relate to the five missions on which he served for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Most of these were in Texas and the other southern States. On one of these missions from 1848 to 1849, Preston visited Lyman Wight, the leader of a...
Dates: 1874-1877
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Preston Thomas diaries

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