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Latter Day Saint pioneers -- Diaries

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George Henry Abbott Harris autobiography

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Identifier: MSS 415
Scope and Contents Handwritten autobiography. The manuscript includes excerpts from diaries and copies of correspondence. The autobiography and letter copying were begun in the 1880s. Harris writes about his youth in England, his conversion to the Chrurch of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1849, his immigration to the United States in 1851, and the overland journey to Utah in 1852. Harris describes travelling conditions, the nature of the trail, and his work as a teamster. Harris settled in Pleasant...
Dates: 1854-1892
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / George Henry Abbott Harris autobiography

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