Edward Martin Emigrating Company
Organization
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Patience Loader Archer autobiography : photocopy of holograph
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230328038]
Identifier: MSS SC 3221
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a photocopy of a handwritten autobiography written by Patience Loader Rozsa Archer. The original autobiography consists of three notebooks: one stationary tablet, and two ledger bound notebooks. The contents deal with her life, experiences, and recollections. The autobiography seems to be taken from diaries, as there is a great deal of detail. It records part of the life of Patience Archer. It tells of her childhood in England, sea voyage to New York, and crossing of...
Dates:
1900
Truman Leonard journals
Collection
Identifier: MSS 4067
Abstract
Six journals, a scrapbook and back up copies on floppy discs of the journals of Truman Leonard, 1853-1895.
Dates:
1853-1895
Josiah Rogerson autobiography and certificates
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197225562617]
Identifier: MSS 3923
Scope and Contents
Collection includes a photocopy of an autobiography prepared by Josiah Rogerson, a short account of his experience in the Martin Handcart Company, citizenship papers, and two other certificates. The materials date from between 1841 and 1878.
Dates:
1841-1880
Ship passenger lists
Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197232489572]
Identifier: MSS 568
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of handwritten lists. One item is dated 30 June and presents the names of the passengers of the 'Horizon' that left from Liverpool, England, in 1856. The 856 entries include the names, occupations, and ages of the passangers and where they were born. Many of the passangers on the 'Horizon' were Mormon immigrants who migrated to Utah in the ill-fated Martin handcart company later that year. Also included are partial lists of passengers on the ships the 'James Wesmoth' and the...
Dates:
1856
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
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Ship passenger lists