Abstract Collection includes a handwritten autobiography and diary written by Ward E. Pack between 1854 and 1876. His accounts include family histories, descriptions of his trek to Utah, his activities in Summit County, Utah, and his experiences on missions for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Hawaii and the Eastern States. Journals also include genealogical information written by his daughter. Also included are letters from John Pack, Ward's father, telling about the migration to...

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Journal (2 vols.) of Ward E. Pack containing (vol. 1) autobiographical sketch; family history and genealogy, 1807-1935; patriarchal blessings given in the Kirtland Temple by Joseph Smith, Sr. in 1837; Mormon emigration, 1862; Utah legislature and Summit County political history; and accounts of missionary experiences, travels, and descriptions while in the Sandwich Islands, 1854-56, and the Eastern States, 1869-70; (vol. 2) Sandwich Islands mission, 1856-67.

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Contains a photocopy of the autobiography in box 1 folder 1.

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Contains a typescript of the autobiography in box 1 folder 1.

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Contains a photocopy of the biography in box 1 folder 1.

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Four letters by John Pack in 1847, describing his pioneer journey to Utah during the exodus West.