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George Housley account

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Identifier: MSS SC 1537
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Handwritten account of George Housley's experiences with the Martin handcart company. Housley tells of hunger, death due to exposure and starvation, rationing of food, and relief sent to them from Salt Lake City to enable them to continue on with their journey.

Dates: 1856
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / George Housley account

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