Latter Day Saint handcart companies
Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:
William Butler autobiographies and letters
John Van Cott diaries
Handwritten diaries with typescripts. The diaries cover the years 1852 to 1856 and 1859 to 1862. Van Cott writes about his service as president of the Scandinavian mission of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He lived in Copenhagen, Denmark. He also writes about helping organize the migration of Mormon pioneers by handcart in 1856 at Iowa City, Iowa.
Thomas Durham autobiography and diary
Alfred Boaz Lambson comments
Typescript of comments by Alfred Lambson about his journey from Winter Quarters, Iowa to Salt Lake Valley, Utah, his encounter with the Indians and his Latter-day Saint Church missions to Virginia and the West Indies. Letter contains editorial notes by Edith Patrick.
John D. T. McAllister papers
Sketch of the life of Thomas Durham
Brigham Young speech
Photocopy of a handwritten copy of a speech given on 22 April 1856 in Emigration Canyon near Salt Lake City, Utah. The speech was recorded by J. N. Long. Young urges immigrants to walk to Utah as much as possible because that mode of transportation was faster than by wagon. This was probably an attempt to get support for handcart immigration. He also talks about taking precautions to protect the pioneers against Indians.