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Latter Day Saint women -- Biography

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

James P. Cowley biography of Sarah Houston Pratt Taussig

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233626859]
Identifier: MSS 7783
Scope and Contents

Contains a biography of Sarah Houston Pratt Taussig (1822-1886), which was written by James P. Cowley, who is Sarah's great-grandson. The biography mainly covers her family life, first as a polygamous wife of Parley P. Pratt, then after Pratt's death as wife of A. Lewis Taussig, and the experiences she had throughout her life as a member of the early Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Dates: 2011
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / James P. Cowley biography of Sarah Houston Pratt Taussig

Belinda Marden Pratt papers

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230328459]
Identifier: MSS SC 2868
Scope and Contents

Letter to Belinda from her husband, Parley P. Pratt, written from San Francisco in January 1855, focusing on family concerns; and a fifteen-page autobiographical sketch written by her, dated 1884 on page one and 1889 on page eleven. Also includes an undated biographical sketch of Belinda written by Parker Pratt Robison, based on her autobiographical account. Her account discusses her conversion to Mormonism, church service, and marriage to Parley P. Pratt.

Dates: 1855-1889
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Belinda Marden Pratt papers

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