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Latter Day Saint pioneers -- History

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Found in 137 Collections and/or Records:

Daniel Duncan McArthur autobiography

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 476
Scope and Contents Handwritten autobiography, photocopy of the manuscript, and a typescript of the item. McArthur was born in New York State; joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saint in 1832; lived in Kirtland, Ohio, in Missouri, and in Nauvoo, Illinois. McArthur stayed at Winter Quarters, Nebraska, migrated to Utah in 1848, experienced troubles with Ute Indians, and served on a mission to England for the LDS Church from 1852 to 1856. Also included are blessings of family members and...
Dates: 1900
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Daniel Duncan McArthur autobiography

Reuben McBride diary

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230345529]
Identifier: MSS 2860
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a handwritten diary. McBride left on a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the spring of 1857, and he went with a handcart company to the east. He later got passage to England where he served his mission.

Dates: 1857
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Reuben McBride diary

Peter McIntyre autobiography

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230326867]
Identifier: MSS SC 2692
Scope and Contents Typewritten copy of an autobiography. McIntyre served in the British Army in Spain and France during the Napoleonic Wars. He was also sent to the United States to fight Americans in 1815. After the war, he returned to Scotland. He later heard Mormon missionaries preach and was converted to their faith around the year 1841. He served as a missionary for the Mormon Church in Great Britain, migrated to Utah in 1853, and settled in Tooele, Utah in 1853. The record was completed by one of...
Dates: 1854-1872
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Peter McIntyre autobiography

Clarance Merrill autobiography

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230326230]
Identifier: MSS SC 2754
Scope and Contents

Handwritten autobiography. Merrill lived in Nauvoo, Illinois, as a young boy. He migrated to Utah in 1852 and lived in Provo, Salt Lake City, Bear Lake Valley, Cove Creek, and Fillmore, Utah. He also participated in the "Utah War" of 1857 to 1858.

Dates: 1908
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Clarance Merrill autobiography

David Moore diary, autobiography, and history

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197232487485]
Identifier: MSS 283
Scope and Contents

Typewritten copies of diaries, an autobiography, and a history. The diaries include an "Abridged History of the Salmon River Mission" which is Moore's journal for 1855 when he was serving in the mission. Also included are "Items of History" which tells about the early settlements in Weber County, Utah, and an autobiography to the year 1849 when Moore's diary begins.

Dates: 1849-1855
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / David Moore diary, autobiography, and history

Mormon emigration records

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197231190064]
Identifier: MSS 4150
Scope and Contents Papers about the emigration of Mormons from England to Utah. Writers of letters include Godfrey Lushington, Julian Pauncefote, M. J. Hoppin, A. F. G. Liddell, J. Vaughan, William M. Everts E. Y. N. Henerson. They are all men in service of the British government (in the United States Charge of Affairs), and correspond under the direction of the Queen of England. The British government's United States Charge of Affairs seems to be in a panic about the "evils" connected with Mormon immigration...
Dates: 1879
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Mormon emigration records

John Murdock autobiography and diary

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 928
Scope and Contents

Typescripts of a diary and an abridgement of diaries for the years from 1830 to 1859 and 1832. Murdock joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1830 and lived in Kirtland, Ohio; Missouri; Nauvoo, Illinois; and Salt Lake City, Utah. He had numerous assignments for the Church and migrated to Utah in 1847. He participated in Zion's Camp in 1834 and went on a mission to Australia from 1852 to 1853.

Dates: 1830-1867
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / John Murdock autobiography and diary

John Nielsen personal history

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230311778]
Identifier: MSS SC 1469
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a typed transcript of a personal history. Nielsen describes his life growing up in Denmark, his family's emigration to America, and his experiences and hardships after arriving in Utah.

Dates: 1948
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / John Nielsen personal history

James Mills Paxton autobiography

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230338227]
Identifier: MSS 949
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a 17-page handwritten autobiography. Paxton was born in England, joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1854, migrated to Utah in 1863, worked in Parowan in 1864, moved to Panguitch in 1865, participated in the Black Hawk War against the Indians, and learned masonry at Toquerville in 1867. He also presents a copy of his patriarchal blessing.

Dates: approximately 1889
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / James Mills Paxton autobiography

George Pectol autobiography

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 1085
Scope and Contents Photocopies of a holograph document. The item purports to be a diary but was written retrospectively. Pectol tells of his conversion to the Mormon faith, the emigration of his family by wagon to Utah, and early settlement in Manti, Utah. The accounts often sermonize about the veracity of the Mormon Church and comment on its history. Much of the autobiography was written on the empty spaces of an account book with financial reports from 1836 to 1840. It records business transactions of...
Dates: 1836-1860; 1836-1860
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / George Pectol autobiography

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