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Ocean travel

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

William F. Carter journal

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197225538054]
Identifier: MSS 3092
Scope and Contents

Typescript of William Carter's mission journal to East India. Relates his call, his journey from Utah to California, his ocean voyage to India, and his missionary labors in Dinapore and Calcutta. Also describes homeward journey via Boston, Mass.

Dates: 1852 October-1853 December
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / William F. Carter journal

Thomas Giles autobiography

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230316389]
Identifier: MSS SC 1812
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a typed autobiography of Thomas Giles taken from his journals and other sources. The item includes detailed accounts of the voyage to America, the campaign against Johnston's Army (1857-1858), and the weather and farming in Utah.

Dates: 1854-1903
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Thomas Giles autobiography

Welsh emigrant letters to places in England

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230315035]
Identifier: MSS SC 1724
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of three handwritten letters from Welsh emigrants, two of which endorse service received at sea. In the other letter the emigrant describes conditions in his land of adoption, Australia.

Dates: 1871-1872
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Welsh emigrant letters to places in England

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