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Utah -- History -- 19th century

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Biography of Joseph Grafton Hovey

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230236579]
Identifier: MSS SC 215
Scope and Contents

Typescripts of material of Joseph Hovey, a Mormon convert in Illinois in 1839 and later a pioneer to Utah, compiled and written by his grandson, including a detailed journal written in the first person for the years 1839 to April 1854 and a brief journal concerning life in central Utah in 1855-1856. Also included is supplementary material taken from a journal of Joseph Hovey's wife, Lusannah.

Dates: 1812-1868, 1933
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Biography of Joseph Grafton Hovey

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