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Wales -- History -- 19th century

 Subject
Subject Source: Lcnaf

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Lorenzo T. Shepherd diary

 Item — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 735
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of a handwritten diary. Shepherd writes about his daily activities while serving as a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Wales.

Dates: 1893-1895
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Lorenzo T. Shepherd diary

John Walters letters

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197232489390]
Identifier: MSS 552
Scope and Contents

Handwritten letters. Walters writes to relatives about various family matters. He tells of the deaths and illnesses of many persons. Walters may have been a member of the Mormon Church because he once said, "and I hope to meet you in Zion."

Dates: 1874-1883
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / John Walters letters

Daniel Edward Williams diary and autobiography

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 667
Scope and Contents

Handwritten autobiography and diary with photocopies of the item. The account of Williams' early life was written from notes and from his memory in 1852. Williams, a native of Penally, Pembroke, South Wales, was converted to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the 1840s. He served on a mission in Wales for that faith from 1846 to 1852.

Dates: 1852
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Daniel Edward Williams diary and autobiography

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