Letters
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Edward Martin papers
Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: MSS 3300
Scope and Contents
Photocopy and typescript of a letter from Martin to John Melling, dated April 9, 1849. Letter is also signed by a "John Case" or "John Cane." It mentions briefly the expulsion from Nauvoo and travel to Council Bluffs as well as his being enlisted into the Mormon Battalion. Details all the mileage of his journeys as a member of the Battalion and finally his release and entry into the Salt Lake Valley. Mentions the death and burial of his daughter Eliza Susannah. Also bears his testimony of...
Dates:
1849 April 9
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
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Edward Martin papers