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James Clyman, frontiersman : The adventures of a trapper and covered-wagon emigrant as told in his own reminiscences and diaries
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James Clyman papers
Manuscripts
The collection contains 52 items and includes letters and receipts about Clyman's service in the Black Hawk War (1832-1835), receipts and promissory notes from the business operations of Clyman and Arnett in Danville, Illinois (1832-1840). The collection also includes nine volumes of diaries describing Clyman's travels to, life in, and return from Oregon and California (1844-1846) and an 1871 diary kept in Napa, California. Also included is one letter from Henry Dodge (1832) and another letter from Stephen Watts Kearny (1834).
mssHM 3900-3951
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James Clyman papers
Manuscripts
The collection contains nine diary volumes (mssHM 3900, 1844 May 14-1846 July 21), a book of verse (mssHM 3901, 1878-1881), and correspondence, receipts, documents, invoices, notes, accounts, and manuscripts (mssHM 3902-3951, 1827-1845).
mssHM 3900-3951
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The explorations of Captain James Cook in the Pacific : as told by selections of his own journals, 1768-1779
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James Farmer diaries
Manuscripts
The first of these diary transcripts covers the years from approximately 1851-1853, with references back to 1844. In it, James Farmer gives a brief description of his family and youth, leading up to his conversion to Mormonism while living in Leicester, England. It emphasizes his mission work with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in England, as well as the religious opposition faced by the LDS Church. The diary also describes his decision to "go home to Zion" (Utah) and his sea voyage from Liverpool to New Orleans.
mssHM 27968 (a + b)