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San Marino, CA 91108
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Autobiographical account of Edwin Ward Smout's life from approximately the 1820s until 1898. Includes descriptions of his decision to travel to the United States and his life in Utah, as well as a detailed account of the cost of supplies, expenses paid, and debts owed. Also includes genealogical information kept by Smout on his children and grandchildren, and a copy of an application by the widowed Leah Smout for payment on land in Slaterville, Utah. There is also a photocopy of the original ledger (FAC 1779).
mssHM 72903
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Series of six diaries kept by Edwin Thomas Woolley from 1884 to 1906. The first four volumes recount Woolley's experiences as a missionary in England from 1884-1886, and also describe a trip he made to Paris during that time. Another family journal was kept in Ogden, Utah, from 1900 to 1903, and includes entries from Woolley, his wife Emma Rumel Woolley, and their children Heber R., Florence, and Orlindo (Orlie). The final volume was kept by Woolley in Ogden from 1903-1906.
mssHM 31169-31173
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A collection of material chiefly relating to Edwin A. Bowen's Civil War service and the 52nd Regiment's veterans' association. Included are a Civil War journal kept from November 1861 to February 29, 1864; regimental military records, including general and special orders, communications, dispatches, reports, muster rolls, and ordnance records; drafts and the fair copy of Bowen's "Historical Memoranda of the 52nd Regiment Illinois Infantry Volunteers," (1870s); and accounts of the Battle of Shiloh that Bowen submitted at the request of Shiloh Battlefield Commission (1895). Also included are Bowen's account of his service in New Mexico (1848), an article about slavery (approximately 1861), and the original manuscript, typescript and publication of his Pike's Peak journal (1859).
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HM 80829: Autobiography of Edwin Eells, Book I (copy). This notebook appears to have been copied from Edwin's original diary and the remainder of the volumes were edited by his daughter, Ida Myra Eells (b. 1872) using his original accounts, now apparently lost. Eells begins his autobiography by mentioning the gift of a pocket diary from his father, Cushing Eells, and states that it has helped him to recall events from his past. Following his introduction, as a backdrop, is a history of Dr. Marcus Whitman's visits to the Nez Perce people in the early 1830s. This provides an explanation of how his father came to the territory in 1838. Eells recalls a monotonous early life. He had fond memories of horseback riding and yearly trips to Walla Walla County, Washington. During the family's absence, "...we left our houses in the care of the Indians, who were faithful and honest, and nothing was lost" (p. 17). He provides lengthy accounts, which include how they built their settlement, changes in the Mission of the American Board, "The Great Migration of 1843", the harsh winter at Tshimakain of 1846-1847, and how Whitman was eventually massacred by the Indians on November 29, 1847. Eells cautions that the subject of the Whitman killings was the topic of fireside conversation by others as he was too young to understand at the time.
mssHM 80829-80834
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McDougal gives his authorization that Colonel Harley should receive the military equipment and accoutrement intended for Captain Aldrich.
mssHM 20169
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Edwin Littlefield writes that he has arrived safely in San Francisco. He has received the cargo, and thinks it will be suitable for the current market, despite his opinion that "the majority of people here have left their honor & principles at home."
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