George Albert Smith autobiography

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  George A. Smith journal

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  Typescript of George A. Smith's journal, kept during his travels from Great Salt Lake City to Iron County from 1850-1851. Includes a description of Smith's travels, including references to camping at Dry Creek, Utah, with John Doyle Lee; a stop at Fort Provo with a full report of provisions; the exchange of a dead ox for an Indian boy; and Captain Jefferson Hunt's joining the party on his return trip from California. Smith also reports on the camp at Parowan, including the building of Parowan Hall, a mill, and various cabins. Smith writes of a letter he wrote to President Millard Fillmore requesting a military post on the Muddy River and notes that "we are a military people and must be...we want a military organization for Iron County." References are made in the journal to Amasa Lyman, Anson Call, Henry Lunt, Brother Shirts, Simon Baker, and Hew Whitney ("the first native white citizen in Iron County").

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  George A. Smith letter to Gen. John E. Smith

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  Letter from George A. Smith to Gen. John E. Smith, Assessor of Internal Revenue, with descriptions of the southern counties of the Utah Territory. Includes prose accounts of the population, crops, irrigation, geography, cost of goods, and losses from Indian attacks for Sanpete County, Juab County, Sevier County, Piute County, Millard County, Beaver County, Iron County, Washington County, and Kane County. Smith also writes of the difficulty of reporting property losses because of the lack of roads and bridges and high postage costs.

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  George D. Smith papers

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  Letters and documents relating to the formation of the George D. Smith Book Co. as well as La Rose's accusations against George D. Smith. There is also some material related to Henry E. Huntington and his purchases.

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  David Osborne autobiography

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  Typescript of an autobiography begun by David Osborne (also spelled Osborn) in February 1860. Osbourne recounts his childhood in Virginia, his conversion to Mormonism, persecutions against the Mormons, the Osbournes' travels throughout Missouri, Illinois, and Iowa, the deaths of his wife and several of their children, and his life in Utah. The autobiography covers the years from 1807 to 1870. A note written by David A. Osborne records the death of his father in 1893.

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  George D. Smith papers

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  Letters and documents relating to the formation of the George D. Smith Book Co. as well as La Rose's accusations against George D. Smith. There is also some material related to Henry E. Huntington and his purchases.

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  Francine Smith and Carroll Haven Smith travel album

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  Photograph album containing more than 150 black and white photographs documenting a 1913 automobile trip from San Francisco to New York via Los Angeles, Reno, Salt Lake City, Laramie, Denver, Kansas City, St. Louis, Chicago, and Niagara Falls, accompanied by a 41-page handwritten narrative of the trip as far as Kansas City, written by Francine Smith, and approximately 70 additional photographs of one or more vacation trips taken in California. The trip was made in a 60 HP Locomobile owned and driven by Carroll Haven Smith of San Francisco, who was accompanied by his wife, Francine, and Mr. R. E. Hilton. Also includes newspaper clipping with article about Carroll Haven Smith's brother Reginald Smith.

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