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This letter from A.W. Haigler, discusses the possible sale of the Ojo del Espiritu Santo Grant consisting of 113, 141 acres based on the 1916 land patent. the Ojo del Espiritu Santo Grant was in present Sandoval County. The Ojo del Espiritu Santo, or Holy Ghost Spring in English, for which the grant was named is approximately 18 miles NW of San Ysidro, New Mexico. The letter is to advise Catron that the property had been submitted to interested parties. Haigler names N.M. Taylor as one of the interested parties that are all from Denver. Haigler asks that Catron reply by return mail in regard to any other offers that might be out on the land and if the price is still $4.00 an acre so he can give the interested parties a definite price.
mssHM 20565
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Microfilm of an autobiography and diary kept by John Clark Dowdle and identified as Nampa, Idaho. The autobiography begins in approximately 1845, and in a mix of reminiscences and diary entries describes Dowdle's family background, traveling overland in 1852, an 1864 trip to California, his mission to aid emigrants traveling overland from Missouri in 1866, and his daily activities in Utah, including school supervision in and around Logan and Willard, through 1894.
MSS MFilm 00122
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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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Set of four diaries kept by George W. McCune while he was serving as a missionary in England from 1896-1898. The first volume begins with his departure from Nephi in January 1896 and traces his travels by train to Philadelphia and his subsequent sea voyage to Liverpool. McCune's missionary work centered around Norwich, but the diaries also record his travels to London, Wymondham, Lowestoft, Nottingham, Birmingham, Ipswich, Eastbourne, and Lyme. The fourth volume also recounts his December 1897 tour of Versailles, Paris, Brussels, Waterloo, Rotterdam, and The Hague. The fourth volume concludes with McCune's return voyage to New York in March 1898 and follows his return to Utah as far as Denver, where he arrived in April 1898.
mssHM 37546 (1-4)
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Edward W. Syle began writing this diary in April 1851 after six years of missionary work in China, though he still expressed shock at cultural differences. When he moved to San Francisco, he seemed distressed to find the Chinese so ragged and impoverished, and disappointed by the widespread discrimination they faced. He also commented on the circumstances of various Gold Rush mining camps. After he left San Francisco, the closing months of this diary were written back in Shanghai in October 1856.
mssHM 83407
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The diary begins in October 1877 when Mary, at the age of 12, is in Tumwater, Washington on her way to Olympia; it is here that she decides that she is going to start keeping a diary. The diary then skips to July 1884 when Mary is a teacher in Scappoose, Oregon. She discusses her students, her feelings for a man she refers to as "C.J.," and her continuing effort to be a good Christian woman. In October she moves back to Forest Grove, Oregon to be with her family, the Karrs and Walkers. While there, she spends her time attending prayer meetings and catching up with her family. She also takes a trip to Portland where she attends a reception for a missionary friend; she briefly talks of becoming a missionary herself, but decides to return to school instead. The last entry is August 9, 1885, and Mary is back at home after deciding to leave school
mssHM 64595