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Diaries of James Lovett Bunting [microform] : 1857-1920

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Description: Microfilm of five diaries kept by James Lovett Bunting between 1857 and 1920. The first half of the first volume is dated 1857-1858 and begins while Bunting was living in England. He writes of reading about the Mormon War in the newspaper, sailing to the United States, his arrival in New York, and traveling overland to Utah. The second half of the volume skips to 1866 and covers Bunting's life in Utah through 1874, including the Sanpete Expedition, the 1873 Southern Expedition, and the completion of a telegraph line, as well as containing some genealogy. The second volume, identified as Volume "A," begins while Bunting was living in Kanab in 1878 and covers the beginning of his British mission in the same year. The third volume, begun at Liverpool and dated 1879-1881, describes Bunting's British mission through 1880, his travels back to Utah on the Union Pacific Railroad, and his life in Kanab to 1881. The fourth volume is dated Kanab 1882, and records Bunting's daily activities, including working in a shoe shop, agricultural and irrigation work, and attending meetings. The fifth volume begins in 1905 and describes Bunting's life in Kanab sporadically through 1920.
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