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Journal no. 16 [microform]: 1857-1863

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Description: Typescript of Amasa Lyman's journal, identified as Journal #16, with entries spanning the years from 1857-1863. The first part describes Lyman's travels from April 18, 1857, to July 2, 1857, along the California Road and Indian Trail from the Rio Virgin. It continues with his participation in an exploratory party that traveled south from Cedar City, Utah, to Las Vegas, the Vegas Fort, and the Mojave Desert from January-May 1858, and also charts its return to Salt Lake City. References are made to Hyatt's war with the Apaches and Lyman's encounters with an Indian chief he calls Oat-sen-a-wantz. The final section of the diary, kept from December 1862 to April 1863, describes Lyman's daily life near Farmington, Utah, including his attendance of the local theatre, a listing of the books he was reading, and his encounters with John Taylor. Includes a description of the original diary.
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Date: 1857; 1858; 1859; 1860; 1861; 1862; 1863
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Amasa M. Lyman diary

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Typescript of Amasa Lyman's diary, covering the years 1847 and 1858-1863. The first part of the diary is dated April-September 1847 and describes the overland travels of Lyman and his company of Mormon pioneers. It begins with their departure from Winter Quarters, Iowa, and describes camping near the Platte River, finding an abandoned Pawnee village, sighting buffalo, crossing the North Fork above Laramie, and camping in the Salt Lake Valley. On August 9 the diary notes, "city named 'Salt Lake City, Great Basin, North America'." The 1847 diary was recorded by Albert Carrington and refers to Lyman in the third person. The second part of the diary, identified as Journal #16, covers 1858-1863 and describes Lyman's travels from April 18-July 2, 1857, along the California Road and Indian Trail from the Rio Virgin. It continues with his participation in an exploratory party that traveled south from Cedar City, Utah, to Las Vegas, the Vegas Fort, and the Mojave Desert from January-May 1858, and also charts its return to Salt Lake City. References are made to Hyatt's war with the Apaches and Lyman's encounters with an Indian chief he calls Oat-sen-a-wantz. The final section of the diary, kept from December 1862 to April 1863, describes Lyman's daily life near Farmington, Utah, including his attendance of the local theatre, a listing of the books he was reading, and his encounters with John Taylor. Includes a description of the original diary.

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Journal of David Lewis [microform] : 1852-1857

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Microfilm of David Lewis' notes while serving as an Indian agent for Brigham Young on the Parley P. Pratt exploring trip to Southern Utah and from an 1855 trip he was called on to search the mountains of northern and central Utah for minerals used in glazing. In both instances Lewis describes his travel and exploration, recording the ordinary occurrences of each day in addition to noting experiences with Native Americans. Of particular interest is Lewis' 22-page dictionary of an unidentified Native American language.

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Journal of Benjamin F. Cummings [microform] : 1855-1857

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Microfilm of Benjamin Franklin Cummings' account of his time with the Salmon River mission from 1855 to 1857. Begins with the formation of the mission group and their departure from Ogden, Utah, and includes references to interactions with Nez Percé Indians, the building of the settlement at Salmon River, Cummings' meetings with Brigham Young, and his periodic trips back to Ogden and Salt Lake City. Includes one illustration of a sunset.

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Diary of Thomas S. Terry [microform] : 1857-1860

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Microfilm of a typescript of Thomas S. Terry's diary, kept from 1857-1860 while he was leading a company of Mormons across the plains to Utah following his eastern states mission (it is identified as "Book 4." Terry writes of the death of Parley P. Pratt, of his company's progression across the plains, of meeting Jesse B. Martin's company, of moving the Springville upon his return to Utah, and of the family's move back to Cottonwood in July 1858. The rest of the diary describes Terry's daily life in Utah.

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

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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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Diaries of Joseph L. Heywood [microform]: 1855-1857

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Microfilm of Joseph L. Heywood's diaries for the years 1855-1857. The diaries begin with Heywood accompanying Orson Hyde to help settle Carson Valley, Nevada. He then describes a subsequent trip to California; his trip to Washington, D.C. as part of a delegation to petition Congress for Utah statehood; his visits to his family on the east coast; and his journey back to Utah via St. Louis and Independence, Missouri. Of particular interest is Heywood's description of his trial and acquittal on a charge of bribery brought against him by a clerk in the First Auditor's Office of the United States Treasury Department.

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Journal no. 16 [microform]: 1857-1863

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