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Autobiography and diary entries of Perrigrine Sessions [microform] : approximately 1839-1876

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Description: Microfilm of a typescript of an autobiography and diary entries made by Perrigrine Sessions. The autobiography and diaries include a detailed family history, an account of his conversion to Mormonism, an account of his travels to Far West, an account of mob violence against Mormons, and account of his move to Nauvoo, a partial diary kept during a mission to Maine in 1839-1840 and again in about 1844, an account of leaving Illinois and traveling overland to Utah in 1847, and account of traveling back overland to Iowa in 1850, diary entries of his British mission in 1852-1854, diary entries made in Utah in 1855, diary entries of a mission in Maine in 1873, and diary entries made in Utah in 1876.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: approximately 1839-1876
Call number: MSS MFilm 00631 item 02
Creator: Sessions, Perrigrine (1814-1893)(Opens in new tab)

Diary of Patty Bartlett Sessions [microform] : 1846-1866

Manuscripts

Microfilm of a typescript of Patty Bartlett Sessions' diaries, beginning while she was living in Nauvoo in 1846 and ending in Utah in 1866. It covers her overland travels from Illinois, her time in Winter Quarters, and her arrival in Utah. Most of the diary consists of entries on daily activities and events in Utah, and refers throughout to Sessions' work as a midwife.

MSS MFilm 00631 item 01

Diary and autobiography of John Clark Dowdle [microform] : approximately 1845-1894

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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

Diary and autobiography of Samuel Hollister Rogers [microform] : approximately 1843-1885

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Microfilm of the two-volume autobiography and diary of Samuel Hollister Rogers, kept from approximately 1843-1885. The first volume opens with an autobiographical account of Rogers's early life in Ohio, along with extensive family history and anecdotes. The diary portions of the volume cover his mission trip to New Jersey, Maryland, and Pennsylvania in 1843-1844; his experiences in Iowa in 1845-1846; and his time with the Mormon Battalion from 1846-1848. The second volume includes diary entries sketching his life in Parowan and St. George from 1855-1881 and in Snowflake from 1881-1885.

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Diaries of Joseph H. Richards [microform] : 1876-1893

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Microfilm of the diaries of Joseph H. Richards, covering the years 1876, 1881, 1886, and 1892-1893. All of the Utah and Arizona diaries consist of brief entries recalling Richards's daily life. The 1876 volume records his life in Utah and his call to colonize Arizona; the 1881 volume records his life in the St. Joseph United Order; the 1886 diary recalls his travels from Arizona to Utah and California; and the 1892-1893 diary recounts in more detail his mission to England and Scotland, and also includes a brief autobiography.

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Autobiography and diary of David Candland [microform] : c.1841-1900

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Microfilm of the autobiography and diary of David Candland, which covers the years from 1841-1860 and 1900. The autobiography describes Candland's conversion to Mormonism, his immigration to the United States, a brief account of his mission to Britain in 1846, notes on his time in Winter Quarters and Kanesville, his 1853 mission to the Green River, his involvement in theatre work, and his work as a store clerk. The diary entries describe the arrival of Col. Thomas Kane in Utah and the coming of the Utah War from 1857 ("I am ready for the War of Independence," Candland wrote, "I hope to be brave"), the 1859 opening and closing of the Globe Hotel ("The hotel enterprise has failed," Candland lamented), and his dislike of work at the mercantile store ("The place does not suit me," he wrote, "I hear so much profanity and see so much drinking that I am ill at ease"). The diary entries end in 1860 before briefly resuming in 1900. Included in the volume are genealogical notes; lists of Candland's ecclesiastical, military, and legislative offices; and lists of marriages, births, baptisms, and deaths.

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Diaries and account books of James Stephens Brown [microform]: 1849-1900

Manuscripts

Microfilm of assorted diaries, account books, and notes kept by James Stephen Brown. The microfilm includes fragments of diaries dated Ogden City 1860, Calhoun, Iowa, 1849, and Salt Lake 1859; a diary identified as Nottingham, England, which opens in 1857, when Brown delayed his mission work to participate in the Utah War, and traces his travels through Utah, his overland journey to New York, and his mission in England from 1860-1861; a second diary covering Brown's mission in England; an 1872 diary tracing his mission work in New York, Pennsylvania, and Massachusetts; an 1875-1876 diary describing his travels through Utah and mission to Navajos in Arizona; assorted family notes dated 1900; a typescript of Brown's 1875-1876 Navajo diary; an 1875-1876 Utah diary; a diary dated 1892 tracing a mission to the Society Islands; an account book dated 1863-1866; and a diary dated 1870, which mainly contains account notes from 1866-1870.

MSS MFilm 00623

Autobiography and diary entries of Perrigrine Sessions [microform] : approximately 1839-1876

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