Item Detail
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MSS 486
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Baldwin Harvey Watts diary and prison papers
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Watts, Baldwin Harvey
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1875-1889
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Handwritten diary and prison records. Watts kept the diary while serving on a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Bristol, England, area in 1875. Also included are records relating to Watts' incarceration in the Utah prison for polygamy. He was sentenced to twelve months in prison on 21 Sept. 1888. Watts compiled a list of 668 men imprisoned for polygamy from 1884 to 1889. He included the date of sentencing, the length of the sentence, and the age of the prisoners. He also lists each man's home town. Also included is "Rules for the Government of Convicts."