Item Detail
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Vault MSS 786
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Wandle Mace autobiography
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1890
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Handwritten autobiography. Mace joined the Mormon Church in the 1830s; moved to Nauvoo, Illinois; met the first president of the Mormon Church, Joseph Smith; helped build the Nauvoo Temple, held a commission in the Nauvoo Legion; fought in the Battle of Nauvoo; and migrated to Utah in 1859. He lived in Cedar City and St. George, Utah, before settling in Kanab, Utah.