Item Detail
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MSS 156
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Henry Green Boyle Diaries
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Boyle, Henry Green
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1844-1889
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Handwritten autobiography and diary. The diary starts in 1847. Boyle grew up in Virginia and joined the Mormon Church. He lived in Nauvoo, Illinois, joined the "Mormon Battalion" to serve in the war with Mexico (1846-1848), settled in Ogden, Utah, and went on missions for the Mormon Church in Virginia and California.