Item Detail
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MSS 9137
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Eli Wiggill autobiography
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Four volume handwritten autobiography of Eli Wiggill. Includes an account of the immigration from England of the settlers of South Africa, the wars and events of South Africa, the arrival of missionaries from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in South Africa, immigration to the United States and travel on the Mormon Trail, the diamond works in South Africa, and an account of familial events in Utah. The record was created by Wiggill in 1883, one year prior to his death. Also includes a brief entry by his granddaughter Susie M. Dodge, written a few years after Wiggill's death.
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Wiggill, Eli
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South African Mission
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1883
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1869–1873
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Africa - South Africa
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No