Item Detail
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13737
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2
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English
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The Rites of Passage : The Gathering as Cultural Credo
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Journal of Mormon History
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Spring 2003
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29
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no.2
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Salt Lake City, UT
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Mormon History Association
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2-41
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Using excerpts from diaries and narratives, May argued that immigrating Saints learned principles of organization, obedience, service, and community during their overseas voyage that helped prepare them for life in Mormon communities. After the Saints boarded the ship, a president was appointed and the group was divided into wards. Frequently special groups were formed to oversee cleanliness or to care for the sick. Most of the companies spent their time productively, sometimes sewing canvas tents or holding English classes. The Mormon companies were frequently commended for their organization, cleanliness, and general cheerful demeanor.
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A Brief History of the Church of Christ of Latter Day Saints (Commonly Called Mormons)
A Good Time Coming : Mormon Letters to Scotland
Expectations Westward : The Mormons and the Emigration of Their British Converts in the Nineteenth Century
History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Period II : From the Manuscript History of Brigham Young and Other Original Documents
History of the Perpetual Emigrating Fund Company
Homeward to Zion : The Mormon Migration from Scandinavia
Men with a Mission : The Quorum of the Twelve Apostles in the British Isles 1837-1841
Saints on the Seas : A Maritime History of Mormon Migration, 1830-1890
The Emigration of Scottish Mormons to Utah, 1849-1900
The Gathering of Zion : The Story of the Mormon Trail
Three Frontiers : Family, Land, and Society in the American West, 1850-1900
To the Saints in England : Impressions of a Mormon Immigrant (the 10 December 1840 William Clayton Letter from Nauvoo to Manchester)
'We Had a Very Hard Voyage for the Season' : John Moon's Account of the First Emigrant Company of British Saints