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English
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Missionary Diary of Helon Henry Tracy in the United States and Great Britain 1881-1882
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Provo, UT
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Brigham Young University Press
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"Requested permission to preach gospel to relatives in the East and in England and to gather genealogical information. Called on mission to do so, April 1881. Visited relatives and preached in Missouri, Michigan, New York. Most people only interested in giving him their own views on polygamy. Gap: 29 June to 1 September. Sailed for England, October 1881. Visited relatives and gathered genealogical data. Lung disease. Released to return home, June 1882. Arrived home to Ogden area, July. Resumed duties as counselor in bishopric. Married Phebe Draper, an English convert, as plural wife, 1882. Temple work, Logan, 1884. Sunday School superintendent. Resisted arrest and went on Underground, 1884." [Abstract from Davis Bitton's Guide to Mormon Diaries and Autobiographies, 1977]