Item Detail
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17585
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0
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0
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English
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Journal (1829-1910)
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Morgenstjernen
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1884
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3
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217-30
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"Retrospective to 1859. Born in Denmark, 1829. Recollections of childhood on farm. Experience in Danish navy, 1847-48. Joined LDS Church, 1853. Mission in Denmark, 1853. To Utah, 1854. Married Maren Ericksen on board ship. Experiences on plains. Settled in Provo and farmed. Reformation of 1857. Second wife, c. 1857. To Manti, 1858. President of Danish organization there. Manti city councilman. Third wife, Cecilia Marie Jorgensen, 1859. Farming activities. Alderman, 1864. Indian troubles, 1865. Mission to Denmark, 1865-68. Member, stake high council, 1870-77. Notes cases heard before high council. Mission to Sanpete County, 1872. Vice-president, Manti United Order. Bishop, Manti South Ward, 1877-1903. Mission to Colorado 1878. Director of Manti Cooperative Store. Spent much of 1886 in hiding from federal authorities. Convicted of unlawful cohabitation, 1888. Prison experiences. Found it a "tiresome and lazy life." Wrote poetry giving insight into views of prison and polygamy. Notes political situation in 1892. Depression conditions of 1893. Comments on Spanish-American War. Manti city councilman, 1900. Holograph is in Danish to 1885. In English, pp. 272-362. The typescript version is a translation made by Lauritz G. Peterson. Translator added explanations of some Danish terms and made some corrections in spelling and punctuation in transcribing English portion of manuscript. The Morgenstjernen version covers the period 1828-68." [Abstract from Davis Bitton's Guide to Mormon Diaries and Autobiographies, 1977]