Item Detail
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17688
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English
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Diary of Henry Weeks Sanderson, 1829-
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Provo, UT
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Brigham Young University Library
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"Moved to Connecticut, 1834. Contacted by Mormon missionaries. Left for Nauvoo. To St. Louis, 1845. Father died. Back to Nauvoo. Mother remarried. At this point author begins sketch a second time with his birth, 1829. Memories of Nauvoo. Enlisted in Mormon Battalion, 1846. With Pueblo Company. Joined pioneers. Indian experiences. Ferryman in Missouri, 1848. Married Rebecca Ann Sanders. To Utah, 1850. Food shortage. Lived at Union Fort. Farmer and cattle trader. Moved to Green River, Wyoming, 1853. Unsuccessful farmer at Ft. Supply, 1854-55. Handcart companies, 1856. Reformation. Justice of the Peace, 185556. Utah War caused family to return to Salt Lake City. Mormon scout. Moved to Fillmore, 1858. Shoemaker. Moved to Mt. Pleasant, 1859. Clerk of seventies quorum. Supervised lesser priesthood. Married Sarah J. Cole, 1861. Teacher, Justice of the Peace, major in militia. Black Hawk War. Missionary." [Abstract from Davis Bitton's Guide to Mormon Diaries and Autobiographies]