Item Detail
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17711
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English
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Diary
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Trails of Hope (Internet Database)
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Provo, UT
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Utah Academic Library Consortium
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"Born St. Johnsbury, Caledonia County, Vermont, 1806. Family records. Moved to farm in Charleston, Vermont, 1828. Baptized into the Mormon Church, 1832. Married, 1832. Preached in area with missionaries, fall 1832. Gap: 1833-49. Journal of trip across the plains, 1850. Details route and personal affairs in the journey from 20 June to 27 September 1850. Difficulties mentioned in sharing oxen and duties between the companies going to Salt Lake City, September 1850." [Abstract from Davis Bitton's Guide to Mormon Diaries and Autobiographies, 1977]