Item Detail
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17712
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English
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Diary
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Mormon Diaries, Journals, and Life Sketches (Transcriptions) [Microfilm]
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Washington, D.C.
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Library of Congress
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Reel 8, Item 3
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"Birth in Scotland, 1816. One sketchy paragraph on life before coming of Mormon elders in 1840. Author was baptized, immediately began to preach Mormonism. Diary entries on Church activities, 1840-42, 1846-47. Many meetings. Poem or hymn by Thomas Jaap (lines "given by the Spirit of the Lord"). Preaching from Bible. ("Spoke much on the character of God as is laid down in the scripture of truth & proving the falsety of that doctren of uncondictional ellection from the Bible & etc.") Hymns by author. Minutes of Glasgow Conference, 1842. Gap: 1842-46. Summary of talks at conferences. Rebaptisms, 1847. Administering to sick. Good, full diary on manner of preaching Mormonism in 1840s. British Mission, 1867. Also certificate of membership, 1869." [Abstract from Davis Bitton's Guide to Mormon Diaries and Autobiographies, 1977]