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English
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A Mormon Mission to California in 1851 : From the Diary of Parley Parker Pratt
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California Historical Society Quarterly
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1935
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14
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59-73, 175-82
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"The strength and resilience of the Mormon church was evident, from the beginning, in the numbers of missionaries sent out to distant parts of the world. Even during the early trials at Salt Laje arrangements were made to proselytize the South Sea Islands and the Pacific Coast of South America, to support a church in San Francisco and to organize a colony at San Bernardino. One of the leaders in these far flung enterprises was Parley Parker Pratt, a member of the first Quorum of Twelve Apostles of the Church and one of the leading spirits of its history. Pratt assumed the leadership of the main party on the Plains in the eventful summer of 1847. To him also fell commissions of exploration for further settlememnts in central and southern utah. And to him finally came the call to push on into California over the Salt Lake trail with the first colonizing party bound for the San Bernardino Valley. The events of this Mission are described in the following diary, transcribed by Mrs. Reva Holdaway Stanley, of Oakland, from the original journal now in her possession. Parts of this account have been previously published in Parley P. Pratt's Autobiography (New York: Russell Brothers, 1874, reissued Chicago, 1888)." [Author]
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