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English
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Dry Goods and Groceries in Early Utah : An Account Book View of James Campbell Livingston
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Utah Historical Quarterly
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Winter 1979
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47
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64-69
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James Campbell Livingston, like most immigrants of social standing, kept little record about himself. Despite the almost total lack of information about the man, it is possible to fill out the details of his daily life by turning to a type record usually ignored by historians. Livingston was a quarryman for the Salt Lake Temple project. He was credited for his salary and drew it in produce and dry goods from the tithing store of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The notations in these financial records preserve a fascinating picture of the work habits and life-style of a typical immigrant family in the 1850s.