Item Detail
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4872
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2
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English
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Pioneer Diary of Eliza R. Snow
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Improvement Era
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March 1943-April 1944
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46, 47
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14-part series (142-143, 186-189, 191, 208-209, 251-253, 272-273, 316-317, 334-335, 356-357, 398, 434-435, 466-467, 506-507, 509, 533, 571, 573, 598-599, 626, 664, 754-755, 783, 24-25, 55, 88-89, 113-114, 116, 152-153, 184-185, 218, 239-241)
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"Extracts from Eliza R. Snow's private Journal." Pencil and ink corrections as if prepared for typesetter. Covers 12 February 1846 to 16 August 1849. Changes often just capitalization or spelling. But Martin/Markham; Mount Rose/Montrose; Louise/Lorenzo; dry/clay; Bishop/Brother. Many poems and songs. In Nauvoo at start. ("We left our home.") Crosses Iowa. Prairie fire. To Council Bluffs. Sickness. Departure from Winter Quarters, 12 June 1847. Detailed description of diet. ("Wild grouse for breakfast.") Reached Salt Lake Valley, 3 October 1847. Description of the settlement to 1849. Last entry: "Merchant shops are open in every direction." [Abstract from Davis Bitton's Guide to Mormon Diaries and Autobiographies, 1977]