The following is an essay by Ashley Alvarez, research assistant for Ryan Lee, curator of 19th Century Mormon and Western Manuscripts. Since October 2015, she has been researching the writings of Elizabeth Kane for a future book project: A brief account of Elizabeth Kane’s trip to St. George, 1872-1873 “The longest Christmas I ever spent!” …
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November 10, 2014 by Ryan K. Lee •
Civil War,
Dixie Cotton Mission,
Gold Rush,
Joseph Smith,
martyrdom,
Missouri,
Mormon Battalion,
St. George,
Sutter's Mill,
Utah
This week we are highlighting another item from our 19th Century Mormon and Western Manuscripts that was digitized this past year: the (Auto)biography of Samuel Miles. Samuel Miles Jr., son of Samuel Miles Sr. and Prudence Marks, was born on April 8, 1826 in Attica, New York. During the winter of 1833-1834, after moving to …
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