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RELIGIOUS STUDIES CENTER MONOGRAPH SERIES
reflections MORMONISM
judaeo christian parallels
judano
edited introductory essay truman G madsen
literature BELIEF
sacred scripture religious experience
edited preface neal E lambert
WORDS JOSEPH SMITH
contemporary accounts nauvoo discourses
compiled edited andrew F ehat lyndon W cook
MORMONS MUSLIMS
spiritual foundations modern manifestations
edited introduction spencerrjJ palmer
Spence
TEMPLE ANTIQUITY
ancient records modern perspectives
edited introductory essay truman G madsen
ISAIAH PROPHETS
inspired voices old testament
edited introduction monte nyman
supporting SAINTS
LIFE STORIES nineteenth CENTURY MORMONS
edited introduction donald Q cannon david J whittaker
CALL ZION
STORY FIRST WELSH MORMON emigration
written translated ronald D dennis
RELIGIOUS STUDIES CENTER
BRIGHAM YOUNG university
directors
advisory committee
departmental advisers
monte nyman
keith W perkins
george horton jr
CALL N
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fhe story
first welsh
mormon
en
emigration
igration
migration
ronald D dennis
volume two
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BOOKCRAFT
salt lake city utah
illustrations ix
preface xi
xa
x1
gather zion 1
swansea liverpool 7
crossing hartley 31
valley 65
conclusion 78
viii contents
notes 78
hartley 32
new orleans frederick piercy 37
st louis frederick piercy 40.40
40
council bluffs ferry frederick piercy 52
devils gate frederick piercy 75
great salt lake city 1853 frederick piercy 76
david D bowen h73 94.94
94
morgan david bowen h20 94.94
94
william clark h40 94.94
94
daniel daniels bv128 94.94
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thomas daniels bv130 95
ann david h15 oy95
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morgan david h12 96
rachel david h18 96
george davis h68 gg
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thomas davis jr h65 97.97
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thomas davis sr h62 9797
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mary evans bv171 97.97
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phoebe evans bv51 97.97
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margaret francis bv166 98.98
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sarah giles bv132 98
morgan hughes bv111 98.98
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william lewis bv66 99
thomas mathias bv133 100
edward morgan bv12 100
william morgan bv10 100
isaac nash bv49 I1 100
owen owens h48 101
caleb parry bv216 101
catherine parry bv217
BV 217 101 1
yonder
california t
rocky mountains I1 shall go
prophwydyjub&
jubili october 1848
prophwydy jubeli 158 appen-
dix E translated documents item 1 hereafter
translated documents indicated TD
two months later seren gomer star gomer
baptist periodical appeared lengthy parody hail
california entitled invitation california follow
ing two verses typical thescornful
scornful tone throughout
get corn without sowing harrowing f
fat oxen
heaven heaven
thousands fat pigs
heaven
waiting doors
knives throats
ready morning night
heaven heaven
isheaven
inheaven t
sparse table
heaven
seren gomer december 1848 373 74 tda
td4
parody signed small seer
WJ
reverend H W ones publisher seren gomer
bjones
w jones
jones
former employer john davis enthusiastic
prospect many welsh men women many former
6 gather zion
swansea liverpool
TABLE 1
olo
010
00710
07 10
opio 59 237
23.7
237
1117
11 17 36 145
14.5
145
1830
1850
18 30 71 285
28.5
285
3150
31 50 62 249
24.9
249
51 21 84
8.4
84
249 1000
100.0
18 board buena vista
249 1006
100.6
lood
1000
100.0
nearly 87 percent emigrating part complete
incomplete family unit eleven thirty three
apparent family attachment listed servants maids
thus putting them under supervision family head
twenty two individuals board P
own
wide variety occupations listed under column
occupation trade profession family members usually
received ditto mark column under occupation
indicated family head 4 occasional widow
son
49son written space sarah davis
eliza williams two died board buena vista
new orleans clerk entered deceased
passengers varying numbers earned way life
performing following occupations
blacksmith lime burner puddler
butcher locksmith saddler
carpenter maid servant
clerk mason schoolmaster
collier milliner schoolteacher
dressmaker miner shoemaker
engineer moulder stone cutter t
farmer nailer tailor
joiner pattern maker wheelright
laborer plasterer whitesmith i
board buena vista 19
crossing hartley
hartley
used permission peabody museum salem
crossing hartley 33
TABLE 3
age distribution hartley passengers
0 10 20 260
26.0
260
11 17 12 156
15.6
156
18 30 24 312
31.2
31 50 16 208
20.8
208
51 5 64
6.4
64
77 1000
100.0
TABLE 4
age distribution buena vista hartley passengers
0 10 79 243
24.3
243
245
11 17 48 147
14.7
147
18 30 95 291
29.1
291
31 50 78 239
23.9
239
259
51 26 80
8.0
80
326 1000
100.0
like those buena vista hartley
passengers part complete partial family unit
TABLE 5
family units among hartley passengers
total percentage
77 1000
100.0
combining figures buena vista hartley shows
TABLE 6
family units among buena vista hartley passengers
total percentage
326 1000
100.0
crossing hartley 35
buena vista
constitution
new orleans st louis
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new orleans st louis buena vista group 41
cholera rivet
missouri river
borbus
cholera morbus highly infectious bacterial disease
transmitted polluted food water symptoms
severe diarrhea vomiting dehydration collapse
virtually nothing known mid nineteenth century
prevention treatment individual once
contracted dread disease orson spencer
president company saints board zetland
arrived new orleans two weeks before buena
vista told experience cholera mississippi
confidently said officers steam boat least
fifty large company die our passage st louis
now within fifty miles st louis without apprehension
another death unless gentile doctor board kills them
favorite dose 20 grains calomel laudanum camphor brandy
dose given our deceased brother sister contrary
my wishes many others died immediately within
few hours several saints 1I rescued dose mor-
mor
tally seized now live millennial star 15 june 1849 184
cholera missouri river 43
while mine
god called my maiden
knows why
depart though against my
care came my family
while crossing ocean
mississippi full comfort
until went town st louis
got enemy came
spears filled poison
cut strongest among us
did ask permission anyone
rather did cut finest worst
five died sword
powers able withstand him
buried albeit sadly
then left town st louis
third day may
left city
glad take leave
steamboat named mary
council bluffs wished pull
next day fourth
two died heavy news
fifth seven buried
today seen seen
sixth day came meet me
I1 shall forever remember day
I1 leave my dear bride
put myself great tribulation
blinded strength blow
1I called two elders come me
came according my summons
1I anointed holy oil
according commandment apostle
prayed
dwells heavens
did delay hearing them
1I made whole under hands
long I1 live I1 shall remember my god
noah jones 1 2 trans
46 cholera missouri river
new orleans
council bluffs
hartley group
council bluffs
off water
council bluffs
salt lake city 1849
ta
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emblem ship left liverpool two weeks
buena vista carried jane claudia jones
council bluffs salt lake city 1849 57
captain danjoness
dan joness wife infant daughter native
born american little hannah maria thomas lone
breath hope midst miasma cholera along missouri
eighty four buried family members prior
embarking overland journey families
remained intact twenty eight welsh saints likely
gone salt lake valley 1849
total forty male forty three
female seen according age groups pattern
unlike original 326 despite cholera
defections division
TABLE 7
age distribution welsh smith company
age total percentage
0 10 20 238
23.8
238
258
11 17 12 143
14.3
143
145
18 30 29 345
34.5
545
345
31 50 18 214
21.4
214
51 5 60
go
6.0
60
84 1000
100.0
cholera altered ratio complete incomplete family
units significantly percentage those apparent
family attachment bit higher
TABLE 8
family units among welsh smith company
total percentage
84 1000
100.0
58 council bluffs salt lake city 184
1849
verses
sectarians
sect arians insist sell us
shame like animals
across sea our leaders do
groups cry
council bluffs salt lake city 1849 61
captain enticed
say area
merthyr huge number waless children
might sold
yes shipful among host
valley
council bluffs
salt lake valley 1852
sewn
udgorn semn
selon 8 january 1853
1833
1855
1835 32 td29
experienced rain storms
rainstorms
brainstorms snow even went
through mountain pass buried 1849 pioneers
welshmer
snow four welshmen
Welsh men however died before reached
valley these nine year old son
widow martha howells morgan describes happening
administered him through ordinances church
jesus christ according scriptures next night
strolling around camp fell sick again day two
bro taylor myself administered him again died
spite everything everyone udgom sewn 8 january 1853
semn
udgorn sehon
sebon
32 td29
company reached fort laramie crossed
south side platte river unusually high water
river made crossing difficult many things lost
consequence few days later arrived deer creek
where stayed several days here david D bowen
difficulty brother shearer
here I1 quarrell old sherar consequence wagon
promise me hauling him luggage salt lake
city said did calculate give me wagon
get men settle between us promise again
give me wagon I1 going leave him wagon
I1 listen fair promises haul him along again
29 september 1852 30
number cattle died devils gate short time later
company divided parries david D
several parties
bowens ten traveled alone rest way valley
23 september reached mouth emigration
canyon where visited bishop lorenzo D young
brigham young brother main message according
mind number first principle
d
bowen
valley two days later went down salt lake city
arriving early afternoon bowens wagon partner
once again decided part wagon
bishop joseph D noble asked arbitrate matter
decided bowen shearer should each half
council bluffs salt lake valley 1852 75
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notes
1 california name applied western america
including region now known utah
2 welsh mormon folklore faith promoting apocryphal
story sinking buena vista boat leaky
english said let them go down
cormons board butjones
damned mormons jones being seaworthy wise repaired
ship prayers each day safety cam
camee across
ocean unloaded everything upon docks much water soaked
spoiled ship sank harbor heart throbs 24
3 poness
led wonder atjoness
joness estimate number onlookers
emphatic use hyperbole unusual joness writings
4 see appendixes further information passengers
5 welsh protestants opposition
catholic church anglican church well consequently
notes 79
EVANS margt
maegt 203 JONES david 220
mary 207 eliza igo
190
morgan 205 emma 221
rachel 204 ester 197
william 202 esther 14
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edw 179 evens 120
mary
maty 171 henry 64
pheabe 51 hugh h58
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elizabeth h29 jane 65
james h28 jane 102
louesa h30 jane 107
martha h31 jane 188
FRANCIS ann 167 jane h59
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dan 168 jno 139
margret 166 jno 162
margret 169 jno 182
GILES edwd 63 jno igl
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HUGHS eliza 225 marian 193
JAMES eliza 195 mary 2
jno 194 mary 15
JEREMY ester 160 mary log
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jno 155 mary 181
margret 159 noah 13
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sarah 154 rees 138
sarah 158 rees 180
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ceteria 110 ann 36
charlotte 123 ann 77
dan I1 anna 82
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sister margaret hughes result clothes con-
fiscated
fisca ted auctioned off 1850 married david D bowen
h73 left widower cholera epidemic
biographical sketches 109
took henshaw
Henshaws place december 1845 five hundred converts
brought LDS faith under henshaw leadership
1851 henshaw sailed america olympus wife
four children died st louis 1870
jones davibv220
davidbv220 wife emma did continue
emigrants past st louis appears dan joness letter
30 april 1849 tda
td9 123 left benjaminjones
benjamin
beniamin jones
family david giles bv215
BV 215
leigh danier
danler
daniel
danielbv31
bv3 1 Ll anelli
bvm brother samuel leigh
bv76 daniels son daniel died cholera missouri
daniel sr crossed plains 1849 family settled
malad where died 1866 daughter mary married
nephi campbell died 1932
anu
ann
amu jones BV
parry annjones 213 flintshire
bv213 Flintshire first stages
pregnancy while crossing buena vista faced dual
challenge seasickness morning sickness husband
edward died missouri river ann left widow
five year old son five months later during crossing george
smith company salt lake city thirty miles
east fort bridger ann gave birth son robert dan 1851
ann became plural wife david peters h33 bore him
five children died age forty brigham city utah 1863
pany
purry caleb bv216
parry BV216 newmarket catherine vaughn evans
bv217 married 26 february 1849 same day
buena vista set sail calebs parents board eight years
reaching utah caleb became polygamist 1870
called serve mission great britain died year later
birmingham victim small pox catherine died 1893
marriott utah
parry
parey edwarf
edward wiil
pany edwardbv212 newmarket distant relative caleb
widow ann bore him posthumous
died missouri
child five months later way salt lake city later
married david peters h33 died brigham city utah
1863
thomas elizajane
eliza jane BV
bv146 Glamorgan
146 glamorganshire
shire twenty
single left wales board buena vista
council bluffs became acquainted william dark
oark
clark h40
crossed hartley whose wife frances died
while mississippi river may 1849 eliza william
married 14 september 1849 during trek salt lake city
george smith company eventually nine children
william died 1890 malad idaho eliza died 1899
malad
tte aarne
janne
barne sarah bv117
treharne
trebarne
trehame
Tre hame
kame BV 117 carmarthenshire married owen
1437 information
roberts 1457 lacking further details
lives sarah died 1898
BV
treharne william bvm
bv1
bv11313 carmarthenshire left wales
113
wife four daughters son oldest son john
bring wife two children across following year williams
wife ann died cholera missouri following year
john treharne wife two children died cholera before
reached council bluffs william died shortly thereafter
council bluffs daughters young son william left
find way get utah william jr married ann hughes
1864 died 1907
biographical sketches 121
edward WS
williams edwardbv58
evward whose way across salt
lake valley paid elizabeth lewis apparently money
intended loan 23 april 1850 edward required
23917
pay 23917
25917
239.17 dan jones assistance helping him
wales stout 367 danjones dan jones
vanjones elizabeth lewis married
time thus money go jones williams
cast vote against dan joness proposal create
separate welsh kingdom side jordan river
letter dated 20 march 1853 written san bernardino
udgorn selon 9 july 1853 31 34 williams testified
udgom
parents wales dan jones man god
williams eliza bv38 traveled two sons rice bv37
samuel bv39 died board buena vista just six
days before immigrants reached new orleans
faithful methodist fifty five years before receiving baptism
LDS faith gave thanks deathbed
dying mormon
williams rice bv37 brother samuel bv39 although
both forties accompanied mother eliza
bv38 eliza died board buena vista rice samuel
journeyed salt lake city 1849 rice married before
1850 census
appendix E
translated documents
contents
TD page
1 dan
vanjones
danjones
jones henffych california hail california 125
prophwyd y jubili
jubeli prophet jubilee october
1848 p 158
2 dan jones cynghorion i ymfudwyr i california 127
counsels emigrants california prophwydy
ubili november 1848 pp
abili ap 165 69
3 J D bohnjohn
uohn davis ffarwel y saint saints 135
prophwydy jubili
farewell prqphwydyjubi1i
jubeli december 1848 p 186
4 gwahoddiad i Gali
california
fornia invitation california 136
seren gomer star gomer baptist periodical
december 1848 appp 373 74 signed drywbach
dryw
draw bach
small seer
5 thomas jeremy twenty four others cyfarchiad 139
olaf y saint ymfudol i california greeting
emigrating saints california udgorn selon zions
trumpet march 1849 pp ap 55 58
6 william phillips ymfudiad y saint i Gali california
fornia 143
emigration saints california udgorn selm seiw
seim
selon
march 1849 pp ap 59 61
7 dan
vanjones
danjones john davis 18 april 1849 new orleans
jones tojohn
cojohn 159
ranes
hones gall
hanes ymfudiady saint i Gali
hoves california
fornia
mornia account
saints emigration california merthyr tydfil
J davis 1849 pp ap 5 21
8 thomas jeremy john davis 18 april 1849 new 168
orleans hanes ymfudiad
mfudiady
Y gall
y saint i Galifornia merthyr
california
tydfiljJ davis 1849 pp
tydfil ap 21 24
contents 123
14 dan jones
danjones
vanjones william phillips 20 november 1849 salt 189
lake city try
tii ilythyr
tri
trl llythyr oddiwrth capt D jones ac
un oddiwrth lewis 0o gydweli 0 dainas
ddinas y llyn
halen three letters capt D jones
lewis Kidwelly salt lake city
merthyr tydfil J davis 1850 pp ap 1 3
15 william morgan william phillips 25 december 1849 192
council bluffs udgorn selon february 1850
ap 51 54
pp
16 elizabeth lewis tojohn
john davis 10 april 1850 salt lake
cojohn 195
city di
trl llythyr
tri
tzi bDJ
ilythyr oddiwrth capt Ddjones
jones
jones ap 6 8
ones pp
17 dan jones tojohn
danjones
vanjones john davis
cojohn april 1850 salt lake city
12 197
tii llythyr
ttl
tri
trl
tzi ilythyr oddiwrth capt D jones pp ap 5 6
18 danjones
vanjones
dan jones william phillips 12 april 1850 salt lake 198
city di
trl ilythyr
tri bDJ
llythyr oddiwrth capt Ddjones
jones
ones ap
jones pp 4 5
19 thomas jeremy john davis 14 april 1850 salt 199
lake city udgorn selon october 1850 pp
ap 281 85
124 appendix E
crops abundant
fruits sweet
end winter edens curse
beginning lords blessed summer
california
chief paradise world
t
you brethren stayed behind
hasten come us
remember shall await you
longing look
california
sing until you come
provisions
shillings pence
10 pounds
founds hard bread 2 6
mor everyone 14 3 pence pound
aund
ound
ri ce 3 pence poun
pounds 0 f rice
2 poun pound 0 6
4 pounds sugar 12 pence
3 vi pound 1 2
vi pound
14 tea 2 shillings pound 0 6
2 pounds coffee 6 pence pound 1 0
4 pounds treacle 2 v2 12 pence pound 0 10
4 pounds raisins currants 1 6
4 122 pence pound
3 pounds butter 1 shilling pound 3 0
3 pounds cheese 8 pence pound 2 0
13 0
128 appendix E
necessary clothes
get suit
sult two clothes besides normally
here sufficient them get under way especially
outer clothes underclothing you
better main points creed saints
cleanliness comfort satisfaction though shall experience
various climates during journey first part
too warm wear winter clothes country rest
clothing those warm weather counsel
everyone get deal chests following sizes new ones
purchased 3 feet 3 inches long 18 20 inches wide
deep put clothes dry neat them
need open them long time especially
sea breeze water sea greatly damage clothing
besides chests above sizes convenient
move belongings back forth filled
spare clothes put way ship
space passengers let do according
counsel before leaving town otherwise encounter
inconvenience way clothes confusion
mixed throughout chests dress children warmly
healthily lest start crying colds dis comforts
those feather beds may take them along ie many
wish use voyage notice must provide
own beds bedding ship every place
take care bring enough blankets bedding
comfortable theship ship provides nothing bed boards
place put beds
falness
fulness tasty produce frighten them
oppress them result counsel them think
themselves dishes etc choose
prepare feasts arriving home carry them across
sea moderation cost ie own service
government officials where land side think
intend sell things put tax
them perhaps make them expensive
purchased st louis things personal use
rarely tax them since need
dishes normal use voyage best put them
safekeeping among spare clothes keep them break-
ing do counsel anyone take heavy tools nor fact
scarcely household furniture except what mentioned
do counsel various craftsmen take very many
normal tools them probably get new ones
better cheaper st louis tin dishes use
voyage obtained liverpool best get under way
way taken
distance estimated cost
already speaking captain steam-
boat troubadour taking first company emigrants
swansea liverpool kind gentleman promised make
every provision benefit comfort travelers
carry them much cheaper usual shall advertise time
later greater detail perhaps whole company cannot
prepared before end ofjanuary
january beginning february
reaching liverpool someone else board ship
prepared pres 0 pratt let us know
three four days before sailing time
wisdom value part mormon creed
seen ie everyone mind own business lest sharpers
sharpels
sharpers
wolves snatch them belongings while smiling
face sincerely hope welsh flock know
voice shepherd too well mistake howl wolf
liverpool normal time voyage new orleans
td2
trans documents tda counsels emigrants 131
oh come california
welshmer
dear welshmen welshmer
Welsh men dear welshmen
Welsh men
stand here longer
welshmer
dear welshmen
Welsh men
heavens us
shall land without rent taxes
prepare come without delay
welshmer
dear welshmen welshmer
Welsh men dear welshmen
Welsh men
do tarry here except
welshmer
dear welshmen
Welsh men
geese thousands
come quickly come quickly
running through streets
come quickly
those being roasted
ready lunch
go
come quickly come quickly
feast prepared him
come quickly
fat oxen
heaven heaven
thousands fat pigs
heaven
yd4
trans documents yde
td4 invitation california 137
157
waiting doors
knives throats
ready morning night
heaven heaven
sparse table
heaven
man glantren
Glan tren get under way
great prophet great prophet
zeal feet crown head
great prophet
sold things
already journey
may fair wind call him begin
great prophet great prophet
until reaches land saints
great prophet
camp israel
hills sweet valleys
near independence rock
649 miles winter quarters
september 21 1849
brothers W morgan W davies presidents
welsh saints pottowatamie iowa GA
dear brethren
our sincere wish always give counsel assistance
suggestions may benefit ease our brethren
although distant you consider suitable thing
offer your observation things learned
through experience benefit you you adopt them
you everyone else may immigrate across
deserted interminable plains great salt lake valley
wish you understand taking upon ourselves
leadership taking upon us your presidency belongs
others think reached end our
journey too late winter presidency
valley give information you winter bro hyde
ask us put attention those under direct
presidency first place wish impress your minds
great importance your situation respect offices
you hold you set good example saints
give unity pious secrecy your counsels your daily
transactions patient long suffering meek temperate virtuous
just loving every thing worthy emulation choice
your animals immigration counsel you insist
those used yoke easy handle older
ten younger five years old sure your wagons
built good materials strong light wheels
six inches higher usually good crossing
trans
irons documents td12 letter smith benson jones 181
merchants ganesville
Kanes
kanesville
ville buy those things needed
immigration promised do failed fulfill
promise why urge you buy places
you able those things you need lest others disappointed
insist few good americans know how drive
gentle animals drivers every group
expert guide lead every group immigrants do depend
cows use yoke purpose helping
oxen take along many you very
useful valley every group should axletrees
axle trees hickory
wood lest them break oak wood spokes let
everyone weigh load refrain taking anything
do without buy good grass ropes tie your animals
ten feet rope each ox herd animals stampeded
before frightening dreadful behold them terror
running earth trembling chains rattling yokes snapping
wagons falling apart watchmen trampled perhaps killed
others wounded effects go along herd
animals stampede tell our friends wales come
plains great salt lake soon those
cannot prepare come plains let them stay pottowatamie
county iowa where meet friends many
brethren welsh company us going forward
well capt danjones
dan jones
vanjones midst happy con-
tent make camp resound evening song
enjoying health good spirit undeniably
blessed say may lord continue bless them
offer foregoing suggestions your benefit
everyone else immigrates great salt lake city may lord
bless you give you wisdom prudent faithful stewards
shepherds inheritance god you
placed preside our prayer
letter djones
bjones
capt D jones president W phillips
td13
happy countenances
countenancer short great haste
understand me 1I say well everyone here
abundance food good shops seen wales
me although world 1I am getting
person
194 appendix E
letter ganesville
william morgan kanesville
Kanes ville iowa
W phillips andj
anda davis
td2
td21
tda 1
ganesville
ville iowa july 19 1850
kanesville
Kanes
dear brother phillips davis
1I received following letter mail came
valley month july 1850 request
bro jones me translate send udgorn
here editors service without mistakes
1I am confident editor correct sweetness english
writing wrought famous authors translators
reach
sectarians
sect arians insist sell us
shame like animals
across sea our leaders do
groups cry
captain enticed
say area
merthyr huge number waless children
might sold
yes shipful among host
am 1I greatjesus
great jesus expecting us fill
circle placed shall call us together
sometime give our account well dear brethren children
christ sure appear happy remember I1
told you 1I do thus god our father
bless you forever ever 1I workers
say kiss my dear coworkers
what else shall I1 say them show my love them yet
nothing I1 time nor space even name
them too numerous go forward dear saints crowns
ahead you eternal life clothe you 1I dreamed lately
I1 middle room full you council
embracing my dear brethren W phillips andj anda davis endlessly
exquisitely sweet oh heaven me
dream oh teach dear saints tenderly love way
keep counsel god thanks my father answering my
prayers your regard remember me dear howells
family lovingly lord him family my con-
stant prayer remember me saints my wife little
claudia well together rest welsh remember
me my family kindly my brothers john edward
my relatives oh here I1 shall pray them
faithful saints anyway 1I heard evans coming here
year staying council bluffs
roads here still white wagon fuls immigrants
wagonfuls
like doves coming windows four comers
corners
world sickness gathered my lungs through hard
work gotten much better yet dear saints remember
your poor servant pray him served you almost
death him faithful diligent work god
excellent conference here week everything here
successful wonderfully organized able leader
helm abundance assistants I1 cannot get chance now
write account my journey south winter you shall
soon I1 write you shall account council
bluffs welsh bro W morgans welcome dwell
land I1 bought them I1 must close brethren here
three you my love my heart forever ever amen
D jones
letter capt D jones wm phillips
containing news zion
td24
manti 1851.
1851
18511
18511
1851.1
dear brother gospel
my excuse writing you I1 am sure where my
parents my relatives living now alive you
tell them me 1I promised many my dear
friends saints others 1I write here
happenings nature country inhabitants
religion professed many promised believe my testimony
here I1 testified mormonism still seemed true although
delay believe until then wise yet 1I consider my duty
fulfill my promises them thus your permission give
space columns vdgorn I1
udgorn still hope though
afar help them break debate minds
respect country general briefly space
does allow me go detail mountainous country
broken valleys great small rich lovely rows
high rocky wooded snowy cold looking mountains
contrast rich meadows summerlike
summer like weather
around feet without exception form majestic sight
present inhabitants besides remnants several tribes
indians live almost inhumanly unnoticed along
lowlands hills saints like myself immigrated
here different parts world without assistance
world almost except freedom elements
natural condition hope stimulate them here enjoy
freedom worship god something forbidden
them almost every part world took hold
something without shape already people
independent world possessing fulness falness maintenance
fruit own labors peace
freedom priceless
our officials temporal spiritual amongst ourselves
laws like subjects receive justice needless say these
224 appendix E
brotherjones
Brothe
brother rjones
jones gave letter me banks bear
river 1I shall soon forget fatherly care fellow
nation behalf myself my camp I1 express warmest
thanks my brother herojones
hero jones although none us
ojones
need 1I mand lately jane
mantl
manti little girl
240 appendix E
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allen
alien B cormons
thomas G alexander eds manchester mormons
Mor mons
journal william clayton 1840 1842 santa barbara
salt lake city peregrine smith 1974
appleby william I1 journal housed library archives historical
division church jesus christ latter day saints salt lake
city hereafter cited LDS church archives
bowen david D history life david D bowen
LDS church archives
chambers rachel david biographical sketch private collection
daviesjohnjohnson
davies john johnson historical sketch my life utah historical
quarterly 9 1941 155 67
gall
davis john preface hanes ymfudiady saint i Gali
california
fornia
nonnia account
saints emigration california iii iv merthyr tydfil
tydfiljJ davis
1849
davis john J D saints farewell prqphuydyjub& jubili prophet
prophwydy jubeli
jubilee december 1848 186
sezen
editor ofseren
offeren gomersw
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jaques
jaquesj
jaquesh
Jaque sJJ orson pratt 22july millennial star 30 august 1856
22 july 1856 millennialstar
553 57
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gall
Galifornia 21 24 merthyr tydfil J davis 1849
california
john davis 14 april 1850 ngom selon zions trumpet
tojohn
cojohn
october 1850 281 85
john davis 21 january 1852 udgom sewn
udgorn semn
selon 8 may 1852
142 45
jeremy thomas et al greeting emigrating saints udgom
udgorn
selon march 1849 55 58
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