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Tracy, Nancy Alexander, 1816-1902. Nancy Alexander Tracy autobiography, 1885.

Title: Nancy Alexander Tracy autobiography, 1885.

Autobiography of Nancy Naomi Tracy (1816-1902), typed and edited by her great-grandson William C. Anderson. Describes her life, from her birth on the eastern shore of Lake Ontario in New York. She married Moses Tracy and both were early converts to the Mormon Church. They were acquainted with the prophet Joseph Smith; served a mission in New York; lived in Kirtland, Missouri, and Nauvoo; and later made the trek to Salt Lake, eventually settling in Ogden, Utah.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder (0.08 linear ft.)

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Tracy, Nancy Alexander, 1816-1902. Autobiographical writings, 1880-1899.

Title: Autobiographical writings, 1880-1899.

Includes three reminiscent accounts written in 1880, 1885, and 1895, reflecting on her early life in New York state; marriage to Moses Tracy, 1832; conversion to Mormonism, 1834; occasional interactions with Joseph Smith Jr.; and experiences with her husband in New York, 1844. Also includes information on her activities in Kirtland, Ohio; Far West, Missouri; Nauvoo, Illinois; Council Bluffs, Iowa; Winter Quarters, Nebraska; and Ogden, Utah. She also comments on her emigration to Utah, 1850; and temporary move from Ogden to Provo, 1857. She recounts post-Nauvoo-period church history events. The 1880 account was submitted to historian Hubert Howe Bancroft. The 1885 account is more detailed. The 1895 account appears to be derived from the 1885 version but, again, incorporates more detail. The collection includes typescripts of all three accounts, plus a photocopy of the 1885 manuscript. The 1895 typescript also includes occasional diary entries, 1896-1899, plus two patriarchal blessings, poetry, family genealogical information, and a name index. Some of the accounts were transcribed by William C. Anderson. An explanatory sheet by Anderson is included at the end of the collection.

ArchivalResource: 5 fd. : Photocopy.

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Tracy, Eli Alexander, 1833-. Autobiography, ca. 1910.

Title: Autobiography, ca. 1910.

Photocopy of a typescript of an autobiography. Tracy writes about being baptized by the first president of the Mormon Church, Joseph Smith, in 1842, his migration to Utah in 1850, his settling in Huntsville, Utah, and his mission to the Indians (probably Shoshoni Indians) at Ft. Supply (near Ft. Bridger), Wyoming. Also included are autobiographies of Tracy's wife, Eliza Ann Sprague Tracy, and his mother, Nancy Alexander Tracy.

ArchivalResource: 1 vol. (4 pages).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122645433 View

Nancy Alexander Tracy autobiography, 1885

Title: Nancy Alexander Tracy autobiography 1885

ArchivalResource: 31 p.; (0.09 linear ft.)

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Tracy, Nancy Alexander, 1816-1902. Autobiography, 1885.

Title: Autobiography, 1885.

Typescript of autobiography. Nancy was born in New York and raised by her grandparents. She married Moses Tracy in 1832 and joined the Mormon Church in 1834. She lived in Kirtland, Ohio; Far West, Missouri; Nauvoo, Illinois; "Winter Quarters"; and Ogden, Utah. She witnessed and experienced some of the persecutions of Mormons in Missouri and Illinois. She went with her husband on a mission to New York and was a member of the Mormon Relief Soceity in Nauvoo. She covers her life until 1860.

ArchivalResource: 31 leaves.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122536011 View

Nancy Alexander Tracy autobiographical writings, 1880-1899

Title: Nancy Alexander Tracy autobiographical writings 1880-1899

ArchivalResource: 5 folders

http://findingaid.lib.byu.edu/viewItem/MSS%202198 View

Nancy Alexander Tracy autobiography, 1885

Title: Nancy Alexander Tracy autobiography 1885

ArchivalResource: 3 folders; (0.3 linear ft.)

http://findingaid.lib.byu.edu/viewItem/MSS%202214 View