MS 8226, Pratt, Addison 1802-1872. Addison Pratt autobiography and journals 1843-1852

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MS 8226, Pratt, Addison 1802-1872. Addison Pratt autobiography and journals 1843-1852

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Addison Pratt was born in Winchester, New Hampshire, on February 21, 1802, and spent more than ten years as a whaler in New England. He married early feminist Louisa Barnes, and under the influence of Caroline and Jonathan Crosby joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and settled in Nauvoo, Illinois. Pratt had lived in Hawaii and learned the Hawaiian language during his time as a whaler, and in 1843 requested that Joseph Smith allow him to serve as a missionary in Polynesia. Prat...