Diary, 1846-1847.

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Diary, 1846-1847.

Concerns experiences with the Mormon Battalion. Leaves Battalion at Santa Fe with Sick Detachment to Pueblo. Includes typed transcription by Juanita Brooks.

48 p. : photocopy of manuscript.

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Brooks, Juanita,

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Wilson, George Deliverance, 1807-1887.

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George Deliverance Wilson was born in Shelbourne, Vermont, on December 28, 1807. Ill health forced him to leave Vermont, and he traveled to Ohio after hearing of the newly founded Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He was given a copy of the Book of Mormon by Joseph Smith, and baptized into the Mormon faith in August 1834. Wilson worked as a mechanic in Kirtland, Ohio, from 1837-1838 before traveling with the Mormons to Missouri and Illinois. He joined the Mormon Battalion (Company E) ...