Benjamin Franklin Cummings diaries and an autobiography, 1854-1879.

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Benjamin Franklin Cummings diaries and an autobiography, 1854-1879.

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Handwritten diaries including an autobiography. Cummings' autobiography covers his early life when he lived in Ohio and Navuoo, Illinois, served on a mission to Maine, and left Illinois for Utah. Cummings' diaries tell about his mission to the Indians in Idaho in the "Salmon River Mission," his service during the "Utah Expedition" of 1857-1858, his various encounters with Indians, his mission to Iowa in 1878 and 1879, and his life in Ogden and Salt Lake City, Utah. Also included is a typescript of one of the diaries.

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Cummings, Benjamin Franklin, 1821-1899.

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Benjamin Franklin Cummings (1821-1899) served under Col. Chauncy West in gathering forces at the Green River, hoping to head off Johnston's Army advance into the Bear River area. He returned home to Ogden, Utah, and then headed out to Salmon River where he held counsel with the Bannock and Shoshone Indian tribes to assure friendship and peace. Cummings had two wives, Mary Jane and Catherine. From the guide to the Benjamin Fanklin Cummings papers, 1857-1862, (J. Willard Marriott Libra...