Journals, 1840-1861.

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Journals, 1840-1861.

Photocopies of typewritten journals and genealogy of Milo Andrus who was a missionary for the mormon Church in the 19th century. A photocopy of a typed transcript of a letter addressed to Brigham Young by Andrus (1854) in which he gives an account of the Mormons in St. Louis, Missouri. Also included is a photocopy of a biography of Milo Andrus by Gary L. Pickell (1979). Andrus' diaries tell of experiences while a missionary in England during 1849, of crossing the plains from Nebraska Territory to Utah in 1861, and of the hardships he and other Mormons endured connected with travel at that time.

16 items (ca. 100 p.).

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Andrus, Milo, 1814-1893

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Mormon patriarch and missionary who played a vital role in the emigration of British Mormons to Utah. From the description of Personal history items, 1848-1980. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122553181 Milo Andrus was a Mormon pioneer, missionary, and Patriarch. Born March 6, 1814 in Elizabethtown, Essex County, New York, he was baptized into the Mormon Church in 1833. He served as a missionary in England, Canada, and the United States, as a stake President, and as a member ...