Autobiography, ca. 1860.

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Autobiography, ca. 1860.

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Phtocopy of a typescript of an autobiography. The date of composition of the item is uncertain. Conover writes about the persecutions of Mormons before their emigration to Utah, his service in the Utah Militia against the Utes and in the Utah War from 1857 to 1858, and his family.

1 item (12 pages).

Harold B. Lee Library

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