Nathaniel Vary Jones journal, 1846-1847.

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Nathaniel Vary Jones journal, 1846-1847.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/25729597

Typed transcript of a journal concerning the march of the Mormon Battalion from Fort Leavenworth to Santa Fe and San Diego, and return via South Pass in the escort of General S.W. Kearny.

29 leaves. 29 cm.

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Jones, Nathaniel Vary, 1822-1863.

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Nathaniel Vary Jones was born October 13, 1822 in Brighton, New York the son of Samuel and Lucinda Kingsley Jones. Jones worked as a ship carpenter under his father until about age seventeen. In 1839 Jones moved to Wisconsin and there joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. In 1843 he moved to Nauvoo, Illinois. During the summer of 1843 Jones was called to serve as a missionary for the Church in the eastern states (Ohio and New York) and proselyted from 1...