Letter to "dear son and daughter," 1850, June 23.

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Letter to "dear son and daughter," 1850, June 23.

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Letter written by Elihu Allen from First Cottonwood, Great Salt Lake Valley, Utah, to his son and daughter. In the letter Allen expresses his anxiety at being separated from his children and speaks of an influx of immigrants to the Salt Lake Valley, the prospect of crops in the area, and the potential of building a new schoolhouse. Allen also writes of the impending visit of a "general master of the Military Forces" on July 4 and a "great commotion" in Congress. He also includes commentary about the spiritual mission of Mormon pioneers. The letter appears to have been written over another letter to "My Dear Brother and Sister" and is addressed to Mr. John L. Biser, Gold Mines, California (postmarked Sacramento, November 5).

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Allen, Elihu.

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Elihu Marcellus Allen was born on May 14, 1791, in Cambridge, Washington, New York. He married Laura Foote and, upon her death in 1823, married her cousin Lola Ann Clawson. Allen and Lola Ann joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints sometime in the mid-1830s, during which time the family (Allen had a total of 16 children) moved to Caldwell, Missouri. Facing religious persecution, the Allens relocated several times, first to Illinois, then Iowa, and finally Utah, where they arrived ...