Diaries of John Stillman Woodbury, 1851-1857.

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Diaries of John Stillman Woodbury, 1851-1857.

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Facsimiles of 13 diaries kept by John Stillman Woodbury from 1851-1857. The majority of the diaries record Woodbury's 1851-1855 mission trip to Hawaii, including references to his spiritual experiences and dreams, encounters with other Christian missionaries, church conferences and meetings, a solar eclipse in November 1853, the outbreak of the Crimean War, the death and funeral of Kamehameha III in 1854, and Woodbury's laments on not receiving correspondence from his wife, Elvira. The diaries also recount Woodbury's travels to California with Parley Pratt, his life in Utah (1857), his return to Hawaii in 1857, and his thoughts on the onbreak of the Utah War ("they cannot exterminate the Saints neither can they make them forsake their religion"). Woodbury also makes frequent references to George Q. Cannon. Some of the diaries are marked "Property of Ada Woodbury Scott."

13 bound facsimiles.

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Woodbury, John Stillman, 1825-1914.

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Cannon, George Q. (George Quayle), 1827-1901

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