Diary and correspondence of John Redington, 1897.

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Diary and correspondence of John Redington, 1897.

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Facsimile of John Redington's 1897 diary, beginning with his departure from a mission in Glasgow, Scotland, in January. Includes entries from his voyage, his stay in New York, and his overland journey from New York to Utah. Redington also writes of a welcome home party given by his neighbors, Mormon Church activities, a brief genealogy, and an autobiography covering the years 1864 to 1905. Also includes some of Redington's correspondence from 1895-1897, mainly focusing on Mormon Church history.

1 bound facsimile.

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Redington, John W., 1851-1935

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John "Watermelon" Redington was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1851, attended grammar school, and worked as a printer's devil. He enlisted in the United States Army in 1874 as a means of traveling to the West. He was discharged in 1874, worked for the Salem Oregon Statesman, and founded a job printing establishment in Salem. He left job printing to wander through Oregon, Idaho, and Utah as a tramp printer and in search of adventure. In the process he served as a scout in the Nez Perce India...