Diary and autobiography of Esias Edwards, c.1856-1882.

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Diary and autobiography of Esias Edwards, c.1856-1882.

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Copy of Esias Edwards' diary and autobiography, kept from approximately 1856 until 1882, and which includes genealogical notes, descriptions of Edwards' travels through Illinois and to Utah, and records of his daily life in Utah. Also includes verses on the State of Deseret by Edwards, copies of his letters to President Kelsey, and the text of patriarchal blessings given to the Edwards family. Although passing references are made to the Utah War and Civil War, the majority of the diary focuses on family news and events. The first four pages of the text are not included.

1 bound facsimile.

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Edwards, Esias, 1812-1897.

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Esias Edwards was born in Pike County, Missouri, on April 10, 1812. He moved with his family to Quincy, Illinois, in the 1820s and remained in Illinois for the next twenty years. He served on a mission to the Southern States before departing for the Salt Lake Valley in 1847. In 1859 Edwards and Leroy Kent started the first sawmill in Cache Valley's Millville. Edwards died in St. George, Utah, on June 8, 1897. From the description of Diary and autobiography of Esias Edwards, c.1856-18...