Thales Hastings Haskell diary, 1859-1860.

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Thales Hastings Haskell diary, 1859-1860.

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Handwritten diary. Haskell writes about his experiences with various Indian tribes in Arizona when he was serving as a missionary for the Mormon Church. He was accompanied by Jacob Hamblin and others. Fifteen pages of the item are written in the Deseret Alphabet. Some of the manuscript pages have been torn off and one page is missing.

1 v. (73 p.)

Harold B. Lee Library

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Hamblin, Jacob, 1819-1886

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Jacob Hamblin (1819-1886) was a Mormon pioneer, missionary, and federal Indian agent in Southern Utah. He was president of the Indian Mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in southern Utah and northern Arizona. From the description of Jacob Hamblin diaries and autobiography, 1819-1886. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 145435477 From the guide to the Jacob Hamblin diaries and autobiography, 1819-1886, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) Pioneer Mor...

Haskell, Thales Hastings, 1834-1909.

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Thales Hastings Haskell was born in New Salem, Massachusetts, on February 21, 1834. When he was a young child his parents converted to Mormonism, traveled with the Mormons from Nauvoo to Council Bluffs in 1846, and continued on to Salt Lake City in 1847. In 1855 Haskell married Hannah Maria Woodbury, who was accidentally shot and killed by an Indian boy in 1857 (Haskell subsequently married Margaret J. Edwards). In 1854 he accompanied the Mormons' first Indian mission to southern Utah, and in 18...