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Rachel F. Burton autobiographical sketch, undated

Author/Creator:
Burton, Rachel Fielding, 1839-1914
Call Number:
MS 12207

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Summary:

Account briefly notes immigration of her parents, Joseph and Hannah Fielding, to United States from England and includes details of her early life in Nauvoo, Illinois; journey across Iowa; life in Winter Quarters; journey to Salt Lake Valley in 1848; marriage to William W. Burton in 1856; activities in Utah War; and family life in Kaysville and Ogden, Utah. Also includes some poetry.

Genre(s):

Poetry
Journals

Subjects:

Utah Expedition (1857-1858)
England -- Mormons and Mormonism
Fielding, Joseph, 1797-1863.
Illinois -- Hancock -- Nauvoo
Fielding, Hannah Greenwood, 1808-1877.
England
Iowa
Utah -- Davis -- Kaysville
Nebraska -- Douglas -- Winter Quarters
Burton, William Walton, 1833-1918
Utah -- Weber -- Ogden

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