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Journal of Henry Standage from July 19th 1846 to July 19th 1847, Sabbath between 1900 and 1911

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Title Journal of Henry Standage from July 19th 1846 to July 19th 1847, Sabbath between 1900 and 1911

Creator Standage, Henry, 1818-1899

Date 1900-1911

Language English

Place California, New Southwest, West United States

Subjects Frontier and pioneer life, Mexican War, 1846-1848, Mormons, Soldiers, United States

Description Title from caption and opening line.
Forms part of the Edward E. Ayer Manuscript Collection (Newberry Library)
Spine title: Journal of Henry Standage of the Mormon Brigage.
Printed in: Golder, Frank Alfred. The March of the Mormon Battalion from Council Bluffs to California. New York and London : Century Co., 1928, p. 128-137.
Typescript copies also available at Utah State Historical Society, Utah State University, and Harvard University.

Summary Typescript copy of Henry Standage's diary documenting his service with the Mormon Battalion, beginning in Council Bluffs, July 19, 1846, and ending in Los Angeles, July 16, 1847. Diary contains information on miles travelled; towns en route; sickneses, deaths, and burials; shortages of water, provisions, and clothing; buffalo and other game; Indians; military drills, etc. There are also brief descriptions of Santa Fe, Tucson, San Diego, Los Angeles, and the California missions.

Biographical/Historical Note Private in Company E of the Mormon Battalion. Born in England, Standage emigrated to America in 1835, came to Utah in 1847, and died in Mesa, Arizona in 1899. Standage was one of 549 soldiers who in 1846 enlisted in the U.S. army from the Mormon emigration camps at Council Bluffs in the Iowa Territory. The battalion marched from Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, to California by way of Santa Fe and the Gila River. Released from service in California, Standage and many other volunteers joined Brigham Young's Mormon company and arrived in Utah in October, 1847.

Extent 1 v. (34 leaves) ; 28 cm

Format Diaries, Transcripts, Travel literature

Archival Collection Title Edward E. Ayer Collection, Edward E. Ayer Manuscript Collection

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Call Number Ayer MS 825

BibID 147251

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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IIIF Resource Type Manifest

Filename 991472518805867_Ayer_MS_825

Unique Identifier NL1233AQ

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