Microfilm of a typescript of Patty Bartlett Sessions' diaries, beginning while she was living in Nauvoo in 1846 and ending in Utah in 1866. It covers her overland travels from Illinois, her time in Winter Quarters, and her arrival in Utah. Most of the diary consists of entries on daily activities and events in Utah, and refers throughout to Sessions' work as a midwife. On the same reel as MFILM 631 (2), autobiography of Perrigrine Sessions. All inquiries about this item should be directed to the H. Russell Smith Foundation Curator of Western Historical Manuscripts at the Huntington Library, San Marino, CA. Microfilm. San Marino, Calif. : Huntington Library Photographic Dept., 1968. 1 microfilm reel : negative 35 mm. Forms part of the Manuscripts Department's Mormon file, c.1805-1995. Patty Bartlett Sessions (1795-1892) was born in Bethel, Maine. She married David Sessions in 1812, and they converted to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1833. In 1836 they moved to Far West, Missouri, where they lived until they were driven out by mob violence and settled in Nauvoo. Sessions became a renowned midwife and was called west by Brigham Young in 1846. She arrived in Salt Lake City in 1847 and continued her work as a midwife until she was in her eighties. Sessions died in Utah in 1892.
Sessions, Patty Bartlett, 1795-1892 Frontier and pioneer life--Iowa Frontier and pioneer life--Utah Midwives--United States Mormon pioneers Mormon women Mormons--Utah--History--19th century Overland journeys to the Pacific Utah--History--19th century 1846-1866 1866 Diaries Utah 19th century. (aat)
Source
Mormon Manuscripts at the Huntington Library Mormonism and the West, Huntington Digital Library
Provenance
Microfilm of original typescript loaned by Dorothy Reed.
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