Microfilm of a typescript of an autobiography and diary entries made by Perrigrine Sessions. The autobiography and diaries include a detailed family history, an account of his conversion to Mormonism, an account of his travels to Far West, an account of mob violence against Mormons, and account of his move to Nauvoo, a partial diary kept during a mission to Maine in 1839-1840 and again in about 1844, an account of leaving Illinois and traveling overland to Utah in 1847, and account of traveling back overland to Iowa in 1850, diary entries of his British mission in 1852-1854, diary entries made in Utah in 1855, diary entries of a mission in Maine in 1873, and diary entries made in Utah in 1876. Typed by Dorothy Tolman Reeve, March 1948, from copy made by Vera Egan Whibeck from the original diaries. On the same reel as MFILM 631 (1), diaries of Patty Bartlett 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. Perrigrine Sessions (1814-1893) was born in Oxford County, Maine. His family joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the 1830s and he moved to Far West, Missouri, in 1837, and later to Nauvoo. He traveled to Utah in 1847 and camped at Sessions' Settlement, which was later renamed Bountiful. Sessions was postmaster of Bountiful from 1871-1877. He served on several mission trips to Maine, on a mission to England from 1852-1854, and helped colonize Carson, Nevada, from 1856-1857. He died in Bountiful in 1893.
If you're wondering about permissions and what you can do with this item, a good starting point is the "rights information" on this page. See our terms of use for more tips.
Share your story
Has Calisphere helped you advance your research, complete a project, or find something meaningful? We'd love to hear about it; please send us a message.
