Microfilm of the diary of Ethan Pettit, kept from 1855-1878. The volume opens when Pettit was serving on his Indian mission to the Elk Mountains in Colorado. The remainder of the volume from 1856-1878 focuses on Pettit's life in Utah, and primarily recounts farm, livestock, and agricultural work. 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. 1951. 1 microfilm reel 35 mm. Forms part of the Manuscripts Department's Mormon file, c.1805-1995. Ethan Pettit (1810-1884) was born in Queens, New York. After converting to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1840, he traveled to Nauvoo before emigrating to Utah with the Heber C. Kimball Company in 1848. He served on an Indian mission to the Elk Mountains in 1855. In Utah he settled near Salt Lake City and worked as a farmer and stockraiser. Pettit died in Salt Lake City in 1884.
Pettit, Ethan, 1855-1878 Frontier and pioneer life--Utah Indians of North America--Colorado Mormon missionaries--Colorado Mormons--Utah--History--19th century Colorado--Description and travel Utah--History--19th century 1855-1878 1878 Diaries Utah 19th century. (aat)
Source
Mormon Manuscripts at the Huntington Library Mormonism and the West, Huntington Digital Library
Provenance
Microfilm of original loaned by Dr. Ralph Chamberlain through Juanita Brooks, August 17, 1951.
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