Microfilm of Heber Bennion's diary, volume 4, kept from January-July 1889 while he was traveling in the Eastern United States, particularly Washington D.C. In Washington Bennion visited the White house and shook hands with President Cleveland, and also visited the Supreme Court, Mount Vernon, the Treasury, and the Smithsonian. He also took trips to New York City (where he saw the Brooklyn Bridge, Madison Square Garden, and the New York Medical University), New York state (including Rochester, Niagara Falls, and Palmyra), Baltimore, New England, and Pennsylvania (including Pittsburgh and Philadelphia). He also writes of traveling back to Utah, including stops in Wheeling, Chicago, and the Grand Canyon. 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., 1948. 1 microfilm reel : negative 35 mm. Forms part of the Manuscripts Department's Mormon file, c.1805-1995. Heber Bennion (1858-1932) was born in Taylorsville, Utah. He served as bishop of Taylorsville and was the author of Gospel Problems (1920). He died in Salt Lake City in 1932.
Bennion, Heber, 1858-1932 Mormon missionaries--New York Mormon missionaries--Pennsylvania Mormon missionaries--Washington (D.C.) Railroad travel--United States Baltimore (Md.)--Description and travel New York (N.Y.)--Description and travel New York (state)--Description and travel Pennsylvania--Description and travel Washington (D.C.)--Description and travel 1889 Diaries United States 19th century. (aat)
Source
Mormon Manuscripts at the Huntington Library Mormonism and the West, Huntington Digital Library
Provenance
Microfilm of original loaned by Mrs. Mary B. Powell through Juanita Brooks, November 11, 1948.
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