Microfilm of a typescript of Thomas S. Terry's diary, kept from 1857-1860 while he was leading a company of Mormons across the plains to Utah following his eastern states mission (it is identified as "Book 4." Terry writes of the death of Parley P. Pratt, of his company's progression across the plains, of meeting Jesse B. Martin's company, of moving the Springville upon his return to Utah, and of the family's move back to Cottonwood in July 1858. The rest of the diary describes Terry's daily life in Utah. On reel (frames 126-163) with MSS MFILM 00161 and 00163. 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., 1949. 1 microfilm reel : negative 35 mm. Forms part of the Manuscripts Department's Mormon file, c.1805-1995. Thomas Sirls Terry (1825-1920) was born in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, and spent his childhood in Connecticut and New Jersey. In 1841 he joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and left home in 1845. In 1847 he joined the Mormons in Missouri and, against his parents' wishes, traveled with them to Utah. Terry settled in Little Cottonwood and would later help settle Hebron, Utah. He served on a mission to the eastern states in 1856 and led a company of pioneers across the plains in 1857. Terry died in Enterprise, Utah, in 1920.
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