Microfilm of a diary kept by James L. Bunting from 1883-1885. It mainly chronicles his life in Kanab, Utah, including his attendance of prayer meetings and Sunday school, conferences, and ward and stake meetings, as well as his daily activities such as visiting local acquaintances and digging ditches. He also recalls traveling to Salt Lake City. On the same reel (frames 49-98) as MSS MFILM 00169, diary of Harriet Dye Bunting. All inquiries about this item should be sent 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. James Lovett Bunting (1832-1923) was born in Norfolk, England. At the age of 20 he joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and after serving as a home missionary immigrated to Utah in 1858. He served as a captain in the militia during the Black Hawk War and settled in Kanab, Utah. He served on missions to England in 1878 and 1893 and worked in the St. George Temple from 1897-1909. Bunting died in Provo in 1923.
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