Microfilm of six diaries kept by William Farrer from 1849-1854. The first volume, dated 1849, recalls Farrer's travels from Utah to California with Charles Coulson Rich. The 1850-1851 diary begins when Farrer was preparing to depart California for Hawaii, and recounts his sea voyage and missionary work through 1851. The remaining four diaries were kept while Farrer was serving on his Hawaiian mission, and are dated 1851-1852, 1852-1853, 1853, and 1854. Also included on the reel is "A Short Account of My Mission to the Sandwich Islands," sent by Farrer to "Pres. Clawson and Tibbetts" in 1855, and a brief excerpt on Farrer from the Deseret News, dated 1897 and written by Ramona Farrer Cottam. 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., 1951. 1 microfilm reel : negative 35 mm. Forms part of the Manuscripts Department's Mormon file, c.1805-1995. William Farrer (1821-1906) was born in Westmorland, England. He was baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1842 and immigrated to the United States in 1843. He originally settled in Nauvoo, and after the Mormon expulsion traveled to Utah in 1847. He went to California to mine for gold in 1850, and while there was called on a mission to Hawaii. Farrer served on the Hawaiian mission from 1850-1854 and returned to Provo in 1855. He died in Provo in 1906.
Rich, Charles C. (Charles Coulson), 1809-1883 Farrer, William, 1821-1906 Mormon missionaries--Hawaii Mormons--Hawaii--History--19th century Mormons--West (U.S.)--History--19th century Ocean travel California--Description and travel Hawaii--Description and travel Hawaii--History--To 1893 Utah--Description and travel 1849-1854 1854 Diaries California 19th century. (aat) Diaries Hawaii 19th century. (aat)
Source
Mormon Manuscripts at the Huntington Library Mormonism and the West, Huntington Digital Library
Provenance
Microfilm of originals loaned by Mrs. M.J. Cottam, December 16, 1951.
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