Microfilm of a diary kept by Robert S. Bliss while he was serving with Company "B" of the Mormon Battalion, United States Army. It traces the Company's travels from Colorado through Sonora, California, to San Diego, and Bliss's return trip as far as Fort Hall, Idaho. The diary details the months the Company spent at the San Luis Rey Mission, and includes observations, both positive and negative, on local Indians and Spaniards. The second microfilm reel contains a typescript of the diary. The Huntington also has a printed copy of the typescript (FAC 1657). 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., 1959. 2 microfilm reels : negative 35 mm. Forms part of the Manuscripts Department's Mormon file, c.1805-1995. Robert S. Bliss was born on August 1, 1805. He served with the Mormon Battalion in the US Army from 1846-1847.;The Mormon Battalion was a volunteer company of the US Army consisting of about 500 members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It marched from Council Bluffs, Iowa, to San Diego, California, during the Mexican-American War.
Type
text
Format
PDF
Extent
Reel one contains 96 frames.;Reel two contains 37 frames.
Bliss, Robert S United States. Army. Mormon Battalion Indians of North America Mormons--History--19th century California--Description and travel 1846-1847 1847 Diaries California 19th century. (aat)
Source
Mormon Manuscripts at the Huntington Library Mormonism and the West, Huntington Digital Library
Provenance
Microfilm of original from the San Diego Historical Society, c.1959.
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