| Identifier |
genteel_gentile |
| Title |
The Genteel Gentile, Letters of Elizabeth Cumming, 1857 - 1858 |
| Creator |
Canning, Ray R.; Beeton, Beverly |
| Subject |
Utah Expedition, 1857-1858; Frontier and pioneer life; Polygamy; Letters |
| Subject Local |
Cumming, Elizabeth Wells Randall, 1811-1867; Utah War, 1857-58 |
| Description |
Letters Elizabeth Cumming wrote to her sisters-in-law describing her adventures accompanying the Utah Expedition from the Missouri River to the Salt Lake Valley in 1857-58. |
| Publisher |
Tanner Trust Fund University of Utah Library, Salt Lake City, Utah. |
| Contributors |
Series Editors: Cooley, Everett L.; Madsen, Brigham D.; Tyler, S. Lyman; Ward, Margery W. |
| Date |
1977 |
| Type |
Text |
| Format |
image/png |
| Format Creation |
Digital images scanned at 8-bit grayscale on an Epson Expression 836XL flatbed scanner, and saved as uncompressed TIFF files at 1300 x 1000 pixels resolution. Display GIF files generated In PhotoShop. |
| Source |
The genteel gentile : letters of Elizabeth Cumming, 1857-1858 |
| Language |
eng |
| Relation |
Is Part Of: Utah, the Mormons, and the West, no. 8 |
| Coverage |
1857-1858 |
| Rights Management |
University of Utah, Copyright 2001 |
| Holding Institution |
J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah. |
| Source Physical Dimensions |
25.5 cm x 20.5 cm |
| Source Characteristics |
Printed Hard Cover Book |
| Scanning Device |
Epson Expression 836XL Flatbed Scanner |
| Resolution |
TIFF: Vertical: 740 x 1000 pixels, Horizontal: 1300 x 1000 pixels |
| Dimensions |
Gif: Vertical: 740 x 1000 pixels, Horizontal: 1300 x 1000 pixels |
| Bit Depth |
Text and Images: 8-bit (grayscale) |
| Scanning Technician |
Clifton Brooks |
| Metadata Cataloger |
Clifton Brooks; Jan Robertson |
| Call Number |
F 826 .C98 |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s6xs5tn5 |
| Topic |
Frontier and pioneer life; Polygamy; Letters; Utah Expedition (1857-1858) |
| Setname |
uum_ttb |
| Date Created |
2005-04-20 |
| Date Modified |
2011-04-07 |
| ID |
329269 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6xs5tn5 |
| Identifier |
Page 006.gif |
| Title |
Genteel Gentile, page 006 |
| Description |
I ear Anne, ] An order from Washington to-day'-Six companies of dragoons ordered io be prepared for Utah? It will take at least ten days, so they tell me. No mules here-wagons to be made for transportation. Our pleasant journey will lose much of its pleasantness. To make up for lost time, we are io travel very long days journeys--_fatigumg & disagreeable, I fear The newspapers as Alfred says have made verv few COT- , rect staiements about this expeditionPso far as he has seen. It has been amusmg & sometxnes rntaimg to see the state ments gravely made often without anv foundation I could tell you some striking discrepancies which would surprise you very much, but as I should have to speak of some impor- tani persons, knowing your dread of "letter committals," I refrain. The best direction to Utah, the postmaster tells Alfred, is 6 |
| Format |
image/png |
| Source |
The genteel gentile : letters of Elizabeth Cumming, 1857-1858 |
| Setname |
uum_ttb |
| Date Created |
2005-04-14 |
| Date Modified |
2005-04-14 |
| ID |
329166 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6xs5tn5/329166 |
