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 |
application/pdf |
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 019.gif |
Title |
Genteel Gentile, page 019 |
Description |
Black's Fork of Green River, Camp Scott-Utah Terry, 13th Deer 1857 ar Anne, Alfred has ,ust told me that a party of traders leave here to-morrow mtendmg to reach the States If pomble, and ~111 take letters for me A says he does noi b&eve they w,ll get through, but I will send a few lmes on a venture-to tell of our welfare We are all very well and becommg qu,te corn- fortable I am far better pleased in my cloth tents, than at the I'lanteis House St Ls Here we have pure an, water as good ai can be, & firewood in plenty, m place of ,mpure odors, bad & muddy water, & odmus soft coal, floating m the atmosphere staining your skin & clothes, blackening yr silver, & causina everv thina around to smell. & taste of s&her. The wmier chmate 1s dehghtful, &though the h,lls around us are very bleak & wmdy, we are encamped m a basin, so sur rounded by hills, that the wmds reach us very gently 79 |
Format |
application/pdf |
Source |
The genteel gentile : letters of Elizabeth Cumming, 1857-1858 |
Setname |
uum_ttb |
Date Created |
2005-04-14 |
Date Modified |
2005-04-14 |
ID |
329179 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6xs5tn5/329179 |