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 022.gif |
Title |
Genteel Gentile, page 022 |
Description |
hence, the present necessity for economy. The traders of whom I spoke as going~to the States, were going to Salt Lake with annual supplies of goods for that mar- ket-but as Brigham Young has threatened Gentiles with severe penalties if they enter Salt Lake this winier, they all stopped at this place to be under the protection of our troops. They are selling off their goods (among which is a very small portion of edibles) at an enormous profit-averaging 400 per cent on original cost-in some cases more. For instance, a pound of a very common kind of light cracker which in St. Louis I often bought for 5 cents a pound, they ask here, one- dollar a pound. In one day, one of the traders sold two barrels of these crackers, at that price, to the soldiers. He told me this hImself 1 gave $2 50 for a pax of undressed leather, pegged shoes for a httle servant I have with me &other thmgs accord- mgly The praht IS seemmg however They have all ther teamsters & `hands" (hIred only far the ,ourney) to feed all wmter, m the mmdst of scarcey of prov~mns They have lost nearly all ther annnals by the storms & extreme cold wh,ch qured & k&d so many of ours, &c But what xv111 you say to the pnie of salt' The salt of our comm~sariat 1s all destroyed & otherwise gone-but a few days since some of these traders bought salt of the Utahs (Indians) who, had made thcr way through snow & pen1 to bnng it The traders pad flve dollars a quart+& letad ,t at 5'~ & not much to be had at that price' A fortmght or so smce, (before the Indians brought this salt to us) Brigham Young sent some mules laden w,th 800 Ibi of salt, as a present to the commandmg officer here They |
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 |
329182 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6xs5tn5/329182 |