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 040.gif |
Title |
Genteel Gentile, page 040 |
Description |
indinnation at the manner in which this rcpori was avilled upon & talked about He had called upon me io know ,f he (Mr 0) were not right ,I, denymg the fact I told hm , had understood entmly the contrary Dr Forney' called about two or three times every day, talkmg always about hawng ,uii had a mtched battle with some one about ,i "I told them they would not dare to say the Governor told a lie, & that the Go", had told me, (Dr F ) li was aso " Yesterday hc called to say he had been wntnw to the Presldcni, & wshed to read me a rough draft of the Ictter--adding "1 know (or believe) a letter has been wriiten from this camp to a member of Congress in Washington; the writer has requested it should be laid before Genl Cass: stating the "general belief" af Govr's pd understanding with 8. Young." This Dr Forney desired to contradict in his letter to MI Buchanan. 1 did not feel ai liberty friendly feeling-v&h I believe is real & & io obtain my opinion. Dr Mills (whom 1 feel confidence in much more than in most of the talkers about me) was in my teni both yester- day morng & to-day. To-day I told him (but mentioning no namea) that I heard a letter filled with the reports of your pre- vious understanding with Young had been sent to Washing- ton on the 18th of this month. He said energetically, "I wish the Governar knew that." then he went on to say, "There are some persans here (& I will not mention names) who pretend to the Governor's face that they are his wellLwishers, who are now, & have been, talking the fastest against him & the loudest, when they are not in his presence. 1 am enraged ai 40 |
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 |
329199 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6xs5tn5/329199 |