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 070.gif |
Title |
Genteel Gentile, page 070 |
Description |
day light. On the left was, nearlv as high, a mass of the dens- est, richest foliage, not many trees, but shrubs vines, and small trees, fruit trees (wild) every thing in blossom, an 1 know not what foundation close ai your feet a deep, narrow rocky ravine, where the water gushed&rushed &foamed. Do you remember the copper cold. towers, which the powerful Genii, cursed by Solomon, are said to have inhabited, when driven from the mansions af the blest-told of in Eastern Tales & mythologies? These rocky cliffs were as those are described. I could noi think of Echo Cafion-but imaginaiion was thrown far away into the land of fable & mythology. One would not be Kp& ai Amy thing or Amy being appearing in such a place. My pony & I weni every where that pony & 1 Cpuld go-leaving the ambulances to plod as they chose. Some of the cliffs had been scaled by adventurous Mormons, C rude fortifiations were seen in spots where it seemed as though only eagles could attain-forts built for hurling stones? I was fortunate in noi riding in my carriage-for having rode far ahead, I stopped to arrange my hair, which bushes & branches had disarranged, behold my ambulance approached, the mules dragging poor Dundee, on his back on the ground & the carriage lying on its side. The road was so craggy & rough, that the mules could not drag it far, & fortunately there was not damage done-only a few bruises. We went through twenty five or thirty miles in the caiion, when ,i wIdened & other most p~~uresque & lovely scenery appeared-but of a character entnelv dlffermr from that of the cafion. The Weber river appeared, with its lovely islands, groves of lofty trees, names unknown-with a rapid current 70 |
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 |
329228 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6xs5tn5/329228 |