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 076.gif |
Title |
Genteel Gentile, page 076 |
Description |
na others-& hoped that we should get mto the cey quietly- though as Alfred had ' conquered a peace" a few days before, &had made friends, positive friends of thorough going ene- mies, 1 thought there might be a reception--a&one, I knew-for the city was to be abandoned by its inhabitants, until after the armv had oassed throueh. This had been agreed upon-but I ias &prepared for the death hke st& ness which ensted" A large, beautiful sty, the houses all separate-each web es gardenpwlde streets, w,th a pebbly stream runnmg on each s,dcpc,ty capable of coniammg twenty thousand inhabitants-as level as Augusta Georgia- houses mostly about two stories hiah, built of adobes. which are hke bricks m shape & snc, but; grey stone color mead of red The gardens full of flowers &vegetables & prom,se of fru-but the doors of all houses closed-not a wmdow to be seen-only boards mstead--not a carnage or wagon or mule or horse or men to be seen Mauntams all around us, lookmg m the clear atmosphere, but a few feet from US-snow on the taps, green below-& the rushing of the water on each side the only sound. The vallev citv covers a level area of several mlles+& one wondered when one should wake from a dram --or tned to look away from the plctured place lt did noi seem d-but you could not look away The mountams shut you m all around The gorge through wluch we approached, was no longer vnble By & bye, Dr Forney (who had preceded us) came up to my carnage, which was m advance,-he got m, &told Dundee to drwe to Siames'i house-which had been left all ready for us It was at thls house that Co1 Kane & Alfred had remamed 76 |
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 |
329234 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6xs5tn5/329234 |