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 088.gif |
Title |
Genteel Gentile, page 088 |
Description |
Brigham Voting's Pl.,,y,,, tl e city rovided for rgC en-acre b ocks, d fight l< ts each, thus illo pace for vegetab e g.itxlfii ; orchard , and chicke an inimal sh ds in a Jdifion tf a house The goal wa la =ach hous hold s lf-sufficie lit 2Thc .,,u,c yances El izabetl e presse in this letlc we is of the uxurv of i VI tig 1 the Sta ne s M.ins on was shor -liVL nlly nT,a led tho r home. Th e Cum ¦nings, theref re novcd to small house ne xl dooi1 U the Salt Lak e fh ¦Vhen one vibuah cb the c ¦ast be iou=e anc (he Ui 'or magi if cent m nsion she ha 1 bi. ™ mo rod with (i \l as ivh n one se s the relativ lyu rcssive h iijsc in the shadow of the impos ng the iter symp.itl 'or hci pique. &c' We, newcomers, have no garden yet-& it is too late (in this climate) for us to begin, to cultivate it. The price of man's service here averages two dollars a day, if you feed him, more if not. But oh the ten thousand petty annoyances-the gnat stings of the housekeeping here? I will pass them over-only saying that since I left the States, during the journey, during our camp life, I had almost no annoyance, except from the young girl I told you of. ] enjoyed all the rest of my life very much- a very happy eight months I had. So much so, I often said to myself "it will not last"-& now the the trouble has come. The home Coivnn, ¦rCiiimnn iginiii hij ivi,hl ',¦1- !,«;>in ? the b dwurjed by the Sail Like Tin liter. 'Iheliwal Inxkdli It'll Still Lake Citv |
Format |
application/pdf |
Source |
The genteel gentile : letters of Elizabeth Cumming, 1857-1858 |
Setname |
uum_ttb |
Date Created |
2005-04-15 |
Date Modified |
2005-04-15 |
ID |
329246 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6xs5tn5/329246 |