Christopher Jones Arthur

File — Box: 17, Folder: 15

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Scope and Contents

Autobiography, 1832-1918. Includes a list of contributors to the mercantile store in 1873. Break in the narrative to give brief history of Christopher Abel Arthur, his father. Autobiography covers 1832 to 1918, repetitious of first section and some contradictions. Summaries of life in Wales and Utah. Tells of marriages, births, and deaths. Leaves period of polygamy trouble and prison to be found in his other journals. Brief summary of life after 1900. Letters to wife Caroline, 1869 from Salt Lake City. Genealogy of larger family. Navajo vocabulary word list. 82 pp.

Dates

1803-1976

Conditions Governing Access

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