Blythe, John Law, 1829-1893

File — Box: 5, Folder: 8

Identifier: III

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Journal, Mission to Scotland (1878-1880). John L. Blythe left Scotland in 1847 and arrived in Pennsylvania in July. He emigrated to California in 1850 and came with his wife, Margaret Mitchell Blythe, to Utah in 1860. He joined the Mormon church in 1857. Blythe's call to the mission in Scotland was a personal desire to find members of his family (Blythe and Law) and his wife Margaret Mitchell Blythe's family still living in Scotland and convert them to Mormonism. Much of the journal is devoted to a record of letters received and sent and the contents of each. Blythe hoped that when he left Salt Lake City that "a change of air and climate will improve my health and restore my vigor."

Dates

1857-1986

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