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Title	James Sherlock Cantwell handwritten journal (photocopy);
Creator	Cantwell, James Sherlock, 1813-1887
Description	James Sherlock Cantwell's pioneer diary, 1813-1885, edited by Blair R. Holmes and continued by his son, James Cantwell, to 1917. Begun in 1869 as an autobiography, Cantwell continued it as a daily journal, making note of common occurrences in a frontier community: farm work, teaching, church work, weather and crops, visits with neighbors, family news, illnesses, etc. Mormon pioneer James Sherlock Cantwell was born in Ireland. His parents died when he was still young, in 1821 and 1825, leaving him an orphan. Cantwell was taken in by relatives, but soon left to find his own living. He married Elizabeth Cotterell Hamer on April 27, 1838. Cantwell joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1842, and subsequently emmigrated to the United States. The Cantwell family crossed the plains with the 1856 Willie Handcart Company. His wife died in 1858, leaving Cantwell with seven children. Later a fire in his temporary home in Provo, Utah forced Cantwell to leave his children in foster homes. By 1862 conditions had improved enough for Cantwell to purchase a farm in Smithfield, Utah, and he moved there with his older children. In Cache Valley, he served as one of the earliest school teachers, postmaster, war clerk, etc. A few years prior to his death, Cantwell was unable to continue his diary, and gave it to his son, James Cantwell, to continue. This diary is digitized from a photocopy of the original diary. 334 p. 33 cm tall.;
SubjectLCSH	Cantwell, James Sherlock, 1813-1887 Mormon pioneers--Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho)--Diaries Frontier and pioneer life--Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho) Mormons--Diaries Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho)--Diaries Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho)--History--19th century Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho)--History, Local Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho)--Social life and customs--19th century Mormons--Utah--Smithfield--Biography Mormon Church--Utah--Smithfield--History--19th century Mormon Church--Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho)--History--19th century Mormon converts--Biography
Genre	Diaries
Contributors	Cantwell, James, 1843-1922 Holmes, Blair R.
Original Date	1813-1917
Geographic locations	Smithfield (Utah) Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho) Utah
Time periods	1810-1819 1820-1829 1830-1839 1840-1849 1850-1859 1860-1869 1870-1879 1880-1889 1890-1899 1900-1909 1910-1919 19th century 20th century
Source	The original of this item is housed in the Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections and Archives, 920 C169.;
Call No.	920 C169;
Language	eng;
Rights	Reproduction for publication, exhibition, web display or commercial use is only permissible with the consent of the USU Libraries Western and Mormon Americana curator, phone (435) 797-2661 or the USU Libraries Manuscript Curator, phone (435) 797-0891.;
Digital Collection	Cache Valley Diaries
Digital Publisher	Digitized by : Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library
Date.Digital	2010-10-11
conversionSpecifications	Scanned by Utah State University Merrill-Cazier Library using Epson Expression 10000 scanner, 24-bit RGB, at 400 dpi. Archival file is uncompressed TIFF (400 dpi); display file is JPEG2000.;
Type	Text
Format	image/jpeg
Query Tag	settlers
Identifier	920C169
Search Date	1813; 1814; 1815; 1816; 1817; 1818; 1819; 1820; 1821; 1822; 1823; 1824; 1825; 1826; 1827; 1828; 1829; 1830; 1831; 1832; 1833; 1834; 1835; 1836; 1837; 1838; 1839; 1840; 1841; 1842; 1843; 1844; 1845; 1846; 1847; 1848; 1849; 1850; 1851; 1852; 1853; 1854; 1855; 1856; 1857; 1858; 1859; 1860; 1861; 1862; 1863; 1864; 1865; 1866; 1867; 1868; 1869; 1870; 1871; 1872; 1873; 1874; 1875; 1876; 1877; 1878; 1879; 1880; 1881; 1882; 1883; 1884; 1885; 1886; 1887; 1888; 1889; 1890; 1891; 1892; 1893; 1894; 1895; 1896; 1897; 1898; 1899; 1900; 1901; 1902; 1903; 1904; 1905; 1906; 1907; 1908; 1909; 1910; 1911; 1912; 1913; 1914; 1915; 1916; 1917

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Digital Collection	Cache Valley Diaries
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