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Eliza Roxcy Snow Journals

June 9, 1847

Location: Winter Quarters - 1014 miles left, Nebraska - Location: 41:21:41N 95:56:45W Currently the site of Florence, Nebraska, Winter Quarters was settled in September, 1846 as a temporary resting place for the pioneers. It is located just west of the Missouri river in Nebraska.

Summary: Wednesday.

Journal entry: Visited with Zina, Martha, L. E. Lucy Eliza {Pris & Sarah.} After supper we had a glorious time, sis. Pierce came in--sis. Thompson, M, Young, & Frances. Before we retir'd to rest Margaret, Martha, Loisa, Susan & Lucy reciv'd the gift of tongues.

Source: Eliza Roxcy Snow: Personal Writings © edited by Maureen Ursenbach Beecher 1995. All rights reserved. Rights were granted by Ms. Beecher (editor), the University of Utah Press (publisher), and Huntington Library in Pasadena, California (owners of the original diary) to publish the transcribed contents of Eliza R. Snow's diaries for educational use.
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