1860, English, Unpublished edition: Wright Family Letters Wright family

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  • 56 items
  • Letters
Published
  • L. Tom Perry Special Collections
  • 1860-1884
Language
  • English

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Title
  • Wright Family Letters
Creator
  • Wright family
Published
  • L. Tom Perry Special Collections
  • 1860-1884
Physical Description
  • 56 items
  • Letters
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  • Mormon pioneer. Holographs with photocopies. Collection includes correspondence between George Wright and his family during his immigration to Utah detailing his handcart journey, 1860-1861, and correspondence of other Wright family members between England and Utah, 1869-1884. Joseph Wright and Martha Rippon were married in 1829, and established their home at Handsworth Woodhouse, Yorkshire, England, a small town made up principally of miners, where Martha had been born and raised. There they had ten children, none of whom lived to maturity. Joseph, a coal miner himself, owned several houses which he rented to other miners to help support the family.In 1848, the Wright family joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Between 1860 and 1874, all of the family except for John, the sixth of the Wright children, came to Utah. At age 25, George Wright was the first of the family to make the journey, which he undertook in 1860, with the ninth handcart company, settling in the Great Salt Lake City, where he died one year after his arrival in Utah.The next three members of the Wright family immigrated to Utah in 1868 and settled at Coalville, which was to become the new Wright family home. Martha Rippon Wright came to Utah in 1870, when she was nearly sixty years old, bringing with her the three youngest Wright children, age 18 to 24. Joseph Wright, Sr., with his daughter Ann and her husband, were the last to come, in 1874.After their settlement in Utah, the Wright family contributed in many ways to the progress of the community. Their early activities included work on the Union Pacific Railroad and in local mines. Later they owned and operated the Wright Brothers Ranch near Evanston, Wyoming. Family members have held various civic and church positions, including service as missionaries to various parts of the world. The Wright Family Letters Collection is made up of letters exchanged between members of the family in Utah and in England. The bulk of these letters were written by George Wright, in 1860-61, and the rest by various family members, from 1861 to 1884.The George Wright letters are a particular interest. They provide a valuable account of his voyage across the Atlantic to New York; his journey to Florence, Nebraska, by boat and railroad; and his long journey to Salt Lake City, by handcart. During the latter he kept a detailed account of the landmarks which they passed and distances which they traveled each day. His letters are remarkable for the excellent descriptions of his experiences and surroundings.Related materials are found in the Norma Jean Wright Trietsch Collection, Mss 1466, which contains her history of the Wright Family, entitled "They Came From England: The Wrights of Coalville, Utah, 1860-1972." Mrs. Trietsch is a descendant of Thomas and Annie Dale Wright. She used many of the letters in this collection in writing her history of the Wright family.
  • MSS 1450
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  • For the purpose of preservation, the use of the photocopies of the original documents is required. Permission to use the original documents must be obtained from the Board of Curators of Special Collections &​ Manuscripts. With the exception of brief extracts, permission to reproduce or publish any of the documents in this collection must be secured from the Harold B. Lee Library.Permission to publish material from the Wright Family Letters must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/​or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Board of Curators.
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  • English
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