Simpson Montgomery Molen - Diary, 1857 Sept. 17 - 1858 Jan. 3

PMB 528

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Canberra : Pacific Manuscripts Bureau [19--]

440493

Microfilm : PMB 528

0 microfilm reels 35 mm

Simpson Montgomery Molen, a native of Jacksonville, Illinois, was born on 14 September 1832, one of thirteen children. His family moved to Camp Creek, near Nauvoo, Illinois, in 1845. After the Latter Day Saints prophet Joseph Smith was murdered in the following year, the Molen family left for Salt Lake City. In 1854, when he was 22, Molen left on a mission to the Hawaiian Islands and stayed there for four years. In the spring of 1876 he went on a second mission to Hawaii, accompanied by his wife, Jane Hyde Molen. This mission lasted three years and three months. Molen died on 1900 November 29

The diary describes part of Molen's first mission to the Hawaiian Islands. It is followed by an account of his life copied from Vol. IV or Orson F. Whitney's History of Utah

PMB (Australian National University. Pacific Manuscripts Bureau) ; 528
A diary of his wife covering the period 18 May 1876-12 February 1877 has been microfilmed as PMB 527
Available for reference
Microfilm copy of original in private ownership