An Englishwoman in Utah: The Story of a Life’s Experience in Mormonism

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Author

Stenhouse, T. B. H., Mrs., 1829-1904

Title

An Englishwoman in Utah: The Story of a Life's Experience in Mormonism

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Produced by MFR and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

BX: Philosophy, Psychology, Religion: Christianity: Churches, Church movements

Subject

Stenhouse, T. B. H., Mrs., 1829-1904

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Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 60076

Release Date

August 9, 2019

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Untitled
2. 2.PREFACE BY MRS. HARRIET BEECHER STOWE.
3. 3.PREFACE.
4. 4.CONTENTS.
5. 5.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. — AN ENGLISHWOMAN IN UTAH.
6. 6.CHAPTER I. MY EARLY LIFE.
7. 7.CHAPTER II. MY FIRST INTRODUCTION TO MORMONISM.
8. 8.CHAPTER III. THE LABOUR OF MY LIFE BEGUN:—HOW THE MORMON MISSIONARIES MADE CONVERTS.
9. 9.CHAPTER IV. LIFE AMONG THE SAINTS—MY NEW ENGAGEMENTS.
10. 10.CHAPTER V. THE FIRST WHISPERINGS OF POLYGAMY.
11. 11.CHAPTER VI. MY HUSBAND’S MISSION—I AM LEFT ALONE.
12. 12.CHAPTER VII. OUR MISSION IN SWITZERLAND—MUTTERINGS OF THE COMING STORM.
13. 13.CHAPTER VIII. THE REVELATION ON “CELESTIAL MARRIAGE.”
14. 14.CHAPTER IX. MISSIONARY WORK—TEACHING POLYGAMY.
15. 15.CHAPTER X. MORMONISM IN ENGLAND—PREPARING TO EMIGRATE.
16. 16.CHAPTER XI. EMIGRATING TO ZION:—WE ARRIVE IN NEW YORK.
17. 17.CHAPTER XII. LIFE IN NEW YORK:—CONDUCTING A MORMON PAPER.
18. 18.CHAPTER XIII. SAINTLY PILGRIMS ON THE WAY—THE “DIVINE” HAND-CART SCHEME.
19. 19.CHAPTER XIV. A TERRIBLE STORY:—THE HAND-CART EMIGRANTS CROSSING THE PLAINS.
20. 20.CHAPTER XV. MARY BURTON’S STORY CONTINUED:—TERRIBLE ENDING OF THE HAND-CART SCHEME.
21. 21.CHAPTER XVI. WE FORSAKE ALL, AND SET OUT FOR ZION:—OUR JOURNEY ACROSS THE PLAINS.
22. 22.CHAPTER XVII. MY FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF THE CITY OF THE SAINTS.
23. 23.CHAPTER XVIII. BRIGHAM YOUNG AT HOME:—WE VISIT THE PROPHET AND HIS WIVES.
24. 24.CHAPTER XIX. THE WIVES OF BRIGHAM YOUNG:—THEIR HISTORY AND THEIR DAILY LIFE. — MRS. MARY ANN ANGELL YOUNG. [Number One.] — LUCY DECKER SEELY YOUNG. [Number Two.] — CLARA DECKER YOUNG. [Number Three.] — HARRIET COOK YOUNG. [Number Four.] — LUCY BIGELOW YOUNG. [Number Five.] — MRS. TWISS YOUNG. [Number Six.] — MARTHA BOWKER YOUNG. [Number Seven.] — HARRIET BARNEY SEAGERS YOUNG. [Number Eight.] — ELIZA BURGESS YOUNG. [Number Nine.] — SUSAN SNIVELY YOUNG. [Number Ten.] — MARGARET PIERCE YOUNG. [Number Eleven.] — EMMELINE FREE YOUNG. [Number Twelve.] — AMELIA FOLSOM YOUNG. [Number Thirteen.] — MARY VAN COTT COBB YOUNG. [Number Fourteen.] — ELIZA-ANN WEBB DEE YOUNG. [Number Fifteen.] — “MISS” ELIZA R. SNOW. [Number Sixteen.] — ZINA D. HUNTINGTON JACOBS YOUNG. [Number Seventeen.] — EMILY PARTRIDGE YOUNG. [Number Eighteen.] — AUGUSTA COBB YOUNG. [Number Nineteen.]
25. 25.CHAPTER XX. WAYS AND WORKS OF THE SAINTS:—THE PROPHET’S MILLINERY BILL.
26. 26.CHAPTER XXI. MYSTERIES OF THE ENDOWMENT HOUSE—FEARFUL OATHS AND SECRET CEREMONIES.
27. 27.CHAPTER XXII. SECRETS OF SAINTLY SPOUSES:—A VISIT FROM MY TALKATIVE FRIEND.
28. 28.CHAPTER XXIII. SOCIAL LIFE IN SALT LAKE CITY:—BALL-ROOMS, “WALL-FLOWERS,” AND DIVORCE.
29. 29.CHAPTER XXIV. THE ORIGIN OF “THE REFORMATION:”—EXTRAORDINARY DOINGS OF THE SAINTS.
30. 30.CHAPTER XXV. THE “REIGN OF TERROR” IN UTAH:—THE REFORMATION OF THE SAINTS.
31. 31.CHAPTER XXVI. THE MOUNTAIN MEADOWS MASSACRE:—“I WILL REPAY, SAITH THE LORD.”
32. 32.CHAPTER XXVII. WHAT WOMEN SUFFER IN POLYGAMY:—THE STORY OF MARY BURTON.
33. 33.CHAPTER XXVIII. HOW MARRIAGES ARE MADE IN UTAH—A NEW WIFE FOUND FOR MY HUSBAND.
34. 34.CHAPTER XXIX. TAKING A SECOND WIFE:—THE EXPERIENCE OF THE FIRST.
35. 35.CHAPTER XXX. TRIALS—THE SECOND WIFE CHOSEN—SHADOWS OF LIFE.
36. 36.CHAPTER XXXI. MARRIAGE FOR THE DEAD—ENTERING INTO POLYGAMY—THE NEW WIFE.
37. 37.CHAPTER XXXII. DOMESTIC ARRANGEMENTS OF THE SAINTS:—POLYGAMY FROM A WOMAN’S STANDPOINT.
38. 38.CHAPTER XXXIII. LIGHTS AND SHADOWS OF POLYGAMY—MARRIAGE AND BAPTISM FOR THE DEAD.
39. 39.CHAPTER XXXIV. MY DAUGHTER BECOMES THE FOURTH WIFE OF BRIGHAM YOUNG’S SON—THE SECOND ENDOWMENTS.
40. 40.CHAPTER XXXV. REALITIES OF POLYGAMIC LIFE—ORSON PRATT: THE STORY OF HIS YOUNG ENGLISH WIFE.
41. 41.CHAPTER XXXVI. “OUR” HUSBAND’S FIANCÉE—A SECOND WIFE’S SORROWS—STEPS TOWARDS APOSTASY.
42. 42.CHAPTER XXXVII. SOME CURIOUS COURTSHIPS—BRIGHAM RUINS OUR FORTUNES—BELINDA DIVORCES “OUR” HUSBAND.
43. 43.CHAPTER XXXVIII. MARY BURTON—LIFE’S JOURNEY ENDED: REST AT LAST.
44. 44.CHAPTER XXXIX. MY HUSBAND DISFELLOWSHIPPED—WE APOSTATIZE—BRUTAL OUTRAGE UPON MY HUSBAND AND MYSELF.
45. 45.CHAPTER XL. AMUSING TROUBLES OF MY TALKATIVE FRIEND—CHARLOTTE WITH THE GOLDEN HAIR!
46. 46.CHAPTER XLI. AFTER WE LEFT THE CHURCH—INTERESTING FACTS AND FIGURES—THE MORMONISM AND MORMONS OF TO-DAY.
47. 47.L’ENVOI.
48. 48.POSTSCRIPT.
49. 49.CHAPTER XLIV. MOUNTAIN MEADOWS MASSACRE—COMPLETE CONFESSION OF BISHOP JOHN D. LEE.
50. 50.KILLING A RIVAL PROPHET.
51. 51.FOOTNOTES

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