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Emanuel Wotiz letter, 1858.
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Emanuel Wotiz letter, 1858Creator/Contributor:
Wotiz, Emanuel, active 1856-1858, creatorCreator/Contributor:
Western Jewish History Center, 298.Creator/Contributor:
Judah L. Magnes Museum, WJHC 1984.001.Creator/Contributor:
Bancroft Library, Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life.Creator/Contributor:
Online Archive of CaliforniaAbstract:
Letter that Emanuel Wotiz wrote and sent to members of his family in Strakonitz (then a part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire
and now in the Czech Republic) when he was stationed at Camp Floyd, in Cedar Valley, Utah Territory. The letter describes
Wotiz's journey from Chicago to Salt Lake City (via Kansas, Nebraska, and Wyoming). Once in Salt Lake City, the Tenth Regiment
easily forced the "surrender" of those Mormons who had opposed the law of the U.S. The letter contains Wotiz's views of the
country, Indians, and of army conditions.
Date:
1858 (issued)Subject:
n-us--- -- n-us-ut -- e-xr---Indians of North America -- Utah
Jews -- Correspondence
Latter Day Saints -- Utah -- History -- 19th century
Peuples autochtones -- Utah
Juifs -- Correspondance
Saints des derniers jours -- Utah -- Histoire -- 19e siècle
Armed Forces -- Military life
Indians of North America
Jews
Latter Day Saints
Travel
Cedar Valley (Utah County, Utah)
Fort Crittenden (Utah)
Strakonice (Czech Republic)
United States -- Description and travel
États-Unis -- Descriptions et voyages
Czech Republic -- Strakonice
United States
Utah
Utah -- Cedar Valley (Utah County)
Utah -- Fort Crittenden
United States. -- Army. -- Infantry Regiment, 10th.
United States. -- Army -- Military life
United States. -- Army
United States. -- Army. -- Infantry Regiment, 10th
Utah Expedition (1857-1858) -- Personal narratives
Utah Expedition (1857-1858)
Wotiz, Emanuel -- active 1856-1858 -- Archives
Soldiers
Note:
Formerly: Western Jewish History Center Collection Number 296.
Formerly: Judah L. Magnes Museum Collection Number WJHC 1984.001.
Transfer; Judah L. Magnes Museum; 2010.
Emanuel Wotiz immigrated to the United States from Europe. In 1856, he enlisted for five years as a soldier in the U.S. Army.
Preferred citation: Emanuel Wotiz letter, BANC MSS 2010/658, The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life, The Bancroft Library,
University of California, Berkeley.
Materials in German with an English translation.
Type:
ArchivesHistory
Personal narratives
Personal correspondence
Physical Description:
1 oversize folder
Language:
English
German
Identifier:
2006585559
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