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Author
Spencer
,
Clarissa
Young
Birth and Death Dates
1860-1939
Call Number
MSS
SC
356
Material Type
Composition
Book
Biography
Clarissa
Hamilton
Young
Spencer
was
born
July
23
,
1860
to
Brigham
Young
and
Lucy
Ann
Decker
in
Salt
Lake
City
,
Salt
Lake
,
Utah
. As a
daughter
of
Brigham
Young
,
President
of the
Church
of
Jesus
Christ
of
Latter-day
Saints
, she
grew
up
living
in the
Beehive
House
in
Salt
Lake
City
.
Clarissa
married
John
Daniel
Spencer
on
January
19
,
1882
in
Salt
Lake
City
. She was the
mother
of
five
children
.
Clarissa
wrote
a
book
about
her
father
that has been
published
under
two
names
: '
Brigham
Young
at
Home
' and '
One
Who
Was
Valiant.
' She
passed
away
August
21
,
1939
in
Salt
Lake
City
.
Abstract
This
collection
contains
Clarissa
Young
Spencer's
composition
book
containing
holographs
of
poems
,
essays
, and
journal
entries
beginning
in
1876
. The
composition
book
is
entitled
, '
Pattersons
Complete
Composition
Book,
' and was
copyrighted
in
1875
by
Potter
,
Ainsworth
&
Co
. The
preface
to the
composition
pages
is
a
brief
summary
of the
contents
of the
book
including
instructions
for
students
and
teachers
on
writing
,
grammar
, and
format
.
Included
are
four
essays
Clarissa
wrote
in
1876
. The
first
written
on
February
18
,
1876
,
discusses
William
Tyndale
and his
English
translation
of the
New
Testament
.
Clarissa
wrote
of his
power
in
linguistics
, his
love
for the
scriptures
, and his
efforts
to
translate
and
make
available
the
New
Testament
in
English
. The
second
entry
written
on
March
15
,
1876
discusses
the
life
of
Sir
Walter
Raleigh
who
was
beheaded
in
October
of
1816
.
Clarissa
wrote
of his '
habitual
haughty
demeanor.
' The
third
essay
briefly
discusses
the
life
and
works
of
Louisa
May
Alcott
. The
fourth
and
final
essay
is
a
presentation
and
discussion
about
the
magnificence
of the
Britannia
Tubular
Railway
Bridge
,
written
on
March
8th
and
15th
of
1876
.
Each
of these
compositions
is
signed
by
Clarissa
Young
.
Included
throughout
the
book
are
poems
Clarissa
wrote
and
recorded
.
Following
the
compositions
and
poems
are
lists
of
Christmas
gifts
Clarissa
recorded
from the
year
1905-1917
. At the
end
of the
book
is
a
journal
entry
Clarissa
wrote
about
her
father
,
Brigham
Young
, on
June
1
,
1913
, the
anniversary
of his
birthday
.
Clarissa
recorded
her
thoughts
about
a
program
that was
presented
in
memory
of her
father
as
well
as
recorded
her
own
memories
and
thoughts
about
him. She
wrote
that she was
glad
the
program
brought
forth
the '
greatness
and
goodness
of not
only
a
great
and
wonderful
man
, but of the
dearest
and
most
affectionate
father
children
ever
had.
'
Clarissa
desired
to
record
her
memories
that had been
brought
alive
in her
mind
as she
heard
her
brothers
and
sisters
speak
about
their
father
. She
wrote
that
no
child
ever
loved
,
revered
, and
cherished
a
father
more
than
I.
' She
described
her
mother's
faithfulness
and
loyalty
to her
father
. She
described
her
father's
immaculate
grooming
and
dress
as
well
as his
physical
appearance
in
detail
. She
remembered
going
with her
father
in the
carriage
to
meetings
in the
tabernacle
. She
recalled
his
summer
attire
and how her
mother
would
make
over
his
old
suits
into
little
jackets
for her to
wear
with her
dresses
.
Clarissa's
composition
book
is
a
look
into
life
in the
late
1800s
as
well
as
life
with her
father
Brigham
Young
.
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