The George Q. Cannon journals are among the most important sources of Latter-day Saint history during the latter half of the nineteenth century.
—Richard E. Turley Jr., coeditor of the previously published volumes of Cannon’s journals
We are pleased to announce that the Church Historian’s Press website has published thelatest installmentof the journal of influential Latter-day Saint leader George Q. Cannon. This new installment covers the years 1884 through 1893—a very challenging period for the Church with the passage of the Edmunds-Tucker Act in 1887. The act disincorporated the Church, dissolved the Perpetual Emigrating Fund Company, abolished female suffrage in Utah Territory, and threatened to confiscate most of the Church’s property.
Covering 1849 to 1901, the Journal of George Q. Cannon provides an unfiltered look not only into Cannon’s remarkable life but also into central Latter-day Saint leadership at a time when the church was undergoing great change. The journal is unusually extensive and detailed, consisting of fifty volumes. It provides rich description of and insight into many significant events in Latter-day Saint history.
To date, the Church Historian’s Press has made the portions of the journal covering 1849 through 1893 available. Transcripts of the remaining portions of the journal will be released in later stages until the entire journal is published on the Church Historian’s Press website. Clickhereto access the newest installment of Cannon’s journal.
