The call of Zion: The story of the first Welsh Mormon emigration (Religious Studies Center specialized monograph series)

The call of Zion: The story of the first Welsh Mormon emigration (Religious Studies Center specialized monograph series) by Ronald D Dennis. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780884946281.

While some had previously made the journey individually, the first collective emigration of Utah-bound Welsh Latter-day Saints occurred in 1849. They were led by Dan Jones, a Welshman who had joined the Church in Nauvoo and was one of the last persons to see Joseph Smith alive. The three-hundred-plus emigrants in the two ships were part of the three thousand or so souls brought into the Church during this energetic and enthusiastic mission president’s first ministry in Wales. This book contains interesting detail, narrative, and journal entries of those Welsh Saints.