Mission San Juan Capistrano — This article is about the mission in California. For the mission of the same name in Texas, see Mission San Juan Capistrano (Texas). Mission San Juan Capistrano Mission San Juan Capistrano, photochrom print by William Henry Jackson c. 1899.… … Wikipedia

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Elizabeth Anne Finn — Elizabeth Finn (1825 1921) was a writer and the strong willed and intelligent wife of James Finn, British Consul in Jerusalem, in Ottoman Palestine between 1846 and 1863. [Blumberg (1980), p. 28] She was born on 14th March 1825 to missionary… … Wikipedia

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Joseph Smith, Jr. — Joseph Smith, Jr. (December 23, 1805 – June 27, 1844) was the founder of the Latter Day Saint movement, also known as Mormonism, and an important religious and political figure in the United States during the 1830s and 1840s. In 1827, Smith began … Wikipedia

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