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Show CENTURY-OLD CENTURY OLD CENTUE-OLD CENTUE - ALBUnIS ALB1ThIS ALBUM ALBUn ALB1Th ALBUMIS IS FOUND AT MOABAn \ MOAB l\tOAB l tOAB MOABAn I I An old autograph album manu manu- manuscript manuscript - - script that dates back more than a acentury acentury acentury century , was found this week and andIS andis andis IS the oldest manuscript yet un- un uncovered Uncovered un uncovered - covered In the 1 historical stoncal records recordssurvey recordssurvey recordssurvey survey being conducted in Grand Grandcounty Grandcounty Grandcounty county The album belonged to toGeorge toGeorge toGeorge George Washington VY11shlngton wishington Johnson andthe and andthe andthe the earliest date entered in it wasin was wasin wasin in 1822 , making the book at least114 least 114 years old The manuscript manuscr1pt isnow is isnoW isnow noW now ' ' " In the possession IfGseSSion tssession . : of Low Lov . Loell LoellStout ellStout ell ellStout Stout , 13-year-old 13 year old - - Boy Scout , who whopurchased whopurchased whopurchased purchased it after the album had hadbeen hadbeen hadbeen I been picked up on the streetThe streetThe street streetThe I The recording recordlng in m the volume is islegible islegIble islegible legible for the most part but the theI thepaper thepaper I paper is yellov yellowed yelloved . ed and the binding bindinghas bindinghas bindinghas has fallen rupart apart apartThe a < part I rupartI The majority of the autographswhich autographswhich autographs I which consist of verses , v . s were ere enter enter- enterI entered entered - I I ed in the yeirs YC'1rs YC1rs ye'trs yetrs ' ' 1842 and 1844 . . OneI Oneautograph Oneautograph One One.autograph I dated April 3 1844 1844shows , shows that it was v . as made in Illinois Illinoisbut IllinoisI Illinoisbut Illinoisbut but the name of the city is notlegible not notlegible notlegible I legible . Another entry is made fromMona from fromI fromMona fromMona Mona , Utah , on August 15 IS , 1876 andis and andis andis is the latest lat'st latst la Pst ' entry in the book Itwas It Itv.as Itas I v.as vas . as made by G W . Johnson him him- himsel himself himself - self sel ! The name of Huntington Huntington.Emery HuntingtonEmery . , Emery county , appears on one of ofthe ofthe ofthe the pagesSome pagesSome pages pagesSome Some of the autographs in the thebook thebook thebook book v . were sere ere made by U . W Yager Yager,1842 Yager1842 , 1842 . , Jacob Wetnerbee Wetherbee Wetberbee , 1842 184-2 184 2 - , M S SGaylCTd SGaylord SGaylcrd GaylCTd Gaylord . , , 1843 , A . A . E Pickham PlcUuam . , 1844 ; I ID , ; D R It C , 1844 , Clarisa Clama E and Wil- Wil Wilham Wilham Wil William - - liam ham G Phelps , January 23 1844 ; : I Iand and Wm Win McQulston McQuiston , April 3 , 1844I 1844 I |