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San Marino, CA 91108
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Form 39. Provost Marshal's Office, 10 District, state of New York. May 11, 1864
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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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151918
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107644
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Manuscripts
A collection of 3,070 items from 1850 to 1885, which consists of Fort Dalles official records that document the activities of the U.S. Army in the Pacific Northwest, primarily in Oregon from 1850 to 1885. The collection contains official correspondence, orders, post returns, quartermaster reports, and two letter books largely for Fort Dalles, Oregon. Subject matter in the collection includes the operation of Forts Dalles, Simcoe, Vancouver, and Yamhill and also various Native American wars and campaigns, including the Yakima expeditions from 1855 and 1858, the Snake/Shoshone campaigns from 1855 to 1864, the Modoc War in 1873, the Nez Percé War, and the Bannock War in 1878. Significant persons represented in the collection include John T. Apperson, Edward R.S. Canby, Chief Joseph, George B. Currey, Oliver Otis Howard, Winfield Scott, and George Wright.
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Manuscripts
Certificate appointing Henry H. Ellis as special detective and Deputy Provost Marshal for the Southern District of California in San Francisco. Approved by H.B. Fleming, A.A. Provost Marshal General California & Nevada and Captain A. Jones Jackson, Provost Marshal of the Southern District of California.
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