Manuscripts
U.S. Army Specifications - Zophar Mills
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U.S. Army Specifications
Manuscripts
6 leaves/pieces and 4 printed items (4, 5, 13, and 14 pages).
mssAdams papers
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U.S. Army
Manuscripts
The collection consists of letters (including 1 letter book), manuscripts (including 50 diaries), documents (including 55 account books, 12 cash books, and 5 miscellaneous volumes), and photographs related to the lives and activities of various Janin family members and the extended Janin-Blair-Jesup-Croghan families. Subject matter in the collection includes: politics and government in Washington, D.C., and Louisiana; society and customs in Washington, D.C., and New Orleans; Blair House (Washington, D.C.); land titles in Indiana Territory, Kentucky, Louisiana, and Missouri; the Ocean Canal and Transportation Company, which ran from Louisiana to St. Louis; the history of Mammoth Cave, Kentucky, from the time of purchase by John Croghan in 1839 until 1932, when it became a national park (at which time Violet Blair Janin was the primary owner); and mining in Australia. Persons represented in the collection include: James Lawrence Blair, Mary Jesup Blair, Violet Blair Janin, John Croghan, William Croghan, Albert Covington Janin, Louis Janin, Julia Clark Jesup, Thomas Sidney Jesup, George M. Wheeler, and Lucy James Blair Wheeler. Organizations represented in the collection (with which Violet Blair Janin was affiliated) include: Daughters of the American Revolution, National Association Opposed to Woman's Suffrage, National Cathedral Association, National Society of Children of the American Revolution, and the National Society of the Colonial Dames of America.
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U.S. Naval Observatory
Manuscripts
45 leaves/pieces (3 holograph photocopies).
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S-U.S. Army
Manuscripts
Professional and personal papers of Edward Griffin Beckwith including his journals, ledgers, accounts, military records, and personal and official correspondence, chiefly related to his post-Mexican War service. His journals were kept during his service in California and his letters to his wife recount his life in the West, including details of the death of John Williams Gunnison and his encounters with Mormons. Also included are two annotated maps of New Mexico Territory, California, and Utah, Beckwith's records of spiritualistic seances from 1860 to 1872, and some photographs. The collection also contains letters of John Laurence Fox to his parents, wife, and son written between 1837 and 1864. Included are letters dealing with the Exploring Expedition, the mission to the Mediterranean, slave trade in West Africa, Matthew C. Perry's mission to Japan, foreign intervention in China, Taiping Rebellion, and the American Civil War. This portion of the collection also contains his surgeon's commission in 1847, and newspapers clippings related to the death of Charles Eben Fox.
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