Manuscripts

Fort Vancouver and Vancouver Depot drawings

Description: Two drawings: Fort Vancouver plan, with details listed, February 1871; Ground plan of Vancouver Depot prepared by Major George H. Meeks, 1873.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1871; 1873
Call number: mssFD
Creator: United States(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased from A.H. Blaker, March 1952.
Restrictions: Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.

Plan of Pile Wharf on the Columbia River at Fort Vancouver, W. T., with specifications

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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Fort Dalles records

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. Other forts in Oregon and Washington are also represented. 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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Official papers of the U.S. Army in Fort Dalles and elsewhere in the Pacific Northwest

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1857 June 3-1858 January 28

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1858 February 1-December

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Volumes: Order books, letter books, commissary books, etc

Manuscripts

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Fort Vancouver and Vancouver Depot drawings

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Plan of Pile Wharf on the Columbia River at Fort Vancouver, W. T., with specifications

Fort Dalles records

Official papers of the U.S. Army in Fort Dalles and elsewhere in the Pacific Northwest

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1858 February 1-December

Volumes: Order books, letter books, commissary books, etc