Manuscripts

Cemetery Record, Fort Klamath, Oregon

Description: Includes record of deceased officers and soldiers, with age, rank and other information. Many listed as dying by gunshot from Modoc Indians.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1865-1884
Call number: FD 1901
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.

Commissary Book. Food, meat, liquor accounts, Fort Hoskins, Oregon

Manuscripts

Includes "Issues to Indians"; sales to officers and doctor; beef received; and some letters copied at back of book.

FD 1900

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Post Orders, Fort Yamhill, Oregon

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Signed by Philip Henry Sheridan, Lyman S. Scott, William J. Shipley, and others.

FD 1905

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Commissary Book, returns of provisions received and issued... Fort Yamhill, Oregon

Manuscripts

Signed by Philip Henry Sheridan and others.

FD 1908

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Morning reports and orders, Fort Dalles

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.

FD 1898

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Letter book, Fort Simcoe, Washington Territory

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FD 1902

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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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Cemetery Record, Fort Klamath, Oregon

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