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San Marino, CA 91108
Manuscripts
Richard H. Kern letter to Henry Rowe Schoolcraft
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Manuscripts
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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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Kern writes that his men have just returned from an expedition "against the Navajoes." He will send Cathcart drawings later in the fall. He requests an extract of Cathcart's journal, and mentions letters of John C. Frémont. Kern would have returned earlier, but he was investigating the murder of one of his men. With cross-hatched note signed "Frémont."
mssHM 20657
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In this letter to his brothers (the letter is addressed to "Dick & Ned"), John Kern writes of various business matters, including the journal of a Henry King which was said to have been given to Captain John C. Frémont, but then lost. John Kern hopes his brothers might have some information regarding the diary's whereabouts. Dated 1850, May 30-31.
mssHM 20654
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Richard H. Kern's diary of his trip with Sitgreaves' expedition of 1851, in 2 volumes. Also included are small pencil sketches.
mssHM 4277
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This small collection contains mostly correspondence by or to Henry Rowe Schoolcraft. There are several letters written between Schoolcraft and Lewis Cass, two letters by Schoolcraft to President Andrew Jackson, a letter by Lewis Cass to Thomas Loraine McKenney, and one letter to Governor Stevens Mason. There is also an extract from a journal by George Johnson, statements made by various people regarding alleged murders by Indians. All of the items deal with the Indians in Michigan Territory including the Ottawa, Saginaw Chippewa, and the Ojibwa Indians.
mssHM 16344-16369
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King sends his regrets that he will be unable to meet Stoddard, and hopes Stoddard will understand that King's hastily pencilled criticisms are a sign of King's high opinion of Stoddard's work: "It is because you have strong powers & good capacities that I speak of Blemishes for than excellences." With two bits of printed ephemera, one a clipping from an unknown source containing a short biography of Thomas Starr King.
mssHM 29246
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In HM 20644, written 1851, December 1, Simpson wishes to be informed of Kern's reconnaissance, and is in need of a good draughtsman. He asks about the current status of George Houghton, and says that Kern will adore Minnesota and St. Paul once he arrives. In HM 20643, dated 1852, May 11, Simpson requests to hear more of the Indians Kern has met with, and is glad Kern has reconciled with Frémont. Both letters contain many inquiries and details concerning Kern's fellow soldiers and colleagues.
mssHM 20643-20644