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J. H. Simpson letter to Edward M. Kern and John Kern
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J. H. Simpson letter to Edward M. Kern
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Simpson informs Kern that had he heard of Kern's plans to return to St. Louis earlier, Simpson would have hired him as an assistant, and sends his regrets. He also writes that Kern should soon receive a congressional copy of the Navajo report.
mssHM 20645
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J. H. Simpson letter to Edward Meyer Kern
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Simpson expresses his regret that he could not have met Edward Kern before returning to Maryland, especially given the recent letter from Richard, Edward's brother. He writes of John Charles Frémont's candidacy for the U.S. Presidency, and tells of his search in Philadelphia to find members of Kern's family.
mssHM 20664
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J.H. (James Hervey) Simpson letter to Richard H. Kern
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J.H. Simpson writes of his travels to and arrival at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, and of details of other troops.
mssHM 20646
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J.H. (James Hervey) Simpson letters to Richard H. Kern
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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
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Letters regarding Richard H. Kern
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Contemporary copies of letters regarding a ring belonging to Richard H. Kern, which was recovered in the aftermath of the Gunnison Massacre. In the first letter from Brigham Young to Edward Griffin Beckwith and Robert Murray Morris, Young writes that Indian agent Major S.B. Rose had just returned from Fillmore City, where he acquired from the Pauvan Indians a U.S. Rifle, "one finger ring, marked with K. and having a bloodstone," and part of a brass odometer. Young continues that he is sending the items on to Beckwith and Morris via interpreter D.B. Huntington (1854). The second letter is from James Hervey Simpson to Young, inquiring after the whereabouts of the ring recovered by George W. Bean and that if no one had done so he would like to return it to Kern's family (1858). The final letter is from Young to Simpson telling him that he had already sent the ring to Beckwith and Morris (1859).
mssHM 20650, HM 20652-20653
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John Kern letter to Richard H. Kern and Edward M. Kern
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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