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Contract for the supply and delivery of hay to Fort Bridger
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Fort Dalles records
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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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Estimate of clothing and equipage to be forwarded to...the sixth regiment of infantry
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This document is the "Estimate of Clothing and Equipage to be forwarded from Philadelphia for the Sixth Regiment of Infantry for the year commencing on the first of November, 1847, and ending on the thirty-first of October, 1848." It is signed by Assistant Quartermaster General Henry Stanton. It includes equipment, including uniforms and clothing items, bedding, colors, drums, etc., that were sent to the U.S. 6th Infantry at Fort Gibson and Fort Washita, Oklahoma.
mssHM 81290