Manuscripts

Returns of Captain Dimmick's company

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Description: This group of manuscripts describes the status of the commissioned officers and soldiers of Company K, First Regiment of New York Volunteers, under the command of Captain Dimmick. The forms are dated between September 1846 and May 1848.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1846-1848.
Call number: mssHM 309
Creator: Dimmick, Kimball Hale (1812-1861)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased from F.H. Dimmick, 1924.
Dimensions: 20 cm :

Muster rolls of Company K

Manuscripts

This collection of manuscripts are the muster rolls of Company K of the Seventh Regiment of the New York Volunteers, commanded by Colonel Stevenson, who served in the war against Mexico in 1846.

mssHM 304

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J.D. Stevenson discharge of Kimball H. Dimmick

Manuscripts

In this brief document, J.D. Stevenson declares that Kimball Hale Dimmick has been honorably discharged from his duties as a captain in the First Regiment of New York Volunteers.

mssHM 4177

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Kimball Hale Dimmick letter to Sarah Dimmick

Manuscripts

In this letter to his wife Sarah, Kimball Dimmick is distraught at not getting any word from her. He is poised to quit his California business "at a sacrifice" and return home, for he is quite vexed, thinking that something might be wrong at home. He closes: "I have been in good health but not in good spirits, and do not expect to be until I hear from you." He also mentions he has been chosen to be president of the convention, the only position he is retaining as he prepares to return home. Dated 1849, August 31 and September 1.

mssHM 4013

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Kimball Hale Dimmick letter to Sarah Dimmick

Manuscripts

In this letter to his wife, Kimball Dimmick writes that he is well, despite his loneliness, and he has just gotten over an illness. He also writes of an event where an Indian chief demanded that a dead Indian and his Indian murderer be turned over to them, and when both were given to his care, he and his people dug a grave, threw in both the murderer and his victim, and buried both together, the murderer being alive while they did so.

mssHM 4197

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The Volunteer's Vision

Manuscripts

This manuscript is a poem written by Dimmick while on board the United States ship "Loo Choo" in the South Pacific Ocean. The poem describes the scene, and speaks, in glowing language, of Dimmick's military involvement as a military volunteer in California. After the poem is a small note from Dimmick addressed to "Friend Pellet", informing him that he is welcome to publish the poem if he is so disposed. Dimmick also asks that a copy of the poem be sent to his wife, and laments that "I have not yet had a single letter from home."

mssHM 4012

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Documents regarding military equipment

Manuscripts

This series of documents concern worn-out articles returned from the Quartermaster's Stores, 1st New York Regiment of Volunteers.

mssHM 310

Returns of Captain Dimmick's company

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