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Kimball Hale Dimmick letter to Sarah Dimmick
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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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Kimball Hale Dimmick letter to Sarah Dimmick
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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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Returns of Captain Dimmick's company
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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.
mssHM 309
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Kimball Hale Dimmick diary
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This diary details Dimmick's activities in California as an officer of the United States military. He receives and carries out orders, repairs military installations, and writes letters home to his wife. Dated 1848, April 16 - October 26.
mssHM 4014
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Returns of ordnance stores
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These reports document military ordnance received and on hand at San Francisco. Each of the six pages correspond to a quarter of the calendar year, from the second quarter of 1847 through the third quarter of 1848.
mssHM 307
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Returns of camp and garrison equipage
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These reports document the movement of military supplies to and from San Francisco. Each page corresponds to one quarter of the year, with the first four pages covering 1847 and the fifth page covering the first quarter of 1848.
mssHM 306