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Kimball Hale Dimmick diary

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Description: 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.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1848.
Call number: mssHM 4014
Creator: Dimmick, Kimball Hale (1812-1861)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased from F.H. Dimmick, 1924.
Dimensions: 15 cm :

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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Kimball Hale writes to his wife of the port of Rio de Janeiro, and asks how the children are doing. His ship will leave for California in about ten days.

mssHM 4011

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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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William Hammond Hale diary

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The first five months of this diary were written in Minneapolis (except a week long trip to Washington D.C. for President Roosevelt's inauguration in March). Hale left for the mines on May 24, first stopping at Seattle. He arrived at his father's mine on June 7. Hale spent June through October at the Atlin and Willow Creek Mining Company in Discovery, British Columbia. Hale writes in detail about the mines, his work there, his fellow miners, and his social life. On his way home, Hale stopped at the Coppermount Mine run by the Alaska Copper Company on Prince of Wales Island (another mine in which his family was invested). He spent a month there observing the copper smelting operations. He was back home in Minneapolis for Christmas.

mssHM 81275

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Diary of an officer in Company M, 24th Infantry Regiment

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The diary gives a detailed account of the activities of the regiment, while stationed in the Philippines, including: officer training and classes, discipline, discharges and military trials, leisure activities including baseball (he mentions Wilbur Rogan who later played in the Negro Leagues and was inducted to the Hall of Fame in 1998). The author also writes about trips to Batangas, cholera outbreaks, and various conflicts around the world during the beginning of the First World War.

mssHM 84008

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Francis Asbury Conwell diary

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These three items include a diary by Conwell and two related items regarding his service to the United States military. The diary (1874-1884) includes reminiscences by Conwell regarding his time with the First Minnesota Regiment Volunteers and his life post-war. It also includes poetry written by Conwell and various essays, etc. The other two items are: typed copy of "An act for the relief of Francis A. Conwell" by the 41st Congress, 2nd session, dated 1870, July; and letter by James Simpson Conwell (Francis' son) to the War Department regarding his fathers' military record and Loyal Legion membership, dated 1917, October 16 - attached to this is the War Department's response.

mssHM 79800-79802

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