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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Manuscripts
Daniel Aldrich letter to John C. Hays
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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Manuscripts
Commander Aldrich reports to Colonel Hays that he and his company of Aldrich Rangers are ready for duty.
mssHM 20172
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Manuscripts
Captain Geary reports to Colonel Hays that the San Francisco Rangers are organized and ready for duty.
mssHM 20171
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McDougal requests that Hays recruit a volunteer force of one hundred men to counter aggressive behavior of Indians near San Diego. The Indians have assembled in large numbers, and "have assumed a hostile and menacing attitude." Signature may not be McDougal's.
mssHM 20173
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The three items include: a 19-page letter by Cleveland to J. Ross Browne, US Minister to China, regarding the Chinese in California (1868, July 27); a 476-page handwritten manuscript entitled "The Chinese in California," written in 1868-1869; and a typed manuscript entitled "San Diego Sixty Years Ago" written circa 1929. Both the letter and manuscript regarding Chinese in California are about the history of Chinese immigration to California, their social and domestic lives, their religion, education, missionaries work with the Chinese, their role in the California Gold Rush and the building of railroads and the various California laws regarding Chinese immigrants and Chinese women. The manuscript about San Diego covers the history of San Diego after its settlement. Cleveland talks about "Old Town," San Diego founder Alonzo Horton, the city's development, the landscape of the area, and the native peoples in the vicinity.
mssHM 72175-72177
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The group includes a handwritten draft and a typed transcript of Aldrich's manuscript entitled "Brief reminiscences of the soldiers life on the plains and in the mountains during the early days of 1867-8-9 to 70." This memoir discusses Aldrich's experiences serving as an army scout in Nebraska and Wyoming at forts along the route of the Union Pacific Railroad construction. Aldrich was assigned to Fort Laramie, Fort Russell, Fort Fetterman, and Fort Kearny. He describes his regiment's skirmishes with the Arapaho, Cheyenne, and Sioux Indians, as well as their dealings with the Pawnee scouts. Aldrich also talks about a treaty with Chief Red Cloud, his relationship with Major Frank J. North and Captain Luther H. North, and an expedition into the Yellowstone River Valley. Also included are several pieces of correspondence, certificates, and discharge papers related to Aldrich's military career and his duties for the National Indian War Veterans
mssHM 65812-65821
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This manuscript is a list of soldiers taken ill while under the command of John C. Frémont while stationed in San Diego. It includes names, dates, and nature of malady.
mssHM 35202