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San Marino, CA 91108
Manuscripts
Thomas Savage letter to Chandler Eastman Potter
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Manuscripts
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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
Two of the five items are reports written by Chandler, and addressed to Major William Augustus Nichols, detailing his expedition to the Gila River in 1856 with the U.S. 3rd Infantry. These reports include details regarding his experiences with the Mimbres and Mogollon Apaches, the geography of the land, military movements, his troops and their casualties. He specifically mentions Dixon Stansbury Miles, Lieutenant Colonel John H. Eaton, the Navajo Indian Delgadito, and Fort Craig, NM. Also included in these documents is a disability certification by Assistant Surgeon General Glover Perin, a power of attorney from a fellow soldier, and a Quarter Master Department receipt for $100,000
mssHM 61151-61155
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Benton writes of the capture of Colonel John Frémont, and how this has pacified California, allowing "an American to walk from one end of the province to the other without guards, and without insult or injury." Includes newspaper clipping of article in which the newly appointed Roman Catholic Archbishop of New York, John Hughes, is described as believing he would have influence with the people of Mexico amidst the current crisis.
mssHM 23151
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The collection consists of letters, and some verses, written by Walter Savage Landor, most of which are to John Forster, from 1838 to 1858. There is one letter by John Forster, 1866 November 5; four letters by Landor’s Australian cousin, lawyer and writer Edward Wilson Landor, from 1867 to 1870; and a letter by English publisher Frederic Chapman to John Forster, 1869 May 7. There are also two folders with photographs and newspaper clippings.
mssHM 27238-27328
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Jefferson discusses a letter received from Baron von Steuben regarding new recruits and requests assistance from Colonel Davies to provide articles for them.
mssHM 25045
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Chiefly an account of General Molyneux's military career, beginning with peacetime service in Canada in 1786, continuing with active service in the West Indies with General Sir Charles Grey (later Earl Grey), eventually service in Ireland, and concluding with retirement in Wales.
mssHM 41762
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Also incorporated in the letter is a poem of four verses on Percy Bysshe Shelley.
mssHM 11716