Manuscripts

New England moves west : diaries and journals

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Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 2000 April.
Call number: mssHM 84436
Creator: Olmstead, Ron(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Ron Olmstead, September 2000.
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Journal of a trip through New York, Pennsylvania, New England, and Canada

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mssHM 817

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Anonymous journal from New England to Cape Breton

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This journal contain accounts from New England to Cape Breton and also during the siege of Louisbourg in 1745.

mssHM 609

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Frank West journal

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The journal, written in pencil and ink, records the United States Army campaigns during the Red River war on the Southern Plains. 85 of the 94 pages contain text, and the endpapers have notes and miscellaneous accounting written on them. In addition to documenting the activities and marches of the 6th cavalry, of which West was a member, the journal also records the activities of military operations of other divisions involved in the Red River War. Detailed sketches in the journal document their daily marches, and the activities and orders of General Nelson Miles, Philip Henry Sheridan, and Ranald Slidell Mackenzie are mentioned. He describes the landscape and the animals he sees, including buffalo, antelope, and turkey. Some entries make note of passing Mexican mule teams or wagon trains.

mssHM 59836

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New England journal

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245548

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Moving along ; just a diary

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408959

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Frank West journal of marches

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This volume contains detailed notes, arranged chronologically, concerning 18 military marches in which 2nd Lieutenant Frank West took part from 1873 to 1876 with the 6th U.S. Cavalry. The journal covers military activity on the southern plains during, and surrounding, the Red River War, as well as activity in New Mexico and Arizona Territories in the mid 1870s. The notes for each march are generally structured in the same manner, providing information about the weather from day to day, the quality of the trail, the water, and grass encountered by the column as well as the condition of the men and their mounts. West also mentions the various Native Americans the troops encountered. Each set of notes is illustrated by a full-page, hand-drawn map with a list of notable topographical features.

mssHM 83834

New England moves west : diaries and journals

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