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Josiah Simpson Mexican War papers

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Description: Letter from Dr. Josiah Simpson, a surgeon with the United States 6th Infantry Regiment during the Mexican War, written to his brother. The letter is missing several pages but describes the fall of Mexico City and the negotiations of the United States treaty with Mexico. Also includes Simpson's military orders, field diary, and copy of the New Testament in Spanish and English.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1847-1850.
Call number: mssSimpsonj
Creator: Simpson, Josiah (1815-1847)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased by William Reese Company on behalf of The Huntington at Swann Galleries auction, Sale 2580, Lot 167, September 30, 2021.

James Hervey Simpson letter to Josiah Simpson

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An autograph, signed letter from James Hervey Simpson to his brother Dr. Josiah Simpson, with envelope. The letter was written three weeks before the 1864 election and Simpson is responding to his brother's concern that it is "injudicious" for him to become involved in presidential politics. Simpson had contributed a long letter to the anti-McClellan pamphlet "Gen'l McClellan's Record. His Sympathy with the South," (1864) a publication attributed to Edgar Conkling. The letter is accompanied by two items which quote Simpson's views on McClellan: a copy of this 1864 pamphlet, with edits by Simpson, and a newspaper clipping from the "Cincinnati Daily Times" with Simpson's letter to the editor (November 12, 1864).

mssHM 84054

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Friench Simpson papers

Manuscripts

Collection includes logbook and photograph album of the Revenue Cutter Perry, 1909, and a letter by Simpson to F. Smith, 1909.

mssHM 50168-50171

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The aboriginal port-folio : a collection of portraits of the most celebrated chiefs of the North American Indians

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A published volume whose parts were issued monthly, plus additional loose lithographs of drawings; based on portraits made by James Otto Lewis of Native American chiefs who attended treaty negotiations in the upper midwestern United States, primarily in Wisconsin and Indiana, 1825-1833.

610835

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Land grant to John Simpson :

Manuscripts

Grant of land to John Simpson, former sergeant in the Seventh Regiment, per act of Congress granting land to the late Army of the United States. Grant for 160 acres in Arkansas. Signed by President James Monroe; also signed by Commissioner of the General Land Office Josiah Meigs.

mssHM 34004

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Benjamin J. Edson letter to Josiah [Edson]

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Letter from Benjamin J. Edson in Genoa, Nevada, to Josiah (probably his brother Josiah Edson) regarding mining claims in Nevada. Edson writes of a letter he sent to Robert Moir, and of Josiah asks that "I would like to hear from you...as to prospects, even although a longer delay might be necessary to perfect any project that might be thought of."

mssHM 16527

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Josiah Foster Flagg notebooks

Manuscripts

The two notebooks contain engineering notes taken by Flagg while on trips through Argentina, Peru, and California in 1872 and 1874. In his notebooks, Flagg describes architecture, buildings, machinery, bridges, tunnels, railroads, mines, and other machines and structures that he observes on his journeys. The notebooks are illustrated with Flagg's sketches of these structures and machines as well as containing his descriptions of their design and construction. While in California, Flagg took notes on the San Francisco cable cars, on various mines and mining methods and particular on the New Almaden Mines. Flagg briefly mentions the people he meets during his journeys. Also included is a photograph of Josiah Foster Flagg.

mssHM 66485-66486

Josiah Simpson Mexican War papers

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