Manuscripts
Zachary Taylor letters
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Letter written from camp near Monterrey, Mexico, to Robert Crooke Wood, New Orleans, Louisiana
Manuscripts
This collection consists of letters sent by Zachary Taylor while serving in the U.S. Army during the Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848, primarily to his brother-in-law, U.S. Army surgeon Robert Crooke Wood (1800?-1869). Letters concern war logistics and strategies; army life; troops movements and health; supplies; General Winfield Scott; the progress of and future projections of the war; and some reportage of battles, especially of the battle of Monterrey in September 1846. Letters also discuss Taylor's presidential prospects and potential nomination in the 1848 race; politics; health; and family, particularly his daughter Ann and her children. All items are autograph letters signed unless noted otherwise.
HM 4149
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Letter written from camp at Marin 25 miles from Monterrey, Mexico, to Robert Crooke Wood, Fort Polk, Texas
Manuscripts
This collection consists of letters sent by Zachary Taylor while serving in the U.S. Army during the Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848, primarily to his brother-in-law, U.S. Army surgeon Robert Crooke Wood (1800?-1869). Letters concern war logistics and strategies; army life; troops movements and health; supplies; General Winfield Scott; the progress of and future projections of the war; and some reportage of battles, especially of the battle of Monterrey in September 1846. Letters also discuss Taylor's presidential prospects and potential nomination in the 1848 race; politics; health; and family, particularly his daughter Ann and her children. All items are autograph letters signed unless noted otherwise.
HM 4130
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Letters of Zachary Taylor : from the battle-fields of the Mexican War
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92348
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Zachary Taylor, Cantonment Robertson near Baton Rouge, Louisiana, letter to Elizabeth Lee Taylor, Louisville, Kentucky :
Manuscripts
Letter to Taylor's sister regarding family matters including their widowed father's financial situation, Taylor's daughter Ann's education, and his wife's pregnancy. He also mentions his Louisiana plantation and cotton crops, and a recent hurricane.
mssHM 27494
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[Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878]. [Article on the part of Truman Smith and others in the nomination of Zachary Taylor; Taylor's appointments]
Manuscripts
Letters, manuscripts (including Welles' 1846-1849 diaries), documents and ephemera covering Welles' career as a naval administrator: Chief of Bureau of Provision & Clothing for the Navy, 1846-1849; Secretary of the Navy, 1861-1869 (requests for appointments, purchase of government vessels by George D. Morgan); criticism of Welles's successor, George Maxwell Robeson, and Robeson's assistant David Dixon Porter. Naval operations during the Civil War, including blockades, letters of marque, and the capture of New Orleans in April, 1862; Welles' views on Reconstruction politics; Abraham Lincoln, and Andrew Johnson. Much of the correspondence is written to Welles' son, Edgar T. Welles.
WE 467
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Letter written from Monterrey, Mexico, to Major E.G.W. Butler, Louisiana
Manuscripts
Taylor spelled location as Monterey. Addressee probably Edward George Washington Butler (1800-1888), who served as a major general in the Louisiana State Militia from 1846 to 1847. (6 pages)
HM 21004