Box 2
Container
Contains 85 Results:
Correspondence, 1847
File — Box: 2, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents
Some letters include passing mentions of the Mexican-American war. Includes "A Mexican Song," written in spanish by Elisha.
Dates:
1847
Correspondence, 1848
File — Box: 2, Folder: 5
Correspondence, 1849
File — Box: 2, Folder: 6
Correspondence, 1850
File — Box: 2, Folder: 7
Correspondence, 1851
File — Box: 2, Folder: 8
Correspondence, 1852
File — Box: 2, Folder: 9
Scope and Contents
Includes a promissory note co-signed by Ulysses S. Grant; several letters from Erskine Camp describing life in New Orleans, railroads, the levees, and the 1852 election.
Dates:
1852
Correspondence, 1853
File — Box: 2, Folder: 10
Scope and Contents
Includes a letter describing the death of Lieutenant Ed Russell after he captured several Indigenous peoples; a letter J.R. Bergan (September 24) describing two "Indian Wars", one of which ended with a small pox outbreak and the second had yet to start in Rogue River Valley. A few letters mention "Captain Grant" at Vancouver Barracks, referring to Ulysses S. Grant.
Dates:
1853
Correspondence, 1854
File — Box: 2, Folder: 11
Correspondence, 1855
File — Box: 2, Folder: 12
Correspondence, 1856
File — Box: 2, Folder: 13
Scope and Contents
Includes a letter regarding the American Guano Company.
Dates:
1856