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Box 2

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Correspondence, 1857

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 14
Scope and Contents

Several letters from Elisha Camp discuss the general political and military state of affairs. Includes a letter from Lieutenant Joshua Spencer to William L. Marcy recommending Elisha for a position in the Navy; a letter with an excerpt from a speech by Francis Miles Finch on the occasion of the execution of Nathan Hale.

Dates: 1857

Correspondence, 1858

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 15
Scope and Contents

Several letters mention: the Utah War; the Indian Wars, including mention of Colonel Steptoe and Coeur d'Alene (May 29th); dances and basket weaving of indigenous peoples of Yukon (Jan 30th).

Dates: 1858