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Mexican War, 1846-1848.

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings DO NOT USE

Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

Frank Heywood Hodder correspondence

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924064939519]
Identifier: 2627
Scope and content

Hodder's corrections, criticisms, and suggestions for manuscripts of Albert J. Beveridge (1925-1927) and George Fort Milton (1931-1935), which deal with the Oregon migration, the Mexican War, the Dred Scott case, the Lecompton Constitution, John C. Calhoun, Stephen Douglas, Abraham Lincoln, Roger B. Taney, and other figures and events in American history,

Dates: 1925-1935.

Hatheway family papers

 Collection
Identifier: 2281
Abstract

Papers relating to the family, personal affairs, and political career of Samuel Gilbert Hatheway (1780-1867).

Dates: 1788-[ca. 1900]

Hough family genealogy

 Collection
Identifier: 2023
Abstract

Genealogical charts of the descendants of William Hough, who came to America in 1640, and file cards which contain military service and vital records of Hough men who served in the French and Indian War, American Revolution, War of 1812, Mexican War, Civil War, and Spanish American War; and genealogical correspondence among members and various branches of the family.

Dates: 1865-1954.

Levi Edmonds diary

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924065437695]
Identifier: 4852
Scope and content

Diary detailing trip from Alton, Clinton County, Illinois, to Albuequerque, Northwest Spanish Territory; list of members of A Company; list of deaths in A Company.

Dates: 1847-1848.

M. L. Baker letters

 Collection — Huntington box 36 - folder 1
Identifier: 9201
Scope and content Photostats of letters from M. L. Baker to his family with typed transcriptions. Ten letters dating from September 13, 1846 to May 23, 1849. They describe the writer's participation in Mexican and Indian campaigns. Descriptions of the culture of Indians and landscape of the area around New Mexico, including encounters with Indians. Letters are addressed from Santa Fe New Mexico, Council Grove Kansas, Arkansas River near Pawnee Forks, Albuquerque New Mexico, and Head quarters Fort...
Dates: 1846-1849.

Talcott family papers

 Collection
Identifier: 2087
Abstract Journal-account book (1823) kept by George Talcott, U.S. Army Ordnance Department, while on an official surveying trip through Ohio, Kentucky, and Tennessee; thirty-six Mexican War letters; one diary of Talcott's son, Sebastian Visscher Talcott. Also, personal and business correspondence and accounts, estate settlement papers, deeds, bills, and miscellaneous papers of the related Talcott, Shearman (Sherman), Bogard, and Gibson families; fair copies of 17th and 18th century wills and...
Dates: 1604-1856, 1787-1856 (bulk)