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United States. Army. California Cavalry Battalion (1862-1865). California Civil War Letters, 1863-1865.

Title: California Civil War Letters, 1863-1865.

The group of items consists of transcripts of twelve letters written by soldiers of the California Battalion during their service in the Civil War (these letters were originally printed in the Steamer edition of the Alta California). Sergeant Thomas H. Merry, of Company L, wrote five of the letters; the other seven are anonymous or signed only with initials or a first name. In the letters, the soldiers talk about their trip to Massachusetts, life in camp and their training, their skirmishes with Mosby and his 43rd Virginia Cavalry Battalion, Colonel Charles Lowell, freedmen in Virginia, their defense of Washington, D.C., the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, their dislike of Massachusetts and the 2nd Cavalry Regiment, and the Battle of Cedar Creek. Included with this group of transcripts are a typewritten chronology of the unit's service and lists of soldiers taken prisoner or killed.

ArchivalResource: 15 items, typescripts.

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Merry, Thomas B. Record book, 1896-1898.

Title: Record book, 1896-1898.

This is a record book compiled by Thomas B. Merry about Australian thoroughbred horses. Handwritten entries include pedigrees. Also present are magazine and newspaper articles on the subject.

ArchivalResource: 1 v.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/191915771 View

Merry, Thomas F. [Whaling logs of the ships Rosalie and Abigail], 1817 May 16-1819 July 8.

Title: [Whaling logs of the ships Rosalie and Abigail], 1817 May 16-1819 July 8.

Logbook kept aboard the Rosalie, on a voyage from New York to Canton, 16 May 1817-16 May 1818, commanded by Thomas F. Merry, with entries describing daily weather and sea conditions. Also includes a list of "stores for the voyage". Describes 21 Sept. 1817 at anchor at Whampoa, 12 Dec. 1817 Canton to Philadelphia, 20 April 1818 Philadelphia to New York, and 16 May 1818 arrived back in New York. Logbook kept aboard the Abigail, on a voyage from Sag Harbor to Brazille Bank off the coast of Patagonia, 5 Aug. 1818-8 July 1819, commanded by Jeremiah Post, describing daily weather and sea conditions. Also includes a list of "stores for the voyage". Describes 30 Nov. 1818 at False Bank, 12 Dec. 1818 at Main Bank, 14 Jan. 1819 Whaling on the False Bank, 25 Jan. 1819 at Brazille Bank, 10 May 1819 Brazil Bank to Sag Harbor, and 8 July 1819 Gardiners Bay.

ArchivalResource: 1 v.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/221630536 View