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Early, Jubal Anderson, 1816-1894. Letter : to Maj. W. W. S. Bliss, Asst. Adj. General / by Jubal Anderson Early, 1847 Jun 17.

Title: Letter : to Maj. W. W. S. Bliss, Asst. Adj. General / by Jubal Anderson Early, 1847 Jun 17.

Relates to administration of occupied territory in Mexico.

ArchivalResource: 2 p. ; 25 cm.

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Doubleday, Abner, 1819-1893. Autograph letter signed : Monterrey, Mexico, to W[illiam] S[tarke] Rosecrans, 1847 Feb. 5.

Title: Autograph letter signed : Monterrey, Mexico, to W[illiam] S[tarke] Rosecrans, 1847 Feb. 5.

Reporting on the melancholy of the Monterrey area in the wake of the defeat of the Mexican army by U.S. troops led by Zachary Taylor, and warning that the "outrage after outrage" committed by the volunteer officers may "bring a stain upon the American name which we can never efface." He comments on the nature of glory and fame, and on Rosencrans' conversion to Catholicism. Since the city is nearly deserted he spends his time reading ("Spanish literature is little better than an echo of the old European writers") and occasionally visiting "the dark eyed and dark skinned Senoritas." He reports that the Monterrey aristocracy is "boiling over with patriotism" and that Taylor is at Saltello in preparation for an attack. In a postscript he adds a report on the surrender of Major General John P. Gaines along with the words, "Hurrah for our side. Another chance of being shot at."

ArchivalResource: 1 item (4 p.) ; 27 cm.

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Dandridge family. Dandridge genealogy and family history notes and papers, 1812-1960.

Title: Dandridge genealogy and family history notes and papers, 1812-1960.

Correspondence, working papers, charts, and genealogical and historical notes on the Buchanan, Custis, Dandridge, DuPont, Edmonson, Jones, Kenner, Laird, Lawson, Pendleton, Rogers, Taylor, Wood, and Crook families.

ArchivalResource: 1 box.

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Early, Jubal Anderson, 1816-1894. Letter : to Major W. W. S. Bliss / by Jubal Anderson Early, 1847 Jun 4.

Title: Letter : to Major W. W. S. Bliss / by Jubal Anderson Early, 1847 Jun 4.

On administrative matters, a pending court-martial, discharges for disabled men, etc.

ArchivalResource: 1 p. ; 27 cm.

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Bliss, William Wallace Smith, 1815-1853. Letter: to Lieutenant D. McPhail, 5th Infantry /by William Wallace Smith Bliss, 1846 May 20.

Title: Letter: to Lieutenant D. McPhail, 5th Infantry /by William Wallace Smith Bliss, 1846 May 20.

Instructions to McPhail for disposition of his detachment of recruits.

ArchivalResource: 1 p.; 21 cm.

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Bliss, William Wallace Smith, 1815-1853. Letters, 1846-1849.

Title: Letters, 1846-1849.

Army officer. Letter of 1846 informing Munroe of the need for naval assistance for the expedition to Brazos Santiago. In 1849, Bliss, as personal secretary to President Taylor, writes to the Commissioner of Customs regarding the duty of the carpets for the White House.

ArchivalResource: 2 items.

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Smith, Francis H. (Francis Henney), 1812-1890. Notebook.

Title: Notebook. 1832-1834.

Notebook containing by laws of the "United Carroll Club"; copy of a letter from Professor Edward Henry Courtenay declining to have his portrait painted; sketch of a cadet; original poetry by Smith, Hunter, Bliss and others.

ArchivalResource: 212 p., bound ; 20 x 17 cm.

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United States. Army. General orders no. 64, 1841 Oct. 19.

Title: General orders no. 64, 1841 Oct. 19.

Printed document signed. Signed by W.W.J. Bliss, Assistant Adjutant-General. Document relates to soldiers who are temporarily placed in private hospitals.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.) ; 19 cm.

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Ethan Allen Hitchcock Papers, 1793-1888, (bulk 1830-1865)

Title: Ethan Allen Hitchcock Papers 1793-1888 (bulk 1830-1865)

Army officer and author. Collection includes correspondence, notes, speeches and writings, and printed matter relating to Hitchcock's military career and his interest in metaphysics and philosophy.

ArchivalResource: 3,000 items; 13 containers plus 1 oversize; 5.2 linear feet

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Brown, Jacob, d. 1846. Letter : to Captain W. W. S. Bliss, Asst. Adj. Gen. / by Jacob Brown, 1845 Sep 24.

Title: Letter : to Captain W. W. S. Bliss, Asst. Adj. Gen. / by Jacob Brown, 1845 Sep 24.

Requests the discharge of Private Anthony Fuist who enlisted to learn music, but has not sufficient talent and is too small to carry a musket. Approval of General Zachary Taylor on back.

ArchivalResource: 1 p. ; 26 cm.

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Schriver, Edmund. Papers, 1834-1853.

Title: Papers, 1834-1853.

Correspondence to Edmund Schriver from two West Point fellow graduates, Robert Selden Garnett and William Wallace Smith Bliss. Topics deal in great detail with army life in general, including politics, scandals, and events; the Cherokee War; the war with Mexixo, including the battles of Palo Alto, Resaca de la Palma, Monterey, and Buena Vista; Bliss' role as chief-of-staff to General Zachary Taylor, and, later, as private secretary to President Taylor in Washington; and the reaction to Taylor's election in 1848.

ArchivalResource: 63 items.

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Bliss, William Wallace Smith, 1815-1853. Letter, [18]46 Nov. 26, Monterey [to] Lt. Brereton.

Title: Letter, [18]46 Nov. 26, Monterey [to] Lt. Brereton.

Chief of Staff to General Taylor, 1845-1849, secretary to President Taylor, 1849-1850. Letter to Lt. Brereton thanking him for a knife and telling of the terrain near Saltillo and Monterey.

ArchivalResource: 2 p. ; 21 x 14 cm.

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United States. Army. Orders, 1846 Aug 24.

Title: Orders, 1846 Aug 24.

After the first two important battles of the Mexican War, Assistant Adjutant General W. W. Bliss assigned General W. O. Butler to assume the command of the 1st Division of Volunteers. This is General Butler's order appointing G. W. Lay and J. R. Butler as his aides-de-camp.

ArchivalResource: 1 p.; 26 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702130290 View

Warren, William Barton, b. 1802. Papers, Dec. 1846-May 1847.

Title: Papers, Dec. 1846-May 1847.

Letters to Warren about the war from John E. Wool, W.W.S. Bliss, Irvin McDowell and others. Orders and instructions for his regiment, updates on battles and other war activities, and letter naming him as governor of Saltillo. Some letters re: the Mexicans, their activities during the war and rules and expectations in effect after their capture. Letters and requisitions relating to supplies. Letter from Warren to U.S. Rep. A. Lincoln re: commission for George Fisher of Ottawa, Illinois.

ArchivalResource: 25 letters.

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United States. Army. General orders no. 64, 1841 Oct. 19.

Title: General orders no. 64, 1841 Oct. 19.

Printed document signed. Signed by W.W.J. Bliss, Assistant Adjutant-General. Document relates to soldiers who are temporarily placed in private hospitals.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.) ; 19 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/52249052 View

Elizabeth Margaret Chandler Papers, 1793-1854

Title: Elizabeth Margaret Chandler Papers 1793-1854

Papers of Elizabeth Margaret Chandler, Abolitionist poet, and the Chandler family of Adrian, Michigan, and Pennsylvania, including Elizabeth's parents Thomas and Margaret Evans Chandler; Margaret's sisters Ruth Evans and Jane Howell; Elizabeth's brothers Thomas and William, and William's wife Sarah Taylor Chandler. Correspondence of Elizabeth and Thomas Chandler and Ruth Evans with family members in the East, Benjamin Lundy, and others, describing early settlement, agricultural conditions, and local and national anti-slavery movements; also family correspondence of Thomas and Margaret Chandler in Pennsylvania.

ArchivalResource: 0.6 linear ft. and 1 oversize folder

http://quod.lib.umich.edu/b/bhlead/umich-bhl-85999?rgn=main;view=text View

Magoffin, Susan Shelby, 1827-1855. Journal, 1846-1847.

Title: Journal, 1846-1847.

The second volume of a personal journal of a young lady from Independence, Missouri, who follows her husband, a Santa Fé trader, to the Southwest in the early stages of the Mexican war. She describes people, events regarding the acquisition of the New Mexican territory, caravan trading, Gen. Kearny's conquest of New Mexico, the Mexican War, her experiences of trail and pioneer life, hunting, and encounters with Indians. The first 49 pages of the journal consist of copied and original poetry.

ArchivalResource: 253 p.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702126789 View

Bragg, Braxton, 1817-1876. Papers.

Title: Papers. 1844-1876.

General, Confederate States Army. Papers covering most of Bragg's military career. Collection includes correspondence with William Bliss; correspondence of Mrs. Bragg; speech to the citizens of Kentucky extolling the Confederate point of view (no date); letter, 8 March 1854, Fort Gibson, complaining of certain legislation which would limit promotions and pay increases among infantry officers; stipple engraving of Bragg.

ArchivalResource: 7 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/8545462 View