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Wilson, John Q., 1840-. John Q. Wilson papers, 1860-1866, 1913.

Title: John Q. Wilson papers, 1860-1866, 1913.

Diary (1865-1866) and four miscellaneous items relating to his service in the Minnesota Light Artillery, Third Battery. The diary relates details of the battery's journeys to Dakota Territory, including forts Abercrombie, Snelling, and Wadsworth (later Sisseton); terrain, lakes, and wildlife; weather (particularly blizzards); and hardships of the marches.

ArchivalResource: 0.25 cu. ft. (1 box).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122411318 View

Joseph Valliere Spanish land grant papers, [ca. 1840-1841].

Title: Joseph Valliere Spanish land grant papers, [ca. 1840-1841].

Manuscript copy in Spanish of a 1793 Spanish land grant by Louisiana Governor Francisco Louis Hector Carondelet to Don Joseph Valliere, and signed by Carlos Trudeau, Royal and Private Surveyor of the Province of Louisiana. The grant contains a map showing the location of the land on the White River in the present-day states of Arkansas and Missouri, and is impressed with the seal of the State of Louisiana, certified in English, dated December 7, 1840, and signed by L. Bringier, Surveyor General of Louisiana. The land grant copy is accompanied by an English translation of the grant and copies in an unidentified hand of three letters regarding the property including that of John Wilson to W. A. Bradley, Washington City (October 17, 1841); a letter to Wilson from [Beragency?], New Orleans (undated); and to John Wilson from H. H. Williams, New Orleans (June 19, 1841).

ArchivalResource: 5 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702150707 View