Copies of Letters Sent by the Collector, 6/1/1853 - 2/9/1861

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Copies of Letters Sent by the Collector, 6/1/1853 - 2/9/1861

1853-1861

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/37210058

This series consists of copies of letters sent by the Collector to a wide variety of individuals and organizations, including the Secretary of the Treasury, Treasury Department bureau heads, U.S. Consuls, U.S. Attorneys, ship masters, lighthouse keepers, businesses, and private individuals. Some of the letters are numbered, mainly those sent to the Secretary of the Treasury (except letters transmitting accounts and returns). Several letters from 1853 relate to the brig Arrow, chartered by filibusterer William Walker. There are notations on several letters from 1857 indicating that the originals were lost with the wreck of the steamer Central America.

4 linear feet, 2 linear inches

eng, Latn

National Archives at San Francisco

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National Archives at San Francisco

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Walker, William, 1824-1860

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William Walker (May 8, 1824 – September 12, 1860) was an American physician, lawyer, journalist and mercenary who organized several private military expeditions into Latin America, with the intention of establishing English-speaking colonies under his personal control, an enterprise then known as "filibustering". Walker usurped the presidency of the Republic of Nicaragua in 1856 and ruled until 1857,[1] when he was defeated by a coalition of Central American armies. He returned in an attempt to ...