Edward H. Fitzgerald journals 1834-1852 1834-1844 Fitzgerald, Edward H., journals

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Edward H. Fitzgerald journals 1834-1852 1834-1844 Fitzgerald, Edward H., journals

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The Edward H. Fitzgerald journals are comprised of two volumes and one document, belonging to a U.S. army officer who served in the Seminole War, the Mexican War, and at several western outposts in California and Oregon. The volumes amount to Fitzgerald's daily journal kept during his service with the navy in the Mediterranean. He wrote sporadic diary entries and poems in Florida during the Seminole War and in Mexico and California.

2 volumes and 1 document

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William L. Clements Library

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