Kimball Hale Dimmick diary : photostat copy, [undated].

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Kimball Hale Dimmick diary : photostat copy, [undated].

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Copy of a diary dated Apr.-Nov. 1848, written by a young ordnance officer serving with the New York Volunteers at the San Francisco Presidio. Contains brief daily entries describing Dimmick's experiences while stationed at the Presidio, news of the Mexican War, the effects of the gold discovery and the desertion of men to mine for gold, court martials and floggings for desertion, prices of food, possible impeachment of President Polk, and the passage of ships.

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