John Franklin Miller papers, 1872-1881.

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John Franklin Miller papers, 1872-1881.

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Include four letters from Lewis Gerstle and one letter from A. Wassermann written on behalf of Alaska Commercial Company, giving reports of company operations re fur trade and market conditions, and activities of its agents; also with these, a newspaper clipping; two letters from Charles E. Hill soliciting assistance in securing the appointment of Judge O.N. Dewey as consul general of Shanghai; one letter from the U.S. Adjutant General's Office to Miller requesting an account of his military service during the Civil War years; two drafts of Miller's account with detailed description of the battle of Stone River and comments on hostilities at Liberty Gap and Nashville.

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United States. Adjutant-General's Office

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The Continental Congress on June 17, 1775, appointed an Adjutant General of the Continental Army. After 1783 no further provision was made for such an officer until an act of March 5, 1792, provided for an adjutant, who was also to do the work of inspector. An act of March 3, 1813, established an Adjutant General's Department and an Inspector General's Department which were united the following July under one head, the Adjutant and Inspector General. Separate heads for the two Depar...

Alaska Commercial Company

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The Alaska Commercial Company was founded shortly after the purchase of Alaska in 1867. Beginning as the Russian-American Company, the company assets were purchased by Hayward M. Hutchinson, William Kohl, and Associates, who then formed the Hutchinson, Kohl & Company. In 1868 the company was reorganized as the Alaska Commercial Company. The company, in its various permutations, played a singularly important part in the history of Alaska with trading stations scattered throughout southwestern...

Hill, Charles E., 1937-

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Wasserman, Ari

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Gerstle, Lewis, 1824-1902

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Miller, John Franklin, 1831-1886

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U. S. Senator from California 1881-1886. Lawyer, rancher, lived in California during 1853-55. Returned to California in 1865 and lived in San Francisco and Napa. Collector for Port of San Francisco. From the description of John Franklin Miller Collection, 1855-1890. (California State Library). WorldCat record id: 58855228 Miller was collector of the port of San Francisco, and then President of the Alaska Commercial Company. He was also a member of the California state consti...