Isaac Ingalls Stevens letters, 1853.

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Isaac Ingalls Stevens letters, 1853.

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Two letters by Stevens as leader of an official 1853 United States government expedition to survey northern railroad routes to the Pacific Ocean. The first (June 10), to his wife, comments on hiring the well-known guide Pierre Bottineau, and the second (August 7), to Bottineau, commends him on his service as guide.

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Minnesota Historical Society, Division of Archives and Manuscripts

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Stevens, Isaac Ingalls, 1818-1862

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Graduate of West Point who served in Mexican War. Indian agent, Governor and delegate to Congress for Washington Territory. Chairman of the National Democratic Executive Committee in 1860. Major General in Union Army and killed at Chantilly, Va. in 1862. From the description of Letter, Aug. 9, 1860. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 55662318 Born 1818 in Andover, Mass.; graduate of West Point; served in Mexican War, 1846-47; Indian agent for Washing...

Bottineau, Pierre, 1817-1895

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