Documents relating mainly to Arizona.

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Documents relating mainly to Arizona.

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Contents: material relating to the attack on the Oatman family by Indians on the Yuma trail, Feb. 1851, including letter from Roys Oatman and reports of interrogation of survivors; two items relating to the Civil War, including copy of proclamation of Confederate General H.H. Sibley, Dec. 16, 1861, declaring martial law in the Southwest, and letter from Dan Showalter to General Wright, Feb. 1862; translation of proclamation of governor of Sonora, Mexico, concerning threatened invasion of the state by William Walker and others, n.d. Included also: letter of transmittal, Feb. 18, 1877, from Smith to Bancroft.

Originals : 8 items in folder.Copies : partial microfilm reel : negative (Rich. 518:16) and positive.

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Smith, C. G. (Charles Graham)

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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 ...

Oatman family.

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Sibley, Henry Hopkins, 1816-1886

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Henry Hopkins Sibley (1816-1886) served in the U.S. Army during the "Utah War" of 1857-1858, and later was the commander of the Confederate expedition sent to seize New Mexico and Arizona during the Civil War - he was defeated at Glorieta Pass. From the description of Henry Hopkins Sibley, 1859. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 368054025 ...

Oatman, Roys,

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Showalter, Dan.

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