Coe mss. 32, 37, 44, 81, 85, 122-5, 126, 147, 156, 212, 226, 351, 388, 410, 1816-1918.

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Coe mss. 32, 37, 44, 81, 85, 122-5, 126, 147, 156, 212, 226, 351, 388, 410, 1816-1918.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/237789269

Selected mss. from the Yale Collection of Western Americana pertaining to Kansas and the West. Included are James Fowler Rusling's inspections from Fort Leavenworth (Kan.) to Great Salt Lake City (now Salt Lake City), Utah; Orville C. Pratt's diary of an overland journey from Fort Leavenworth to Los Angeles via the Santa Fe Trail; Howard Egan's journey as part of the Mormon pioneer expedition to the Great Salt Lake (Utah) & later trips from Utah to California; a William Clark letter, 1816 Oct. 29, from Saint Louis, Mo. Territory, to William H. Crawford, secretary of war, while Clark was governor of Missouri Territory; a description of Bennett C. Clark's journey from Missouri to California; Elizabeth Bacon Custer's journal, including some papers of her husband, George A. Custer; Albert Gallatin Brackett's history of Fort Bridger (Wyo.) (1843-1873); Daniel Blue's 1859 letter describing his journey from Illinois to the gold fields near Denver, Colo., & including the printed Thrilling narrative of the Pike's Peak gold seekers; George Armstrong Custer papers, 1863-1873; Jesse Augustus Gove's journal, 1861, describing the march of the Utah Expedition from Fort Bridger to Fort Leavenworth; John White Geary's letters & papers, 1855-1871, including executive minutes & official letters while Geary was territorial governor of Kansas; Samuel Ryan Curtis's letters & papers, 1846-1866, including letters from his sons, Henry Z. & Samuel S. Curtis, and papers dealing with family matters, Union Pacific Railroad surveys, Civil War experiences, Indians, & the Colorado gold fields; letters & papers of Thomas Moonlight, 1864-1870, including autobiographical material & accounts of his military service; and George Bent's letters & papers, 1904-1918, primarily reminiscences of life with the Cheyenne.

2 microfilm reels (2942 images) : negative ; 35 mm.

Kansas State Historical Society

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Curtis, Samuel Ryan, 1805-1866

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Born near Champlain, New York, Curtis graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1831. He was stationed at Fort Gibson in the Indian Territories (present-day Oklahoma) before resigning from the Army in 1832. He moved to Ohio, where he worked as a civil engineer on the Muskingum River improvement projects and also became a lawyer in 1841. During the Mexican–American War, he was appointed colonel of the 2nd Regiment of Ohio Volunteers and served as military governor of several occupied c...

Crawford, William Harris, 1772-1834

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William Harris Crawford (February 24, 1772 – September 15, 1834) was an American politician and judge during the early 19th century. He served as United States Secretary of War and United States Secretary of the Treasury before running for president in the 1824 election. Born in Virginia, Crawford moved to Georgia at a young age. After studying law, Crawford won election to the Georgia House of Representatives in 1803. He aligned with the Democratic-Republican Party and U.S. Senator James Jac...

Curtis, Samuel

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Bent, George, 1843-1918

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George Bent (1843-1918), son of Colonel William Bent, fur trader and founder of Bent's Fort, and Owl Woman, a Cheyenne, daughter of White Thunder, went to school in St. Louis. By 1904 he was living in Colony, Oklahoma. From the description of George Bent papers, 1904-1926. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702127533 George Bent, born in Bent's Fort in 1843, the son of William Bent and his Cheyenne wife. As a witness of the Indian wars and conflicts in Colorado during the late 1...

Clark, William, 1770-1838

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Explorer, governor of the Territory of Missouri, army officer, and the U.S. superintendent of Indian Affairs. From the description of William Clark papers, 1816-1818. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79452648 Explorer. From the description of [Codicil to will] 1837. (Denver Museum of Nature & Science). WorldCat record id: 29305311 Army officer best known for partnership in the Lewis and Clark expedition. In 1794, he was Lieutenant in the 4th sub-legion...

Custer, Elizabeth Bacon, 1842-1933

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American author and wife of General George A. Custer. From the description of Letter, 1905. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122486737 Elizabeth Bacon married Gen. George Armstrong Custer in 1864. After her husband's death in 1876, she was instrumental in promoting his legacy as a hero and role-model. In addition to her books about her life with her husband, Elizabeth Bacon Custer supported herself by working as a journalist. From the description of Oberammergau pa...

Curtis, Henry Zarah, d. 1863.

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Coe, William Robertson, 1869-1955

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Originals: Collection of rare books, maps, manuscripts, and art relating to the Trans-Mississippi West. From the description of Coe mss. 32, 37, 44, 81, 85, 122-5, 126, 147, 156, 212, 226, 351, 388, 410, 1816-1918. (Kansas State Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 237789269 ...

Custer, George Armstrong, 1839-1876

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Custer's paternal ancestors, Paulus and Gertrude Küster, came to the North American English colonies around 1693 from the Rhineland in Germany, probably among thousands of Palatines whose passage was arranged by the English government to gain settlers in New York and Pennsylvania. According to family letters, Custer was named after George Armstrong, a minister, in his devout mother's hope that her son might join the clergy. Custer was born in New Rumley, Ohio, to Emanuel Henry Custer (1806...

Yale Collection of Western Americana

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Utah Expedition (1857-1858)

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Egan, Howard, 1815-1878

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Mormon living in Illinois. From the description of Letter, 1845. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122536684 Howard Egan, who was born in Ireland and emigrated to Canada, became a sailor and settled in Salem, Massachusetts. He married in 1828, converted to Mormonism in 1847, moved to Nauvoo, and joined the winter exodus to Salt Lake City. In 1855 Egan drove cattle to California, in 1862 he was superintendent of the overland mail line from Salt Lake City to Carson, and after 187...

Moonlight, Thomas, 1833-1899

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Thomas Moonlight (1833-1899), born in Scotland, ran away to America, enlisted in the 4th United States Artillery in 1853, served in Florida, and in the campaign against the Mormons. In 1860 he bought a farm in Kansas, served in the 11th Kansas Cavalry, 1861-65, was secretary of state, 1868, and was nominated for governor in 1886, but lost. President Cleveland appointed him governor of Wyoming Territory, 1886-89, and minister to Bolivia, 1893-97. From the description of Thomas Moonlig...

Geary, John White, 1819-1873

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John W. Geary was a lawyer, politician and Union general in the Civil War (1861-1865). He was born in Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania on 30 December 1819. After serving as a colonel in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War (1846-1848), Geary went to California for the 1849 gold rush. While in California, Geary became the first governor of San Francisco from 1850 to 1851 and was later governor of the Kansas Territory from 1856-1857. Following his term as governor, Geary returned to Pennsylvania and w...

Blue, Daniel Terry, 1949-

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Brackett, Albert G. (Albert Gallatin), 1829-1896

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Soldier; colonel, 9th Illinois Cavalry during the Civil War; author. From the description of Letter : to Col. Albert G. Brackett, 1895 May 7. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 27418123 Colonel Brackett spent several years following the Civil War on the western frontier in command of military posts for the 2d United States Cavalry. Fort Bridger, Wyoming, occupied by troops sent to settle the Mormon troubles in 1858; occupied until 1890. F...

Union Pacific railroad company

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Served Oklahoma and other Western states. From the description of Union Pacific collection, 1930-1932. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70972329 The story of the Union Pacific Railroad's involvement with oil and the Tidelands goes back to at least 1911 when the State of California granted the City of Long Beach its tidelands properties for development of commerce, navigation, fisheries, and recreation under a public trust doctine, meaning any development and revenues from such...

Curtis family.

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Rusling, James Fowler, 1834-1918

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Lawyer, of Trenton, N.J. From the description of Papers, 1864-1929; (bulk 1880-1910). (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 20159051 ...

Missouri. Governor (1813-1820 : Clark)

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Gove, Jesse A. (Jesse Augustus), 1824-1862

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Army officer, lawyer, and deputy secretary of state for New Hampshire. From the description of Papers, 1841-1861. (New Hampshire Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 71013680 ...

Kansas. Governor (1856-1857 : Geary)

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Clark, Bennett C., 1819-1890.

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United States. War Department

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Marcy served as Secretary of War under James K. Polk, 1845-1849. From the description of William L. Marcy letter : Washington [D.C.], to Col. J.D. Stevenson, New York City, ALS, 1846 June 26. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 43771263 Officer, Second U.S. Cavalry, 1868-1892. From the description of Report of Lieutenant Gustavus C. Doane, 1870 Dec.15. (Montana State University Bozeman Library). WorldCat record id: 43955079 U.S. gov...

Pratt, Orville C. (Orville Charles), 1819-1891

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Pratt, a lawyer of Rochester, New York, and Galena, Illinois, was appointed associate justice of the Second District, Oregon Territory. In 1856 he moved to San Francisco, where he was later elected judge of the Twelfth District. From the description of Overland journey from Fort Leavenworth to Los Angeles /by Orville C. Pratt, 1848-1849. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702126351 ...