Notes on the life of Brevet Major General Persifor Frazer Smith : U.S.A. : ms., 1927.

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Notes on the life of Brevet Major General Persifor Frazer Smith : U.S.A. : ms., 1927.

Concerning his experiences in the Mexican War, his assignment to California in 1849 in command of the Pacific Division, his command of the Department of the West, and descriptions of San Francisco and Sonoma.

9 leaves ; 28 cm.

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