Correspondence, reports, and memoranda concerning Forts Laramie and Kearny, 1842-1876 : Washington, D.C., 1885.

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Correspondence, reports, and memoranda concerning Forts Laramie and Kearny, 1842-1876 : Washington, D.C., 1885.

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Typed transcripts and excerpts furnished H.H. Bancroft by the War Department, including an extract from an 1870 report by Assistant Surgeon H.S. Schell, U.S. Army; extracts from FreĢmont and Stansbury; reports from Fort Kearny by C.F. Ruff in 1848-1849, and from Fort Laramie by W.F. Sanderson, 1849; excerpts from an act of Congress, 1846; War Department general orders, memoranda, and correspondence, 1847-1849; Special Orders, 1871, concerning abandonment of Fort Kearny; military description of Fort Laramie in 1876.

Originals : 44 leaves ; 33 cm.Copies : partial microfilm reel (46 exposures) : negative (Rich. 116:16-20) and positive (Film P-M, reel 5)

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