David Hammond Vinton correspondence, 1849.

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David Hammond Vinton correspondence, 1849.

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Written as Major in the Quartermaster Corps in California, describing effect of discovery of gold on economy and events relating to his duties.

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Vinton, David Hammond, 1803-1873

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Quartermaster, U.S. Army. From the description of LS : St. Louis, to Henry Prince, St. Louis, 1855 Dec. 7. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122610768 David H. Vinton (1803-1873), a career military officer, was a West Point graduate (1822). After initial service in ordnance, he specialized in quartermaster duties from 1835 until his retirement at the end of the Civil War. He served on the Canadian frontier of New York (1838-1843), during a pe...

Norris, Thomas W. (Thomas Wayne)

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United States. Quartermaster's Dept.

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