Jacob Kingsbury papers, 1783-1833.

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Jacob Kingsbury papers, 1783-1833.

Letter books and orderly books relating to Kingsbury's service with the U.S. Army 1st Infantry at Detroit, Fort Mackinac, and Fort Bellefontaine; court martial and other military reports received by Kingsbury from Forts Dearborn, Miami, and Way, from Marrietta, Ohio, and other places on the Northwest frontier; and correspondence and other family papers, including land transfer documents from the Hartshorn family, neighbors and relatives of the Kingsbury family, of Franklin, Connecticut.

14 boxes2 microfilm reels

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Kingsbury, Jacob, 1756-1837

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United States Army officer; born in Norwich, Connecticut and died in Franklin, Missouri. Entered the Continental Army in 1775 and served in the Western Army at Detroit, Fort Mackinaw, Fort Adams, New Orleans, and elsewhere. From the description of Jacob Kingsbury papers, 1764-1891. (New York University). WorldCat record id: 476053212 U.S. Army officer. From the description of Jacob Kingsbury papers, 1727-1856 (bulk 1800-1825). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70980...

United States. Army. Infantry Regiment, 1st (1796-1815)

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Wilkinson, James, 1757-1825

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James Wilkinson was born in Maryland and served as an officer in the American Revolution. In 1783 he settled in Kentucky, where he engaged in politics, land speculation, and trade. In 1805 he was appointed governor of Upper Louisiana. Wilkinson's activities in the West implicated him in the Spanish Conspiracy and the Burr Conspiracy; he was acquitted by a court of inquiry during the Burr investigation and by a court martial in 1811. He served as a military commander in the West during the War of...

Whistler, John, 1756?-1829

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Born in Ulster, Ireland, circa 1756; served in the British Army during the United States revolution; returned to England; came to the United States and entered army, 1791; lieutenant, 1792; captain, 1797; completed building Fort Dearborn, 1803; brevt. major, 1812; honorably discharged, 1815; was then military store keeper, Newport, Kentucky and later at St. Louis, Mo.; died there, September 3, 1829. (from Appleton. Hist. regis. U.S. Army) (blue index cards) From the description of Jo...

Stoddard, Amos, 1762-1813

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Amos Stoddard, first civil and military commander of Upper Louisiana. From the description of Letter: to Colonel Jacob Kingsbury /by Amos Stoddard, 1812 Aug 30. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702130227 Lawyer, soldier, acting governor of Louisiana (1804) From the description of Letter : Fort Columbus, New York Harbor, to John Sevier, 1810 Aug. 30. (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 40342758 Amos Stoddard was born in Woodbury, Connecticut in 1762. As...

Dunham, Josiah, 1769-1844

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Ralph Phelps, b. 15 Oct. 1769, Orford, N.H.; graduate, Dartmouth College Class of 1794; lawyer, Schoharie, N.Y.; d. 23 Mar. 1846, Ellicottsville, N.Y. From the description of Letter, 1794 Sept. 8, Hanover, to Mr. [Ralph] Phelps. (New Hampshire Newsp Project). WorldCat record id: 83901728 ...

Kingsbury family.

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Cushing, Thomas H. (Thomas Humphrey), 1755-1822

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Born ca. 1747 in Massachusetts; a career soldier, rising to the rank of Captain in the Continental Army during the American Revolution; settled in the 1790's in the Mississippi Territory, created in 1798; appointed General Wilkinson's replacement as head of the military department of the Territory form July 1799 to May 1800; continued to serve as Colonel in the U.S. Infantry; discharged in 1815; died 1822. From the description of Letterbook, 1799-1800. (University of Southern Mississ...

United States. Army

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The United States Army is the largest branch of the United States Armed Forces and performs land-based military operations. It is one of the seven uniformed services of the United States and is designated as the Army of the United States in the United States Constitution, Article 2, Section 2, Clause 1 and United States Code, Title 10, Subtitle B, Chapter 301, Section 3001. As the largest and senior branch of the U.S. military, the modern U.S. Army has its roots in the Continental Army, which wa...

Whipple, John

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Dearborn, Henry.

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