Heap papers, 1853-1856.

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Heap papers, 1853-1856.

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Letters and report, 1855 to 1856, from Heap relating to importing camels to the West for use by the United States Army. Heap writes from the Middle East regarding arrangements for purchasing and transporting the camels; in one letter he writes from the ship which also carries 44 camels to the U.S. Pencil sketches by Heap were probably made during a survey expedition for a central route to California with Beale in 1853. Drawings include the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, Spanish Peaks, Timpas Creek, and Fort Massachusetts, New Mexico.

.25 linear ft. (1 box).

Arizona Historical Society, Southern Arizona Division

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Arizona Historical Society, Southern Arizona Division

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Heap, Gwinn Harris

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Acting American Consul at Tunis, North Africa from 1839 to 1840. From 1853 to 1854, he accompanied survey expedition of his cousin, Edward F. Beale. Serving as journalist, he recorded the expedition in notes and sketches. He then sailed to Egypt and Turkey where he purchased camels for the U.S. Government from 1855 to 1856. He accompanied Beale on the 1857 Camel Caravan but soon resigned after a disagreement. From the description of Heap papers, 1853-1856. (Arizona Historical Society...

Beale, Edward Fitzgerald, 1822-1893

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Edward Fitzgerald Beale (1822-1893) was a naval officer in California during the Mexican War, Superintendent of Indian Affairs for California, organizer of the U.S. Camel Corps, and brigidier-general in the California state militia. Beale was also an explorer for wagon roads and railroads in the U.S. West, owner of Rancho El TejoĢn (Kern County, Calif.) and Decatur House (Washington, D.C.), and served as U.S. Ambassador to Austria-Hungary. From the description of Collection related t...

United States. Army. Camel Corps

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In 1836, Army Major George H. Crosman encouraged the War Department to use camels for transportation. Around 1848, Major Henry C. Wayne conducted a more detailed study and recommended importation of camels to the War Department; his opinions agreed with those of then Senator Jefferson Davis of Mississippi. When Davis was appointed as Secretary of War in 1853, he convinced the President and Congress to take the idea seriously, especially since US forces were required to operate in arid and desert...