Papers, 1877-1906.

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Papers, 1877-1906.

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The collection contains diaries and journals, notebooks, correspondence, military orders and papers, legal papers, photographs, printed materials, and artifacts. The bulk of the diaries and notebooks cover the period of 1876-1878 and 1880-1888. Most of the correspondence is between Fickett and his fiance, Nellie Lord. His letters are generally descriptive of his activities in the Army, especially in Alaska, while her letters deal with her life in Maine. There are over 50 photographs, most of which concern Alaska. The printed items include a scrapbook and typescript and printed copies of Allen's report.

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OCLC Western Training, W7L

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SNAC Resource ID: 7487521

OCLC Western Training, W7L

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United States. Army. Signal Corps

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Congress passed a resolution creating a national weather service on February 9, 1870, and it was signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. This new law directed the Secretary of War to take meterological observations and provide warnings of approaching storms. The Brevet Brigadier General Albert J. Myer and his Signal Service Corps were assigned this duty on February 25, 1870 by the Secretary of War. Weather observations began on November 1, 1870. In June 1872, Congress extended the weather...

Fickett, Fred Wildon, 1857-1928

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Fred Wildon Fickett was born in Dixmont, Maine, on August 29, 1857. Fickett graduated from Maine State College in 1880 with a Bachelor of Science degree. Fickett joined the U.S. Army Signal Corps in 1881 and received an appointment to Sitka, Alaska, arriving in September, 1882. Fickett was ordered to Portland, Oregon, in 1884. In 1885, Fickett left Portland to accompany Lieutenant Henry Allen on an expedition to ascend the Copper River and descend the Tanana River. Upon completion of the expedit...

Lord, Nellie Tibbets.

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