Benjamin K. Andrews papers, 1847-1849.

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Benjamin K. Andrews papers, 1847-1849.

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Papers of Benjamin K. Andrews, 1847-49, pertaining to his service as an adjutant and later major in the 1st Massachusetts Volunteer Regiment in Monterey and Matamoras, Mexico during the Mexican-American War. Papers include general, brigade, and regimental orders sent and received by Brig. Gen. George Cadwalader, Col. Caleb Cushing, Col. Isaac H. Wright, and Adj. Joseph Hooker, among others; detailed letters written by Benjamin to his brother William Andrews; and letters received by Benjamin from friends and acquaintances in New England. Papers also include letters written and received by Benjamin after the war pertaining to money and his horse, and Benjamin's son William Andrews' discharge from the 5th Massachusetts Volunteer Militia Regiment in 1876. Includes an unverified typescript interleaved with most of the papers. Benjamin K. Andrews served as coachman to John Quincy Adams in the 1830's.

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Massachusetts Historical Society

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Massachusetts Historical Society

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Hooker, Joseph, 1814-1879

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Wright, Isaac H.

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Cadwalader, George, 1806-1879

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Andrews, Benjamin K., ca. 1810-1849.

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Cushing, Caleb, 1800-1879

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Andrews, William, 1924-

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