George Horatio Derby Reports [manuscript], 1855-1856.

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George Horatio Derby Reports [manuscript], 1855-1856.

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Photostatic copies of reports by George Horatio Derby, Lieutenant, U.S. Corps of Topographical Engineers, to Harman Bache concerning survey of a military road from Astoria to Salem, including letters from Bache transmitting the reports to John J. Abert, Chief Topographical Engineer, Washington, D.C.

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Abert, John James, 1788-1863

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John James Abert (1788-1863) was a topographical engineer for the United States Army. He supervised many early national engineering projects, including the planning for a wagon road from Genoa, Utah to Carson Valley, Nevada. From the description of John James Abert letter, 1861 February 7. (Brigham Young University). WorldCat record id: 159957417 ...

United States. Army. Corps of Topographical Engineers

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Bache, Hartman, 1797-1872

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American engineer; son of Benjamin Franklin Bache, 1769-1798 From the guide to the Hartman Bache letters and receipts, 1836, 1847, 1848, 1856, 1857, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) ...

Derby, George Horatio, 1823-1861

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George Horatio Derby was born on April 3, 1823, in Dedham, Massachusetts. He graduated from West Point in 1846 and served as a Lieutenant in the U.S. Army Topographic Corps. He mapped the San Diego River in 1853 before moving to San Francisco in 1854 to marry Mary A. Coons. While in San Francisco, Derby began writing satiric articles for the San Francisco Herald and California Pioneer Magazine, for which he used the pseudonyms "John P. Squibob" and "John Phoenix." Derby died of a possible brain ...