E.F. Kellner letters, 1875-1877.

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E.F. Kellner letters, 1875-1877.

Letterpress copies of correspondence sent (13 September 1875 - 10 March 1877) reflect disputes between Kellner and officers over sale of liquor, gambling, and other issues while units of the 9th Cavalry were stationed at the fort. Addressees include A.H. Morehead, Secretary of War William W. Belknapp, Lieutenant M.F. Goodwin, Captain Henry Carroll, sheriff Mariano Barela, and businessman Henry Lesinsky.

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New Mexico State University

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Rio Grande Historical Collections

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The Faithist movement was founded by a New York dentist and doctor named John B. Newbrough, who claimed to have written a new Bible, called Oahspe, while under spirit control. Contained in this Bible was "The Book of Shalam," which set forth a plan for gathering the outcast and orphaned children of the world and raising them, according to strict religious principles, to be the spiritual leaders of a new age. Newbrough and some twenty Faithists, as his followers were called, decided to create suc...

Kellner, E. F.

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E.F. Kellner was post trader and postmaster at Fort Selden in the New Mexico Territory in the 1870s. There were garrisons at Fort Selden from 1865 until 1879. The fort is named in honor of Colonel Henry R. Selden, 1st New Mexico Infantry and one time captain of the 5th US Infantry. From the description of E.F. Kellner letters, 1875-1877. (New Mexico State University). WorldCat record id: 69194419 ...

United States. Army. Cavalry, 9th

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