Letters : to his parents / by John Brown, 1847.

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Letters : to his parents / by John Brown, 1847.

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While on his way to the Mexican War, John Brown, the son of Gen. Joseph W. Brown, writes his parents from aboard the steamship Fashion. He describes joining Lt. Col. Moore's battalion of 3d dragoons at Vera Cruz and his company's march from Vera Cruz to Mexico City mentioning that the 3d dragoons will join Gen. Scott's forces at Puebla.

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Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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Cadwalader, George, 1806-1879

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Cadwalader was born and raised in Philadelphia. He studied law and was admitted to the bar. He served in the Pennsylvania state militia and suppressed anti-foreign riots in Philadelphia. His father was Thomas Cadwalader, not to be confused with his cousin Thomas McCall Cadwalader (1795–1873), who was a general from New Jersey. His mother was Mary Biddle, who was the daughter of Clement Biddle, (1740–1818) who served in the American Revolutionary War. He married Frances Butler Mease in 1830...