G. Clinton Gardner papers, 1849-1860.

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G. Clinton Gardner papers, 1849-1860.

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Letters written to family members in Washington, D.C., by Gardner as a member of the United States and Mexican Boundary Survey surveying the Mexican boundary, 1849-1852, and Northwest Boundary Commission surveying the northwest Canadian boundary, 1858-1859.

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Gardner, G. Clinton (George Clinton), 1834-1904

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George Clinton Gardner was born in Washington, D. C., on August 18, 1834, the son of Charles Kitchell Gardner and Anna Eliza McLean. After spending a year at Columbian College (now George Washington University), he pursued an engineering career, and in 1848 joined William H. Emory on a surveying expedition along the United States-Mexico border. In 1854, Gardner moved west to work with his father, then surveyor general of Oregon and Washington, and in 1856, he assisted in surveying the border bet...

United States and Mexican Boundary Survey

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The U.S. government commissioned the United States and Mexican Boundary Survey in order to map and mark the new boundary that resulted from the 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. The government also commissioned several naturalists to gather plant and animal specimens in order to understand the natural resources of the area. Natural history collections were made in the fields of paleontology, botany, ichthyology, ornithology, and mammalogy. The Mexican Boundary Survey was the most comprehensive v...

Northwest Boundary Commission (1857-1862)

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Gardner family

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