Letter : San Francisco, Calif., to George Gibbs, 1852 Mar 3.

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Letter : San Francisco, Calif., to George Gibbs, 1852 Mar 3.

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ALS written by John Russell Bartlett while serving as Mexican boundary commissioner. Bartlett asks Gibbs's assistance with his research in American Indian culture, requesting vocabularies, artifacts, and information pertaining to tribes in Gibbs's vicinity. The letter introduces "Mr. Brown," engaged by Bartlett as a painter of Indian portraits, and requests Gibbs's assistance in Brown's work. Bartlett also briefly discusses travelling to San Diego, California, with members of the Mexican boundary commission, his visit to San Francisco, and plans to return to the Rio Grande River.

1 item (2 p.) ; 25 cm.

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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Bartlett, John Russell, 1805-1886

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U.S Boundary Commissioner, antiquarian and bibliographer; John Bartlett was appointed in 1850 to establish the border between Mexico and the United States. He worked in Texas and southern New Mexico until 1852, when he decided to go to San Diego and work from there to the east. He was removed from his position in February 1853. He published his account of his experiences in two volumes, "Personal and Narrative of Explorations and Incidents Connected with the United States and Mexican Boundary Co...

Gibbs, George, 1815-1873

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George Gibbs, a New York lawyer, joined the Regiment of Mounted Rifles in 1849, went to Fort Vancouver, Washington, and remained in the Pacific Northwest for the next eleven years. During that time he held a number of positions, including that of an ethnologist and geologist with the Northern Pacific segment of the U.S. Army railroad survey from 1853 to 1855, and the Northwest boundary survey of the Northwest Boundary Commission from 1857 to 1860. He wrote numerous works on Indian languages and ...