Letters received by Kit Carson, 1856 Nov 9-1865 Aug 18.

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Letters received by Kit Carson, 1856 Nov 9-1865 Aug 18.

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Original and carbon copy typed transcripts of letters regarding personal, Indian Agency, and military affairs received by Kit Carson between November 9, 1856 and August 18, 1865, during Carson's tenure as Indian agent and Colonel of the First New Mexico Volunteer Infantry. Correspondents include DeWitt C. Peters, Carson's friend and biographer; Jason L. Collins, Governor of New Mexico Territory and Superintendent of Indian Affairs; Commissioner of Indian Affairs A. B. Greenwood; E. W. Cave, Texas Secretary of State; Brigadier General James H. Carleton; and Captain Albert W. Pfeiffer. A copy of Carson's May 4, 1862 letter to Captain W. I. L. Nicodemus regarding the discharging of Carson's men is also included in the collection. Accompanied by a newspaper clipping on Carson and related notes and essays by former owner Norma Berger.

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Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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Berger, Norman

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Nicodemus, William J. L. (William Joseph Leonard), -1879

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Pfeiffer, Albert W.

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Greenwood, Alfred Burton, 1811-1889

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Cave, E. W.

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Peters, De Witt C. (De Witt Clinton), -1876

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Carleton, James Henry, 1814-1873

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Carleton was born in Lubec, Maine. He was commissioned as a lieutenant in the U.S. Army in 1839, during the Aroostook War, and took part in the Mexican–American War. He served in the 1st U.S. Dragoons in the American West, participating as a lieutenant in an 1844 expedition to the Pawnee and the Oto. One of Carleton's children, Henry Guy Carleton (1852–1910) was a journalist, playwright, and inventor. In May 1859, Maj. Carleton and K Company of the 1st Dragoons out of Fort Tejon, California, ...