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Alfred Cumming letter to commanding officers at Fort Laramie and Fort Kearney, 1858 May 12

 Item — Box: 14, Folder: 17
Identifier: Vault MSS 792 Series 3 Sub-Series 6 Item 10
Image of Alfred Cumming letter to commanding officers at Fort Laramie and Fort Kearney
Image of Alfred Cumming letter to commanding officers at Fort Laramie and Fort Kearney

Scope and Contents

Letter from Governor Cumming to the commanding officers at Fort Laramie and Fort Kearney asking for safe conduct for the escorts of Thomas L. Kane on their way east from Utah. Dated May 12, 1858.

Dates

  • 1858 May 12

Conditions Governing Use

It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances. Permission to publish material from Kane family papers must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Coordinating Committee.

Extent

1 sheet ; 27 x 21 cm

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Other Finding Aids

File-level inventory available online. http://files.lib.byu.edu/ead/XML/VMSS792.xml

General

Holograph, signed.

Subjects

Digital Material

Physical Storage Information

Repository Details

Repository Details

Part of the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Repository

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Contact:
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Brigham Young University
Provo Utah 84602 United States

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