Dudley H. Cooper correspondence, 1842-1873

Series

Identifier: MSS SC 302 Series 2

Staff Only

Scope and Contents note

Cooper's correspondence.

Dates

Other: 1842-1873

Creator

Cooper, Dudley H. (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

Open for public research.

Conditions Governing Access note

Open for public research.

Conditions Governing Use

It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances. Permission to publish material from Dudley H. Cooper must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Board of Curators.

Conditions Governing Use note

It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances.

Permission to publish material from the Dudley H. Cooper papers must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the Special Collections Board of Curators.

Biographical History

From the Collection:

Captain of the Missouri Mounted Volunteers, First Regiment, Mexican War, 1846.

Biographical History

From the Collection:

Dudley H. Cooper (1821-1877) was Captain of the Missouri Mounted Volunteers, First Regiment, Mexican War, 1846.

Dudley H. Cooper, son of Benjamin Cooper, was born in 1821 in MIssouri. He was a captain of the Missouri Mounted Volunteers, First Regiment, from Howard County, Missouri who served in the Mexican War. Some of the letters in the collection refer to the camps, marches, condition of the volunteer army, anticipated battles and the prospects of a treaty alliance with the Navaho Indians. There is also reference to the popular military leaders Col. Alexander Doniphan and Maj. William Gilpin. Col. John T. Hughes complimented Captain Cooper for his participation in the Mexican War and for furnishing information on the war (William Elsey Connelley, Doniphan's Expedition: Conquest of New Mexico and California [Topeka, Kansas, 1907] p. 11, 556).

Cooper later resided in Saline County, Missouri. He was an attorney, affluent businessman, real estate agent, and active in the social and political activities of the state.