Fort Leavenworth (Kan.) -- History
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Patience Loader Archer autobiography
File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 3238
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a handwritten autobiography. Patience tells about her early life in England and her conversion to the Mormon Church. She presents one of the best accounts from the Martin handcart company and goes into considerable detail on the ordeal. Patience tells about the rescue and the continuous efforts of the people in the ill-fated handcart company to survive. She also writes about her arrival in Salt Lake City, Utah, and about the efforts by Brigham Young,...
Dates:
1872
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Franklin E. Hunt and G. B. M. Potter correspondence
Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233288775]
Identifier: Vault MSS 348
Scope and Contents
Handwritten correspondence. The materials are letters between Franklin Hunt and G. B. M. Potter, in New Mexico, concerning the payment of troops and charges made against Potter for delays in payment.
Dates:
1873-1879
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Franklin E. Hunt correspondence
Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233288767]
Identifier: Vault MSS 349
Scope and Contents
Contains sixteen items of handwritten correspondence by Hunt. The materials are letters relating to pay problems for United States Army troops stationed at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.
Dates:
1877-1881
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Franklin E. Hunt ledger book
Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233288742]
Identifier: Vault MSS 350
Scope and Contents
Handwritten entries in a ledger book. The ledgers record the pay of United States Army troops stationed at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.
Dates:
1877-1880
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections