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Mexican War, 1846-1848

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Robert Carson letter

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230312313]
Identifier: MSS SC 1391
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed letter written at Santa Fe, New Mexico and addressed to Carson's "Honored old friends" in Howard County, Missouri. Carson briefly recounts experiences and news about the war including the tremendous death toll from disease, the putting down of an "insurrection," and the activities and battles of General Alexander William Doniphan on the way to El Paso, Texas.

Dates: 1847
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Robert Carson letter

Dudley H. Cooper letter to Benjamin Cooper

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233287744]
Identifier: Vault MSS 234
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed letter, dated November 18, 1846, and addressed to Benjamin Cooper of Saline County, Missouri. Cooper writes about the activities of the United States Army under the command of A. W. Doniphan.

Dates: 1846 November 18
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Dudley H. Cooper letter to Benjamin Cooper

John Taylor Hughes diaries

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233287728]
Identifier: Vault MSS 235
Scope and Contents

Handwritten diaries in pencil and ink kept from 17 Aug. 1846 to 1 May 1847. Hughes writes about the "Doniphan Expedition" into New Mexico. The item was published in Willima E. Connelley's "Doniphan's Expedition" in 1907.

Dates: 1846-1847
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / John Taylor Hughes diaries

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