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Fort Laramie National Historic Site (Wyo.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Henry Hopkins Sibley letter to E. H. Jones

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197227642060]
Identifier: MSS 3992
Scope and Contents

Letter of Henry Hopkins Sibley to E. H. Jones, 24 July 1859, Ft. Laramie. Contains a reference to "the Mountain Meadow Orphans, Wards of the Nation," who were then at Ft. Laramie. Important letter tracing the route of the small children not killed at the Mountain Meadows Massacre, 11 September 1857.

Dates: 1859 July 24
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Henry Hopkins Sibley letter to E. H. Jones

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