Military
Found in 780 Collections and/or Records:
Edwin Gordon Woolley autobiography and diary
Ruth Udy Dare autobiography
Typed autobiography. Ruth Udy was born in 1921 in Idaho. She worked in the Los Angeles, California area and in Germany. She married Douglas Byron Dare in 1946 and died in 2001.
World War II memories of Wendell Van Twelves
William Jenkins Worth letter
Handwritten and signed letter. This item was written at the headquarters of the Irish brigade at Corpus Christi, Texas on February 24, 1846 and is addressed to Zachary Taylor. Worth defends his actions in the field and explains that he cannot render himself subject to the appropriate authority.
Robert Crichton Wyllie letters
Photocopies of typewritten copies of letters. The items relate to the condition of Hawaii and the defense of the islands from the threat of the United States. These materials were written as "Appendix II" and probably relate to the draft of a book.
Brigham Young letter
Handwritten and signed letter, dated 13 Feb. 1850, and addressed to Daniel H. Wells, commander in chief of the Utah Militia. Young gives advice to Wells about a military campaign.
Brigham Young letter
Photocopy of a handwritten letter to Charles C. Rich concerning the transfer of military equipment to headquarters.
Brigham Young letter to Edmund Brooke Alexander
Handwritten letter signed "Brigham Young" by a scribe, and addressed to Colonel E.B. Alexander (Edmund Brooke Alexander), commander of the 5th and 10th United States infantry regiments during the Utah Expedition. In the letter, Young states that he had sent two copies of the Deseret News to Alexander to "enliven the monotonous routine of camp life." The letter is dated October 7, 1857.
Brigham Young letter to Elias Nelson Conway
Handwritten and signed letter from Brigham Young, the Governor of the Utah Territory, dated April 29, 1854, addressed to Elias Nelson Conway, Governor of Arkansas. Young discusses the Utah Marshals’ inability to apprehend four fugitives from Arkansas wanted for the murder of a man named George Cook. The fugitives mentioned are Henry Clyde Ross, Clay Gillespie, John Thomas Jeffreys, and Charles Stevens.
Balthazar de Zuniga order
Handwritten and signed order in Spanish. The item is an order to the treasury officials of Zacatecas to deduct from the presidios of El Paso, Cuencame, Sonora, and Casas Grandes the salaries of ten men each, as a contribution to the defense of the frontier. The order was signed at Mexico on January 4, 1717.