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United States -- Foreign relations -- Honduras -- History -- Sources

 Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Henry Baxter letters and reports

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197232486644]
Identifier: MSS 894
Scope and Contents

Handwritten letters and reports. Forty-four of the items deal with Baxter's activities during the Civil War. Many of them were written by Baxter and by other participants. They deal with a wide range of military matters including the Battle of Gettysburg in 1863 and the Battle of the Wilderness in 1864. Also included is official and family correspondence kept while Baxter was in Honduras.

Dates: 1861-1878

Ulysses S. Grant certificates and letters

 Collection
Identifier: Vault MSS 423
Scope and Contents

Two printed forms with handwritten notations. Grant appoints Henry Baxter as "Minister Resident" to Honduras and gives him diplomatic passage and protection. Also incuded are two handwritten and signed letters in which Grant authorizes Baxter to represent, consult, and negotiate in behalf of the United States.

Dates: 1869-1873

Henry Baxter letters and reports collection newspaper article, 1876 June 27

 Item — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197232486644], Folder: 9, item: 9
Identifier: MSS 894

Henry Baxter letters and reports collection newspaper clippings

 File — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197232486644], Folder: 12
Identifier: MSS 894

Henry Baxter souvenirs

 Item — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197232486644], Folder: 11
Identifier: MSS 894