[MS ch. 8]

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Title: [MS ch. 8]
Creator: Anderson, Thomas McArthur, 1836-1917
Contributor: Augur, Christopher Columbus, 1821-1898
Abstract: A history of Vancouver Barracks (later Fort Vancouver), the Indian wars, the San Juan Islands boundary dispute, and the death of Gen. Canby. The manuscript also contains copies of letters from Dr. William C. McKay, Ranald Macdonald, Gen. C. C. Augur's account of the wars in southern Oregon, and a list of deceased officers who served at Vancouver Barracks, 1849-93. The work consists of a summary of 18 chapters, an appendix, and the complete text of chapters 4, 6, 8, 10, 14, 17 and appendices 1-3 and 5.
Description: General Thomas Anderson, was colonel of the 14th Infantry and in command at Vancouver Barracks for many years.
Gift of William Robertson Coe.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Repository: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Call Number: WA MSS 6
Collection Title: Army episodes and anecdotes; or Life at Vancouver Barracks. The romance and the reality of the frontier
Collection / Other Creator: Anderson, Thomas McArthur, 1836-1917
Collection Date: 1853-1893
Container / Volume: Box 1 | Folder 2

Format: text
Genre: Manuscripts
Resource Type: Archives or Manuscripts
Subject (Geographic): Fort Vancouver (Wash.)--History
Oregon--History--19th century
San Juan Islands (Wash.)--Boundaries
Subject (Name): Augur, Christopher Columbus, 1821-1898
Subject (Topic): Indians of North America--Wars

Access: Public
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Citation: Thomas McArthur Anderson, Army Episodes and Anecdotes. Western Americana Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Withington, M. C. Catalogue of Western Americana Manuscripts, 6.