Manuscript and typescript carbon letters, clippings and other documents relating to the Massacre at Sand Creek, Colorado. Included in the papers is a holograph manuscript draft of a letter to the editor of the New York Times dated July 26, 1897, in w...
Description:
Born in 1831 in Manchester, Massachusetts, Tappan went to Kansas in 1854 and joined the movement to make Kansas a free state. In 1860, after holding various state offices in Kansas, he moved to Colorado and commanded the First Colorado Cavalry Regime...
Subject (Geographic):
Colorado.
Subject (Name):
Chivington, John M. 1821-1894. (John Milton),, Tappan, S. F. -1913. (Samuel Forster),, Wynkoop, Frank M., and United States. Army. Colorado Cavalry Regiment, 1st (1862-1865)
Subject (Topic):
Indians of North America, Sand Creek Massacre, Colo., 1864, Cheyenne Indians, and Arapaho Indians