5 autograph letters, signed, to Thomas M. Pratt, including 2 from Charles Jones, 1 from F. B. Bigeler, 1 from Charles L. Jackson, and 1 from G. W. Mentot. Letters from Jones, Jackson, and Mentot detail the writers' lives as cowboys in Dakota Territory, particularly in Rapid Valley, Rapid City, and Rockerville. Letters from Charles Jones detail his sexual and romantic relationships with Thomas M. Pratt and Charles L. Jackson, and include the use of slang to describe these relationships and Jones's attempts to find a woman to marry. Letter from F. B. Bigeler describes the sale and consumption of alcohol in Bangor, Maine, the suicide of an acquaintance, and anecdotes involving sex and prostitution. Included are 3 photographic postcards of Mill Creek Ranch in Livingston, Montana.
Description:
Purchased from Michael Vinson on the Frederick W. and Carrie S. Beinecke Fund for Western Americana, 2009, and on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2013. and Thomas M. Pratt was a cowboy in Dakota Territory, circa 1879-1881.
Subject (Geographic):
Bangor (Me.), Livingston (Mont.), Rapid City (S.D.), Rapid Valley (S.D.), Rockerville (S.D.), South Dakota--Social life and customs., and West (U.S.)--Social life and customs
Subject (Name):
Bigeler, F. B., active approximately 1879, Jackson, Charles L., active approximately 1881, Jones, Charles, active approximately 1881, Mentot, G. W., active approximately 1881, and Pratt, Thomas M., active approximately 1879-1881
Subject (Topic):
Cowboys--Sexual behavior--South Dakota, Cowboys--Sexual behavior--West (U.S.), Cowboys--South Dakota, Cowboys--West (U.S.), English language--Slang, Frontier and pioneer life--South Dakota, Gay men--Sexual behavior--United States, Gay men--Slang, LGBTQ resource, Male homosexuality--United States, Men--Sexual behavior--United States, Prostitution--United States, and Sex--United States
5 autograph letters, signed, to Thomas M. Pratt, including 2 from Charles Jones, 1 from F. B. Bigeler, 1 from Charles L. Jackson, and 1 from G. W. Mentot. Letters from Jones, Jackson, and Mentot detail the writers' lives as cowboys in Dakota Territory, particularly in Rapid Valley, Rapid City, and Rockerville. Letters from Charles Jones detail his sexual and romantic relationships with Thomas M. Pratt and Charles L. Jackson, and include the use of slang to describe these relationships and Jones's attempts to find a woman to marry. Letter from F. B. Bigeler describes the sale and consumption of alcohol in Bangor, Maine, the suicide of an acquaintance, and anecdotes involving sex and prostitution. Included are 3 photographic postcards of Mill Creek Ranch in Livingston, Montana.
Description:
Purchased from Michael Vinson on the Frederick W. and Carrie S. Beinecke Fund for Western Americana, 2009, and on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2013. and Thomas M. Pratt was a cowboy in Dakota Territory, circa 1879-1881.
Subject (Geographic):
Bangor (Me.), Livingston (Mont.), Rapid City (S.D.), Rapid Valley (S.D.), Rockerville (S.D.), South Dakota--Social life and customs., and West (U.S.)--Social life and customs
Subject (Name):
Bigeler, F. B., active approximately 1879, Jackson, Charles L., active approximately 1881, Jones, Charles, active approximately 1881, Mentot, G. W., active approximately 1881, and Pratt, Thomas M., active approximately 1879-1881
Subject (Topic):
Cowboys--Sexual behavior--South Dakota, Cowboys--Sexual behavior--West (U.S.), Cowboys--South Dakota, Cowboys--West (U.S.), English language--Slang, Frontier and pioneer life--South Dakota, Gay men--Sexual behavior--United States, Gay men--Slang, LGBTQ resource, Male homosexuality--United States, Men--Sexual behavior--United States, Prostitution--United States, and Sex--United States
Box 1 contains the letters and broadside. Box 2 contains preservation photocopies made by the library. and Correspondence and papers created by Zachary Taylor relating to his military activities. The correspondence includes autograph letters, signed, and letters, signed, by Taylor to military and government correspondents, including Thomas W. Ringgold; Jefferson Davis; James K. Polk; Roger Jones, Adjutant General of the United States Army; and Thomas Sidney Jessup. Also included is an autograph letter, signed, to Judge Thomas Butler of Louisiana regarding Taylor's reflections on the Battle of Buena Vista against Mexican forces commanded by Antonio López de Santa Anna, 1847 March 6, and letters describing Taylor's travels to his family members, including his daughter, Mary Elizabeth "Betty" Taylor Dandridge and his brother, Hancock Taylor. The papers also include a printed broadside proclamation, signed by Taylor, beginning "Proclamacion por el general comandante del Exercito de los Estados Unidos de America a la nacion Mejicana" and regarding the Mexican War, circa 1846.
Description:
Gift of Frederick W. Beinecke, 1960-1971. Purchased from Morrill on the William Robertson Coe Fund No. 1, 1963 and from Western Hemisphere, Inc. on the Frederick W. and Carrie S. Beinecke Fund for Western Americana, 1969. Source information is recorded on the folders. and Zachary Taylor (1784-1850) was the 12th President of the United States (1849-1850) and an American military leader with a four-decade career that ended with victories during the Mexican War.
Subject (Geographic):
West (U.S.)--Description and travel
Subject (Topic):
Politicians--United States and Soldiers--United States
