33 ALS to Freaner from friends and associates, some of them Army officers and government officials, and 5 copies of letters he wrote to others. Eleven letters are from John Maginnis; these discuss Delta business and the court of inquiry, other New Orl...
Description:
Freaner, a correspondent for the New Orleans Delta during the Mexican War, signed his dispatches from the front "Mustang." He also carried the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo to Washington, and became involved in a quarrel between General Winfield Scott a...
Subject (Geographic):
Louisiana, New Orleans., and New Orleans (La.)
Subject (Name):
Dimond, Francis M., Freaner, James L., Maginnis, John., Patterson, Robert, 1792-1881., Pillow, Gideon Johnson, 1806-1878., Scott, Winfield, 1786-1866., Tasistro, Louis F. 1808-1868. (Louis Fitzgerald),, Twiggs, David Emmanuel, 1790-1862., Daily delta (New Orleans, La. : 1845), and United States. Army. Courts of Inquiry. Pillow.
Subject (Topic):
American newspapers, Mexican War, 1846-1848, and Description and travel