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Fort Marcy and the Parroquia Santa Fe

Creator:
Graham, C. B. (Curtis B.)
Published / Created:
1848
Call Number:
Zc50 848uqa
Collection Title:
Notes of a military reconnoissance from Fort Leavenworth, in Missouri, to San Diego, in California
Image Count:
1
Subject (Geographic):
Santa Fe (N.M.)--Pictorial works. and Southwest, New--Description and travel
Collection Created:
Washington : Wendell and Van Benthuysen, 1848
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Fort Marcy and the Parroquia Santa Fe

2.
Journal, 1846-1847

Creator:
Magoffin, Susan Shelby, 1827-1855
Published / Created:
1846-1847
Call Number:
WA MSS S-867
Image Count:
297
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:
The second volume of a personal journal of a young lady from Independence, Missouri, who follows her husband, a Santa Fé trader, to the Southwest in the early stages of the Mexican war. She describes people, events regarding the acquisition of the New Mexican territory, caravan trading, Gen. Kearny's conquest of New Mexico, the Mexican War, her experiences of trail and pioneer life, hunting, and encounters with Indians. The first 49 pages of the journal consist of copied and original poetry.
Description:
32 loose pages (1847 June-September) with discreet pagination from front of journal are presented chronologically following p. 206. and Blanks at end (26 p.) not digitized.
Subject (Geographic):
Bent's Fort (Colo.), Chihuahua (Mexico : State)--History, El Paso (Tex.), Fort Macy (N.M.)--Description and travel, Little Arkansas River (Kan.), Pecos (N.M.)--Description and travel, Saltillo (Coahuila, Mexico), Santa Fe (N.M.)--History, Southwest, New--Description and travel, and Taos (N.M.)--History
Subject (Name):
Chavez y Castillo, Mariano, Cushing, Caleb,--1800-1879, Davy, Cornelius, Donaldson, James Lowry,--1814-1885, Doniphan, Alexander William, Gilpin, William,--1815-1894, Gregg, Josiah,--1806-1850, Howard, John Eager,--d. 1862, Hunter, David,--1802-1886, Kearny, Stephen Watts,--1794-1848, Kendall, Geo. Wilkins--(George Wilkins),--1809-1867, Magoffin, James Wiley,--1799-1868, Magoffin, Samuel,--1801-1888, Magoffin, Susan Shelby,--1827-1855, McDowell, Sarah Shelby,--1785-1847, Mexico.--President (1846 : Paredes y Arrillaga), Ortiz, Ramon, Ortiz, Tomas, Owens, Samuel D.,--d. 1847, Peck, William--(William Guy),--1820-1892, Pino, Manuel, Prentice, George D.--(Geroge Denison),--1802-1870, Prentiss, James H.,--1809-1848, Price, Sterling,--1809-1867, Robidou, Antoine,--1794-1860, Santa Anna, Antonio López de,--1794?-1876, Shelby, James,--1784-1848, Shelby, Thomas Hart,--1789-1869, Stanley, John Mix,--1814-1872, Stockton, Robert Field,--1795-1866, Swords, Thomas,--1806-1886, Taylor, Zachary,--1784-1850, Trias, Angel, Urrea, José,--1797-1849, Warner, William Horace, Washington, John Macrae,--1797-1853, Wool, John Ellis,--1784-1869, Worth, William Jenkins,--1794-1849, and Wright, George,--1803-1865
Subject (Topic):
Apache Indians, Comanche Indians, Indians of North America--Social life and customs, Mexican War, 1846-1848, and Navajo Indians
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Journal, 1846-1847

3.
Sonora. Travels and adventures in Sonora. Containing a description of its mining and agricultural

Creator:
Hall, John Denton
Published / Created:
1881 [c1880]
Call Number:
Zc56 881hb
Image Count:
1
Description:
An account of travel and adventure in California, Sonora and Arizona. and Folded map measuring 44 x 48 cm. bound in before p. 9.
Publisher:
The J.M.W. Jones Stationery and Printing Company,
Subject (Geographic):
California--Description and travel, Sonora (Mexico : State)--Description and travel, Sonora (Mexico : State)--Maps, and Southwest, New--Description and travel
Subject (Topic):
Frontier and pioneer life--Arizona
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Sonora. Travels and adventures in Sonora. Containing a description of its mining and agricultural resources, and narrative of a residence of fifteen years. [By] Dr. J. Hall