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2.
- Creator:
- Taylor, Zachary, 1784-1850
- Call Number:
- WA MSS S-2955
- Container / Volume:
- Box 2
- Image Count:
- 350
- Abstract:
- 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; Jef...
- Description:
- 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):
- United States. and West (U.S.)
- Subject (Name):
- Butler, Thomas, active 1847., Dandridge, Mary Elizabeth Taylor, 1824-1909., Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889., Jesup, Thomas Sidney, 1788-1860., Jones, Roger, 1789-1852., Polk, James K. 1795-1849. (James Knox),, Ringgold, Thomas W., Taylor, Hancock, 1781-1841., and Taylor, Zachary, 1784-1850.
- Subject (Topic):
- Buena Vista, Battle of, Mexico, 1847, Mexican War, 1846-1848, Politicians, Soldiers, and Description and travel
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Zachary Taylor letters, 1811-1849
3.
- Creator:
- Taylor, Zachary, 1784-1850
- Call Number:
- WA MSS S-2955
- Container / Volume:
- Box 1
- Image Count:
- 33
- Abstract:
- 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; Jef...
- Description:
- 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):
- United States. and West (U.S.)
- Subject (Name):
- Butler, Thomas, active 1847., Dandridge, Mary Elizabeth Taylor, 1824-1909., Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889., Jesup, Thomas Sidney, 1788-1860., Jones, Roger, 1789-1852., Polk, James K. 1795-1849. (James Knox),, Ringgold, Thomas W., Taylor, Hancock, 1781-1841., and Taylor, Zachary, 1784-1850.
- Subject (Topic):
- Buena Vista, Battle of, Mexico, 1847, Mexican War, 1846-1848, Politicians, Soldiers, and Description and travel
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Zachary Taylor letters, 1811-1849
4.
- Creator:
- Kendall, Geo. Wilkins (George Wilkins), 1809-1867
- Published / Created:
- 1841-1852
- Call Number:
- WA MSS S-1248 K333
- Image Count:
- 35
- Resource Type:
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Abstract:
- George Kendall's letters relate to the Texan Santa Fe expedition and his book, The War between the United States and Mexico. Accompanying these are a draft of a letter from Kendall's family to Daniel Webster, Secretary of State, and his answer.
- Subject (Name):
- Kendall, Geo. Wilkins (George Wilkins), 1809-1867, Kendall, Thaddeus, Rix, Catherine F. Kendall, Rix, William, 1811-1892, and United States Department of State
- Subject (Topic):
- Mexican War, 1846-1848, Texan Santa Fé Expedition, 1841, and The War between the United States and Mexico
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Letters
5.
- Creator:
- Taylor, Zachary, 1784-1850
- Call Number:
- WA MSS S-641
- Container / Volume:
- Box 1
- Image Count:
- 99
- Abstract:
- Zachary Taylor's letters concern his life as commander of the 1st Military Department, with headquarters at Fort Jesup, Louisiana, 1844-1845, and as commander of the army of occupation in Texas, 1845-1846. Taylor's correspondence records his role in t...
- Description:
- Typed transcript available.
- Subject (Geographic):
- United States
- Subject (Name):
- Taylor, Zachary, 1784-1850. and United States. Army. Adjutant General's Office.
- Subject (Topic):
- Politics and government and Mexican War, 1846-1848
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Letters, 1844-1848
6.
- Creator:
- Taylor, Zachary, 1784-1850
- Call Number:
- WA MSS S-641
- Container / Volume:
- Box 2
- Image Count:
- 75
- Abstract:
- Zachary Taylor's letters concern his life as commander of the 1st Military Department, with headquarters at Fort Jesup, Louisiana, 1844-1845, and as commander of the army of occupation in Texas, 1845-1846. Taylor's correspondence records his role in t...
- Description:
- Typed transcript available.
- Subject (Geographic):
- United States
- Subject (Name):
- Taylor, Zachary, 1784-1850. and United States. Army. Adjutant General's Office.
- Subject (Topic):
- Politics and government and Mexican War, 1846-1848
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Letters, 1844-1848
7.
- Creator:
- Magoffin, Susan Shelby, 1827-1855
- Call Number:
- WA MSS S-867
- Image Count:
- 297
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- 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 N...
- Description:
- There are 32 loose pages laid in front of the journal.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Bent's Fort (Colo.), Chihuahua (Mexico : State), El Paso (Tex.), Fort Macy (N.M.), Little Arkansas River (Kan.), Pecos (N.M.), Saltillo (Coahuila, Mexico), Santa Fe (N.M.), Southwest, New, and Taos (N.M.)
- Subject (Name):
- Ampudia, Pedro de, 1805-1868., Archuleta, Diego, 1814-1884., Armijo, Manuel, 1792?-1853., Belknap, William Goldsmith, d. 1851., Bent, Charles, 1799-1847., Bent, George, 1814-1847., Bliss, William Wallace Smith, 1815-1853., Bragg, Braxton, 1817-1876., Chavez y Castillo, Mariano., Clark, Meriwether Lewis, 1809-1881., Cooke, Philip St. George, 1809-1895., 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 1809-1867. (George Wilkins),, McDowell, Sarah Shelby, 1785-1847., Magoffin, James Wiley, 1799-1868., Magoffin, Samuel, 1801-1888., Magoffin, Susan Shelby, 1827-1855., Ortiz, Ramon., Ortiz, Tomas., Owens, Samuel D., d. 1847., Peck, William 1820-1892. (William Guy),, Pino, Manuel., Prentice, George D. 1802-1870. (Geroge Denison),, 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., Wright, George, 1803-1865., and Mexico. President (1846 : Paredes y Arrillaga)
- Subject (Topic):
- Indians of North America, Social life and customs, Apache Indians, Comanche Indians, Navajo Indians, History, Description and travel, and Mexican War, 1846-1848
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Journal, 1846-1847
8.
- Creator:
- Marcy, William L. (William Learned), 1786-1857
- Call Number:
- WA MSS S-36
- Collection Title:
- Letters
- Container / Volume:
- Box 1 | Folder 1
- Image Count:
- 38
- Resource Type:
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Abstract:
- Drafts and copies of letters from Secretary of War William L. Marcy to various commanders in the field, 1846-1847. 170 p.
- Subject (Name):
- Taylor, Zachary, 1784-1850
- Subject (Topic):
- Mexican War, 1846-1848
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > To Taylor 5 pieces
9.
- Creator:
- Matteson, Tompkins Harrison, 1813-1884, artist
- Published / Created:
- [1846]
- Call Number:
- WA Prints 330
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Against a battlefield background, Major Ringgold lies stricken beneath his fallen horse
- Description:
- Title from caption below image.
- Publisher:
- Columbian Magazine and W.L. Ormsby, printer
- Subject (Geographic):
- Texas
- Subject (Name):
- Ringgold, Samuel, 1796-1846
- Subject (Topic):
- Death and burial, Palo Alto, Battle of, Tex., 1846, Mexican War, 1846-1848, and Campaigns
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The fall of Major Ringgold at the Battle of Palo Alto
10.
- Creator:
- Morton, John Ludlow, 1792-1871, artist
- Published / Created:
- [1846?]
- Call Number:
- WA Prints 339
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title from caption below image.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified and W.L. Ormsby, printer
- Subject (Geographic):
- Texas
- Subject (Name):
- May, Charles Augustus, 1817-1864
- Subject (Topic):
- Resaca de la Palma, Battle of, Tex., 1846, Mexican War, 1846-1848, and Campaigns
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The charge of Captain May at the Battle of Resaca de la Palma
11.
- Creator:
- N. Currier (Firm), lithographer, publisher
- Published / Created:
- [1846]
- Call Number:
- WA Prints +175
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- An officer pointing a sword in his right hand and carrying an American flag in his left leads an attack. He stands on a rocky slope near the muzzle of a cannon, as he exhorts his troops, two of whom have lost their shakos, to follow
- Description:
- Title from caption below image.
- Publisher:
- Lith. & pub. by N. Currier, 152 Nassau cor. Spruce St. N.Y.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Mexico
- Subject (Topic):
- Monterrey, Battle of, Monterrey, Mexico, 1846, Mexican War, 1846-1848, and Campaigns
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Storming of the heights at Monterey : by the American Army Sept. 21st, 1846
12.
- Creator:
- Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889
- Published / Created:
- 1846 August
- Call Number:
- WA MSS S-527 D294
- Image Count:
- 2
- Description:
- Autograph letter, signed.
- Subject (Name):
- McNutt, John, d. 1881
- Subject (Topic):
- Mexican War, 1846-1848
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Letter: Jefferson Davis to Lieutenant McNutt]
13.
- Creator:
- Freaner, James L.
- Call Number:
- WA MSS S-1665
- Container / Volume:
- Box 1
- Image Count:
- 134
- Abstract:
- 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
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > James L. Freaner letters and other papers, 1847-1849
14.
- Creator:
- Taylor, Zachary, 1784-1850
- Published / Created:
- 1847 Aug 19
- Call Number:
- WA MSS S-398 T219
- Container / Volume:
- Folder 1
- Image Count:
- 5
- Resource Type:
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Abstract:
- Discusses the recent behavior of Mississippi and North Carolina troops, and other military matters.
- Description:
- Original (in folder 1) Restricted fragile material; preservation photocopy (in folder 2).
- Subject (Name):
- Wool, John Ellis, 1784-1869
- Subject (Topic):
- Mexican War, 1846-1848
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Letter : to Gen. John E. Wool / by Zachary Taylor
15.
- Creator:
- Wool, John Ellis, 1784-1869
- Published / Created:
- 1847 Jan 20
- Call Number:
- WA MSS S-649 W88
- Image Count:
- 16
- Resource Type:
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Abstract:
- A long and involved account of friction among John Wool, General Worth, and General W. O. Butler and an appeal to General Taylor for a settlement.
- Subject (Name):
- Butler, William Orlando, 1791-1880, Taylor, Zachary, 1784-1850, Wool, John Ellis, 1784-1869, and Worth, William Jenkins, 1794-1849
- Subject (Topic):
- Mexican War, 1846-1848
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Letter : to General Zachary Taylor / by John Ellis Wool
16.
- Creator:
- Taylor, Zachary, 1784-1850
- Published / Created:
- 1847 May 4
- Call Number:
- WA MSS S-1568 T219
- Image Count:
- 5
- Resource Type:
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Abstract:
- Letter from Zachary Tayor as Aide to the Commander in Chief, to the Cuartel General Ejercito de Ocupacion concerning a previous communication by a commission dealing with contributions for Nuevo Leon. Taylor expresses satisfaction with the impartialit...
- Subject (Name):
- United States--Army--History--Mexican War, 1846-1848
- Subject (Topic):
- Mexican War, 1846-1848, Mexican War, 1846-1848--Campaigns, and Mexican War, 1846-1848--Occupied territories
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Letter to the Cuartel General Ejercito de Ocupacion
17.
- Published / Created:
- ca. 1847-1848.
- Call Number:
- WA Photos 26
- Container / Volume:
- Box 1 (wooden case)
- Image Count:
- 13
- Abstract:
- Twelve daguerreotypes by an unidentified photographer housed in a folding walnut wood case that depict images of the Mexican War, circa 1847-1848. The images include views of United States Army troops, General John Ellis Wool and his staff, Lieutenan...
- Description:
- Accompanied by a box list.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Saint Augustine (Fla.) and Saltillo (Coahuila, Mexico)
- Subject (Name):
- Doubleday, Abner, 1819-1893, Wool, John Ellis, 1789-1875, Castillo de San Marcos (Saint Augustine, Fla.), Catedral de Saltillo (Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico), and Templo de San Francisco de Asís (Saltillo, Mexico)
- Subject (Topic):
- Old City Gates (St. Augustine, Fla.) and Mexican War, 1846-1848
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Daguerreotypes of the Mexican War
18.
- Creator:
- Thompson, D. George, -approximately 1870, engraver
- Published / Created:
- [1847?]
- Call Number:
- BrSide4o Zc50 847th
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Print shows the seige at Vera Cruz underway; in foreground, U.S. artillery group; U.S. flag; in background, right, ships, and left, town under fire
- Description:
- BEIN Broadsides4to Zc50 847th: On sheet 21.8 x 29.0 cm.
- Publisher:
- Published by S. Walker
- Subject (Topic):
- Mexican War, 1846-1848 and Vera Cruz, Battle of, 1847
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The Battle of Vera Cruz : night scene
19.
- Published / Created:
- [1847?]
- Call Number:
- WA Prints +171
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Against a backdrop of barren hills, a seemingly impregnable fortress rises from choppy seas, approached by a handful of sailing ships
- Description:
- Title from caption below image.
- Publisher:
- Kelloggs & Thayer, 144 Fulton St. N.Y., E.B. & E.C. Kellogg 136 Main St. Hartford, Conn, and D. Needham, 223 Main St. Buffalo
- Subject (Geographic):
- Mexico.
- Subject (Name):
- Castillo de San Juan de Ulúa (Mexico)
- Subject (Topic):
- Mexican War, 1846-1848 and Campaigns
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Castle of San Juan D'Ulloa, at Vera Cruz
20.
- Creator:
- N. Currier (Firm), lithographer
- Published / Created:
- 1847]
- Call Number:
- WA Prints +187
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Subject: Image of General Zachary Taylor sitting on his horse, apporaching three Mexican soldiers standing at right. Taylor is surrounded by other American soldiers, and fighting can be seen in the distance
- Alternative Title:
- General Taylor never surrenders
- Description:
- "Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1847 by N. Currier, in the clerk's office of the District Court of the Southern District of New York."
- Publisher:
- N. Currier
- Subject (Geographic):
- Mexico
- Subject (Name):
- Taylor, Zachary, 1784-1850 and Taylor, Zachary, 1784-1850.
- Subject (Topic):
- Mexican War, 1846-1848, Campaigns, Soldiers, and Military campaigns
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Santa Anna's messengers requesting Genl. Taylor to surrender his forces at discretion, previous to the Battle of Buena Vista. : "General Taylor never surrenders" : [One line of quotation from Taylor]
