Accompanied by typed transcripts of the letters, by an eleven-page typescript by W. H. Goetzmann and Jerry E. Patterson dated June 17, 1959, written as an introduction to the Upton letters which they had edited for publication, and a letter with enclosures from Eleanor S. Upton to Zara Powers dated January 3, 1956, regarding Upton genealogies. and Twenty-five ALS (three of which are manuscript copies) written by Barna N. Upton to his father Nehemiah, his brother Elias, his sister Susan, and other family members and friends, dating from July 7, 1842 to August 7, 1847. With the exception of his first letter, which was written to his family while he was working as a farmhand in Williamsburg, Massachusetts, Upton's letters document his experiences as a soldier in Company E of the 3rd Regiment U.S. Infantry before and during the Mexican War. The letters describe his enlistment in the army and camp life on Governors Island, New York, early in 1845; his voyage from New York to New Orleans that spring; camp life at Fort Jesup, Louisiana, Corpus Christi, Texas, Matamoros, Camargo, Veracruz, and Jalapa, Mexico; and battles in which he fought including Palo Alto, Resaca de la Palma, Monterey, and Cerro Gordo. His last letter was written from Puebla as he prepared to march to Mexico City.
Description:
Upton was born on July 26, 1820, the eldest son of Nehemiah Newhall Upton, a farmer and clothier of Charlemont, Massachusetts. He enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1845, fought in the Mexican War, and died in Mexico City on October 15, 1847 of wounds he received at a battle outside the city.
Subject (Geographic):
Ciudad Camargo (Tamaulipas, Mexico)--Description and travel
Subject (Name):
United States. Army Military life History 19th century
The volume also includes Kelso family accounts dated 1789-1806, and one page of accounts in Louisiana in 1782; two verses of an untitled patriotic poem by H. Thomas; and a brief entry dated January 24, 1798, noting the plan of Joseph Kelso to go to the East Indies. and Volume containing Kelso's journal (May 10-October 9, 1792) of a trip with Simpson on three flatboats that they constructed for the purpose of transporting flour from Fort Pitt down the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers to New Orleans. The brief entries describe their daily travels, noting settlements that were later to be founded including Point Pleasant, West Virginia, Cincinnati, and Louisville. Kelso notes observing Indians, killing a bear, and meeting inhabitants of Natchez, Baton Rouge, Atakapass (where the flatboats were disposed of), and New Orleans. As the men were unable to sell the flour easily it was sold in Atakapass for cattle, which they had butchered and sold in New Orleans. The final entries (December 11, 1792-October 22, 1893) describe Kelso and Simpson's voyages from New Orleans to Alexandria, Virginia, via Havana, during which they were captured, imprisoned on St. Thomas, and then released from the crew of a British warship, finally landing at Alexandria on October 22, 1893.
Description:
Gift of Frederick W. Beinecke. and Nephew of the American revolutionary war hero Captain Michael Simpson of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
Subject (Geographic):
Baton Rouge (La.)--Description and travel, Fort Pitt (Pa.), Mississippi River--Description and travel, Mississippi River--Navigation, Natchez (La.)--Description and travel, New Orleans (La.)--Description and travel, Ohio River--Description and travel, and Ohio River--Navigation
Subject (Name):
Kelso family, Kelso, Joseph, Kelso, William, and Simpson, Michael, Captain
Subject (Topic):
Commerce--Louisiana, Feed industry--Louisiana, Flatboats, Flour industry--Louisiana, Indians of North America--Mississippi River Valley, and Voyages and travels
Twenty-five ALS (three of which are manuscript copies) written by Barna N. Upton to his father Nehemiah, his brother Elias, his sister Susan, and other family members and friends, dating from July 7, 1842 to August 7, 1847. With the exception of his first letter, which was written to his family while he was working as a farmhand in Williamsburg, Massachusetts, Upton's letters document his experiences as a soldier in Company E of the 3rd Regiment U.S. Infantry before and during the Mexican War. The letters describe his enlistment in the army and camp life on Governors Island, New York, early in 1845; his voyage from New York to New Orleans that spring; camp life at Fort Jesup, Louisiana, Corpus Christi, Texas, Matamoros, Camargo, Veracruz, and Jalapa, Mexico; and battles in which he fought including Palo Alto, Resaca de la Palma, Monterey, and Cerro Gordo. His last letter was written from Puebla as he prepared to march to Mexico City.
Description:
Gift of Lewis S. Beach, 1945. and Upton was born on July 26, 1820, the eldest son of Nehemiah Newhall Upton, a farmer and clothier of Charlemont, Massachusetts. He enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1845, fought in the Mexican War, and died in Mexico City on October 15, 1847 of wounds he received at a battle outside the city.
Subject (Geographic):
Ciudad Camargo (Tamaulipas, Mexico)--Description and travel, Corpus Christi (Tex.)--Description and travel, Fort Jesup (La.)--Description and travel, Governors Island (New York County, N.Y.)--Description and travel, Jalapa (Mexico)--Description and travel, Matamoros (Tamaulipas, Mexico)--Description and travel, and Veracruz (Veracruz-Llave, Mexico)--Description and travel
Subject (Name):
Fogg, William W, Goetzmann, William H, Patterson, Jerry E., fl. 1959, Powers, Zara, United States. Army Military life History 19th century, United States. Army. Infantry Regiment, 3rd. Company E, Upton family, Upton, Barna N., 1820-1847, Upton, Eleanor Stuart, 1886, Upton, Elias, Upton, Nehemiah Newhall, and Upton, Susan
Subject (Topic):
Cerro Gordo, Battle of, 1847, Mexican War, 1846-1848--Campaigns--Mexico, Mexican War, 1846-1848--Military life, Monterrey, Battle of, Monterrey, Mexico, 1846, Palo Alto, Battle of, 1846, Resaca de la Palma, Battle of, 1846, Soldiers--United States--19th century, and Voyages and travels
Twenty-five ALS (three of which are manuscript copies) written by Barna N. Upton to his father Nehemiah, his brother Elias, his sister Susan, and other family members and friends, dating from July 7, 1842 to August 7, 1847. With the exception of his first letter, which was written to his family while he was working as a farmhand in Williamsburg, Massachusetts, Upton's letters document his experiences as a soldier in Company E of the 3rd Regiment U.S. Infantry before and during the Mexican War. The letters describe his enlistment in the army and camp life on Governors Island, New York, early in 1845; his voyage from New York to New Orleans that spring; camp life at Fort Jesup, Louisiana, Corpus Christi, Texas, Matamoros, Camargo, Veracruz, and Jalapa, Mexico; and battles in which he fought including Palo Alto, Resaca de la Palma, Monterey, and Cerro Gordo. His last letter was written from Puebla as he prepared to march to Mexico City.
Description:
Gift of Lewis S. Beach, 1945. and Upton was born on July 26, 1820, the eldest son of Nehemiah Newhall Upton, a farmer and clothier of Charlemont, Massachusetts. He enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1845, fought in the Mexican War, and died in Mexico City on October 15, 1847 of wounds he received at a battle outside the city.
Subject (Geographic):
Ciudad Camargo (Tamaulipas, Mexico)--Description and travel, Corpus Christi (Tex.)--Description and travel, Fort Jesup (La.)--Description and travel, Governors Island (New York County, N.Y.)--Description and travel, Jalapa (Mexico)--Description and travel, Matamoros (Tamaulipas, Mexico)--Description and travel, and Veracruz (Veracruz-Llave, Mexico)--Description and travel
Subject (Name):
Fogg, William W, Goetzmann, William H, Patterson, Jerry E., fl. 1959, Powers, Zara, United States. Army Military life History 19th century, United States. Army. Infantry Regiment, 3rd. Company E, Upton family, Upton, Barna N., 1820-1847, Upton, Eleanor Stuart, 1886, Upton, Elias, Upton, Nehemiah Newhall, and Upton, Susan
Subject (Topic):
Cerro Gordo, Battle of, 1847, Mexican War, 1846-1848--Campaigns--Mexico, Mexican War, 1846-1848--Military life, Monterrey, Battle of, Monterrey, Mexico, 1846, Palo Alto, Battle of, 1846, Resaca de la Palma, Battle of, 1846, Soldiers--United States--19th century, and Voyages and travels
A letter of April 20, 1848, written by William W. Fogg of Upton's Company, informs Upton's father of his son's death in Mexico City on October 15, 1847. and Twenty-five ALS (three of which are manuscript copies) written by Barna N. Upton to his father Nehemiah, his brother Elias, his sister Susan, and other family members and friends, dating from July 7, 1842 to August 7, 1847. With the exception of his first letter, which was written to his family while he was working as a farmhand in Williamsburg, Massachusetts, Upton's letters document his experiences as a soldier in Company E of the 3rd Regiment U.S. Infantry before and during the Mexican War. The letters describe his enlistment in the army and camp life on Governors Island, New York, early in 1845; his voyage from New York to New Orleans that spring; camp life at Fort Jesup, Louisiana, Corpus Christi, Texas, Matamoros, Camargo, Veracruz, and Jalapa, Mexico; and battles in which he fought including Palo Alto, Resaca de la Palma, Monterey, and Cerro Gordo. His last letter was written from Puebla as he prepared to march to Mexico City.
Description:
Gift of Lewis S. Beach, 1945. and Upton was born on July 26, 1820, the eldest son of Nehemiah Newhall Upton, a farmer and clothier of Charlemont, Massachusetts. He enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1845, fought in the Mexican War, and died in Mexico City on October 15, 1847 of wounds he received at a battle outside the city.
Subject (Geographic):
Ciudad Camargo (Tamaulipas, Mexico)--Description and travel, Corpus Christi (Tex.)--Description and travel, Fort Jesup (La.)--Description and travel, Governors Island (New York County, N.Y.)--Description and travel, Jalapa (Mexico)--Description and travel, Matamoros (Tamaulipas, Mexico)--Description and travel, and Veracruz (Veracruz-Llave, Mexico)--Description and travel
Subject (Name):
Fogg, William W, Goetzmann, William H, Patterson, Jerry E., fl. 1959, Powers, Zara, United States. Army Military life History 19th century, United States. Army. Infantry Regiment, 3rd. Company E, Upton family, Upton, Barna N., 1820-1847, Upton, Eleanor Stuart, 1886, Upton, Elias, Upton, Nehemiah Newhall, and Upton, Susan
Subject (Topic):
Cerro Gordo, Battle of, 1847, Mexican War, 1846-1848--Campaigns--Mexico, Mexican War, 1846-1848--Military life, Monterrey, Battle of, Monterrey, Mexico, 1846, Palo Alto, Battle of, 1846, Resaca de la Palma, Battle of, 1846, Soldiers--United States--19th century, and Voyages and travels
BEIN 2003 1141: Imperfect: some plates wanting. Extra-illustrated. Autograph: Emily S. Baker, Elephanta Lodge, Preston Drove, Brighton. Bookplate of Paul Mellon., In English., Author determined from internal evidence. Cf. NUC pre-1956, v. 31, p. 230., and Pages [289]-298 are repeated in numbering.
Publisher:
Privately printed, T. Booker)
Subject (Geographic):
United States and Europe
Subject (Name):
Baker, Anthony St. John, 1785-1854
Subject (Topic):
Travel, Voyages and travels, and Description and travel
BEIN 2003 1141: Imperfect: some plates wanting. Extra-illustrated. Autograph: Emily S. Baker, Elephanta Lodge, Preston Drove, Brighton. Bookplate of Paul Mellon., In English., Author determined from internal evidence. Cf. NUC pre-1956, v. 31, p. 230., and Pages [289]-298 are repeated in numbering.
Publisher:
Privately printed, T. Booker)
Subject (Geographic):
United States and Europe
Subject (Name):
Baker, Anthony St. John, 1785-1854
Subject (Topic):
Travel, Voyages and travels, and Description and travel
