Letter to General Curtis. "Private." September 13, 1862

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Title: Letter to General Curtis. "Private." September 13, 1862
Creator: Washburn, C. C. (Cadwallader Colden), 1818-1882
Contributor: Curtis, Samuel Ryan,--1805-1866
Published / Created: 1862 September 13
Publication Place: Helena
Abstract: The collection contains correspondence between Gen. S. R. Curtis and his family while in military service or on engineering jobs, his official correspondence with copies of orders, telegrams, and other military papers while serving in the Mexican and Civil Wars, as Indian Commissioner to make treaties with the Sioux in Montana and Dakota and while working on the Union Pacific Railroad. Family letters also record Samuel Stephen Curtis's experiences prospecting in California, 1858-60.
Description: Certified, a true copy. T. I. McKenny.
Extent: 1 L. (2 p.) ; 33 cm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been partially digitized.
Language: English

Access: Public
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Citation: 122-125, p. 50-55.
A detailed list of papers in the collection can be found in; Withington, M. C. Catalogue of Western Americana Manuscripts,
Samuel Ryan Curtis Papers. Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.