Congratulates Colonel Kingsbury on his recent command in Newport, Rhode Island. He tells him that the British have taken Detroit and captured General Hull and his army.
Description:
Amos Stoddard, first civil and military commander of Upper Louisiana.
Subject (Geographic):
Detroit (Mich.)--History--Surrender to the British, 1812. and United States--History--War of 1812.
Subject (Name):
Hull, William,--1753-1825., Kingsbury, Jacob,--1756-1837., and Stoddard, Amos,--1762-1813.
Letter requests William Hickey to draw a bill providing for the governments of California, New Mexico, and Utah.
Description:
Gift of William Robertson Coe. and Henry Stuart Foote (1804-1880), elected United States senator from Mississippi in 1847 and later governor, supported the Compromise of 1850. He spent part of the 1850's in California but returned to Mississippi.
Subject (Name):
Foote, Henry S. (Henry Stuart), 1804-1880 and Hickey, William, 1798-1866
Zachary Taylor asks General Jones for the power to increase the militia in the future whenever it is necessary. Some of the officers felt that Taylor had overstepped his authority in commanding Colonel Warren to increase his battalion to a regiment without permission from Washington.
Description:
Original (in folder 1) Restricted fragile material; preservation photocopy (in folder 2).
Subject (Name):
Jones, Roger, 1785-1852 and United States--Adjutant-General's Office
Letter asking Martin Townsend to draft and present a bill to Congress providing for the education of Nez Percé prisoners at Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute at government expense.
Subject (Name):
Armstrong, S. C. (Samuel Chapman), 1839-1893, Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute (Va.), and Townsend, Martin I. (Martin Ingham), 1810-1903
Subject (Topic):
Nez Percé Indians--Education and Nez Percé Indians--Government relations
Written while in California as special counsel for the federal government, the letter tells of the Fraser River gold rush and gives Edwin Stanton's views of its importance to the country.
Subject (Name):
Stanton, Edwin M. (Edwin McMasters), 1814-1869 and Watson, Peter Hill, 1817-1885
Subject (Topic):
Gold mines and mining--British Columbia--Fraser River Region
The Placerville and Humboldt Telegraph Company had constructed a magnetic telegraph line from Placerville, California, to Salt Lake City, Utah, and St. Joseph, Missouri. Further plans were made to construct a direct line to California in the spring, but financial aid was needed. In this letter, President Bee wrote to Senator Gwin requesting that he get Congress to underwrite the company for a specified period of time.
Subject (Name):
Bee, Fred A, Gwin, William McKendree, 1805-1885, and Placerville & Humboldt Telegraph Co
Subject (Topic):
Telegraph--California, Telegraph--Missouri, and Telegraph--Utah