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 the war with Mexico and his political ambitions.
Subject (Geographic):
United States--Politics and government--1815-1861
Subject (Name):
Taylor, Zachary, 1784-1850 and United States Army Adjutant General's Office
Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883 Weber, J. J., fl. 1862-1871
Published / Created:
1843 June 10
Call Number:
GEN MSS VOL 244
Collection Title:
Documents relating to Richard Wagner
Image Count:
4
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:
Contained in bound volume containing the original contract between Wagner and J. J. Weber for the publication of Der Ring des Nibelungen, signed by both parties, 1862 Dec 1, Leipzig and Dresden.
Series I, Scrapbooks, is organized into thirteen subseries, one for each scrapbook. Pages in these bound volumes were frequently layered with multiple items. Unpaginated photographs, sketches and printed ephemera were also interleaved. Material is arranged to approximate these complex physical relationships. Folder titles refer to the pagination of the bound volume, not the amount of material in folder. Dates are for the principal material. Volumes I-III are primarily correspondence. Volumes IV-X include journal entries.