The letter written by the superintendent of the Oregon Mission defines in detail the duties and responsibilities of Mr. Hines's position in charge of the Manual Labor School.
Description:
From the Winlock W. Miller Collection.
Subject (Name):
Hines, Gustavus, 1809-1873 and Lee, Jason, 1803-1845
Edmunds, J. M. (James Madison), 1810-1879 United States. General Land Office
Published / Created:
1865 October 13
Call Number:
WA MSS S-2393
Collection Title:
United States Carson City Land Office papers
Container / Volume:
Box 1
Image Count:
3
Description:
The Carson City Land Office was the first Land Office in Nevada. Registers and Receivers of the Land Office in the years covered by the papers are: Chauncey Noteware, Adolphus Waitz, James McMartin, F.H. Hinckley, O.H. Gallup, S.C. Wright, and Warren ...
Subject (Geographic):
Carson City (Nev.) and Gold Hill (Nev.)
Subject (Name):
Gallup, O. H, Hinckley, F. H, Lockhart, Warren T, McMartin, James, Noteware, Chauncey, United States.--Carson City Land Office (Carson City, Nev.), United States.--General Land Office, Waitz, Adolphus, and Wright, S. C
Subject (Topic):
Homestead law--United States, Mines and mineral resources--Nevada, and Real property--Nevada
Autograph letter, signed to "Dear Brother," asking the recipient to exchange pulpits on the following Sabbath. Annotations in another contemporary hand concern Massachusetts Presbyterians; the Great Awakening at Princeton; and the publishing history o...
Subject (Topic):
Congregational churches --Clergy. and Presbyterians --United States --History
Letter from Viceroy Bucareli y Ursúa to Father Rafael Bergér naming Father Pablo Font, Father Juan Riobo, and Father Matias Noriega as chaplains for the impending voyage of exploration along the California coast, and discussing the finances availabl...
Description:
GIft of Frederick W. and Carrie S. Beinecke.
Subject (Geographic):
California--Discovery and exploration--Spanish, Pacific Coast--Discovery and exploration, and Spain--Exploring expeditions
Subject (Name):
Bergér, Rafael, Font, Pablo, New Spain. Viceroy (1771-1779 : Bucareli y Ursúa), Noriega, Mathias, and Riobo, Juan
Pettis's letters to his wife Annie describe the army posts, towns, and the difficulties of frontier duty in a time of limited communication and erratic pay. Included are the descriptive rolls of the men recruited by Pettis, giving rank, age, size, des...
Description:
George Henry Pettis, lieutenant in the California Volunteers during the Civil War, recruited and commanded company K, 1st California Volunteer Infantry, under colonel James H. Carleton, in its campaigns in New Mexico, Arizona, and Texas.
Subject (Geographic):
California--History--Civil War, 1861-1865., Fort Craig (N.M.), Fort Sumner (N.M.), and United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns
