Edward E. Ayer Manuscript Collection (Newberry Library)
Organization
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Louis McLane Hamilton collection
Collection
Identifier: VAULT box-Ayer-MS-356
Abstract
Correspondence, extracts of reports, printed obituaries and resolutions, newspaper clippings, 1867-1867, possibly collected by Benson John Lossing, concerning the life of Capt. Louis McLane Hamilton and his death at the Battle of Washita. Includes correspondence of Philip Hamilton (father) to Lossing, and Robert Mayhew West (forwarding copy of 7th Cavalry resolution on Hamilton's death to the Poughkeepsie Daily Eagle); ms. extracts from Custer's July 6, 1867, order praising Hamilton's...
Dates:
1867-1869
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- Subject: Resolutions -- Oklahoma -- Fort Supply -- 1851-1900 X