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| 1 | Author: | Tidball, John C. (John Caldwell), 1825-1906. | Requires cookie* | | Title: | Diary of John C. Tidball,
1854 ead | | | Date(s): | 1854 | | | Abstract: | John C. Tidball, 1825-1906, was a Lieutenant, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; accompanied
Lt. A.W. Whipple on the survey for a railroad route from the Mississippi River to the
Pacific Ocean in 1853-1854. This collection includes a diary kept while on survey for
railroad route from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean in 1853-1854;
covers period from Jan. 3-Feb. 20, 1854. | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | Subjects: | Explorers -- United States -- Diaries. | Pacific railroads -- Explorations and surveys. | | | Matches: 1 hit(s)
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2 | Author: | Fort Vancouver (Wash.) | Requires cookie* | | Title: | Fort Vancouver (Washington) records
1854-1866 ead | | | Date(s): | 1854-1866 | | | Abstract: | Located at the border of Washington and Oregon, it was a Hudson Bay Company trading post from 1829-1846. One portfolio containing printed
and holographic items related primarily to the 4th Infantry, based at Fort Vancouver. The earliest material consists of nine monthly post
returns from 1854, signed by the commanding officer, Lt. Col. Benjamin Louis Eulalie de Bonneville. These post returns list officers by name;
enlisted men by count; civil employees, their duties, and rate of pay; official communications received; also the names of anyone sick, or in
confinement for desertion. A food survey report from 1856 is concerned with rotten pork, hard bread, and moldy coffee. Later correspondence,
special orders, and general orders date from 1860 to 1866. | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | Subjects: | Fortification -- Washington (State) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources. | Frontier and pioneer life -- Oregon -- History. | Frontier and pioneer life -- Washington (State) -- Sources. | | | Matches: 1 hit(s)
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