LS to U.S. President James K. Polk. Hd. Qrt. Army of Occupation, Camp at Agua Nueva. xerox copy

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Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > LS to U.S. President James K. Polk. Hd. Qrt. Army of Occupation, Camp at Agua Nueva. xerox copy


17436809

Description

Title
LS to U.S. President James K. Polk. Hd. Qrt. Army of Occupation, Camp at Agua Nueva. xerox copy
Contributor
Polk, James K. (James Knox), 1795-1849
Published / Created
1847 February 8
Abstract

Box 1 contains the letters and broadside. Box 2 contains preservation photocopies made by the library.

Correspondence and papers created by Zachary Taylor relating to his military activities. The correspondence includes autograph letters, signed, and letters, signed, by Taylor to military and government correspondents, including Thomas W. Ringgold; Jefferson Davis; James K. Polk; Roger Jones, Adjutant General of the United States Army; and Thomas Sidney Jessup. Also included is an autograph letter, signed, to Judge Thomas Butler of Louisiana regarding Taylor's reflections on the Battle of Buena Vista against Mexican forces commanded by Antonio LoĢpez de Santa Anna, 1847 March 6, and letters describing Taylor's travels to his family members, including his daughter, Mary Elizabeth "Betty" Taylor Dandridge and his brother, Hancock Taylor. The papers also include a printed broadside proclamation, signed by Taylor, beginning "Proclamacion por el general comandante del Exercito de los Estados Unidos de America a la nacion Mejicana" and regarding the Mexican War, circa 1846.

Description
Gift of Frederick W. Beinecke, 1960-1971. Purchased from Morrill on the William Robertson Coe Fund No. 1, 1963 and from Western Hemisphere, Inc. on the Frederick W. and Carrie S. Beinecke Fund for Western Americana, 1969. Source information is recorded on the folders.
Zachary Taylor (1784-1850) was the 12th President of the United States (1849-1850) and an American military leader with a four-decade career that ended with victories during the Mexican War.
Extent of Digitization
This object has been completely digitized.
Language
English

Collection Information

Repository
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Call Number
WA MSS S-2955
Collection Title
Zachary Taylor letters
Collection/Other Creator
Taylor, Zachary, 1784-1850
Collection Date
1811-1849
Container / Volume
Box 2 | Folder 40

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Format
text
Genre
Correspondence
Resource Type
Archives or Manuscripts
Subject (Geographic)
West (U.S.)--Description and travel
Subject (Name)
Polk, James K. (James Knox), 1795-1849
Subject (Topic)
Politicians--United States
Soldiers--United States

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Rights
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Citation
Zachary Taylor Letters. Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.

Identifiers

Orbis Record
12622082
Object ID (OID)
17436809

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