Journal kept by George B. Sanderson, Ast. Surgeon, United States Army from Fort Leavenworth, Missouri, to Santa Fe, New Mexico and to San Diego, Upper California, and back to the United States in the years 1846 & 1847 [transcript]

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Title Journal kept by George B. Sanderson, Ast. Surgeon, United States Army from Fort Leavenworth, Missouri, to Santa Fe, New Mexico and to San Diego, Upper California, and back to the United States in the years 1846 & 1847 [transcript]
Description Typed transcript of the journal kept by Dr. George B. Sanderson during the march of the Mormon Battalion from Kansas to Santa Fe, New Mexico, and San Diego, California, in 1846 and 1847. Transcript (i, 66 pages) begin in September of 1895 by W. Merrill Glasgow. Accompanied by copies of pages from "The conquest of New Mexico and California," by Lt. Col. Phillip St. George Cooke, and "The Year of Decision," by Bernard DeVoto. Also includes the archival description of the diary provided by the vendor when the Marriott Library purchased it.
Creator Sanderson, George B., 1800-1861
Date 1895
Temporal Coverage 1846-1847
Spatial Coverage West (U.S.)
Subject Sanderson, George B., 1800-1861--Diaries; United States. Army--Mormon Battalion; Mexican War, 1846-1848--Personal narratives, American
Collection Number and Name Accn 2134 George B. Sanderson papers
Format application/pdf
Language eng
Rights
File Name Accn2134_GeorgeBSandersonPapers_Typescript.pdf
Contributor Glasgow, W. Merrill
ARK ark:/87278/s6rrwwsj
Setname uum_manu
ID 1765899
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6rrwwsj
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