Series 1 Correspondence 1859-1886, undated
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Subseries 1.1 Outgoing 1860-1879, undated
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Carter, Richard H. 1860 July 11
Edwin McMasters, 1814-1869 1862 June 28
Filley, O.D. 1862 June 29
Eaton, J. E., Major 1862 July 8
Morgan, C. H., Lieutenant 1862 Oct. 7
Rice, J. S. 1863 Jan. 26
Stanton, Edwin McMasters, 1814-1869 1864 March 20-April 4
Hamilton, Richard H. 1864 Oct. 20
Leavitt, D. B. 1864 Nov. 1
Scatt, L. B. 1864 Nov. 23 -1865 Jan. 12
Connor, P. E. (Patrick Edward), 1820-1891 1865 Jan. 23
Scatt, L. B. 1865 Jan. 28
Randall, Alexander William 1865 March 13
Creighton, Edward 1865 May 11
Sharp, John 1865 June 19 -26
Stenhouse, T. B. H. (Thomas Brown Holmes), 1865 Sept. 2
Carter, Mary E. 1866 March 23
Hamilton, Richard H. 1866 April 13
Carter, Mary E. 1866 May 22
Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891 1867 March 6
Stanton, Edwin McMasters, 1814-1869 1867 March 12
Grassee, J. M. 1867 May 4
Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875 1868 July 28
Paymaster General 1869 April 4
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Jacobs, Edward C. 1871 Jan. 23
Palmer, J. W., General 1875 May 9
Clark, S. H. H. 1877 July 15
Davis, O. F. 1879 Sept. 22
Smith, John E., General 1879 Oct. 29
Unidentified letter undated
Subseries 1.2 Incoming 1859-1886, undated
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Adams, Thomas 1863 Nov. 16
Armistead, W. B. 1861 Oct. 11
Ashton & Tait 1863 Sept. 10, 1864 Oct. 28
A.S. Parker & Co. 1860 March 13, 1861 May 18
Babcock & Co. 1866 Nov. 14
Bancroft, A.D. 1867 June 11
Barrow & Co. 1864 Aug. 8-19
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Barrow, J. E. 1864 Aug 13
Bateman, A. L. 1864 Oct. 7
Bell, William 1860 March 28 -June 7
Benedict, Hall, & Co. 1867 Aug. 9
Birthright, J.P. 1864 Aug. 30 -Oct. 26
Bittinger, J. S. 1864 March 10
Bradley & Co. 1865 Nov. 20
Brizzee, W. A. 1867 July 22
Brown, Albert, Captain 1885 Nov. 21, 1886 Aug. 27
Bryan & Hardcastle 1860 April 12, 1861 May 3
Buchanan, A. S. 1864 Jan. 27
Buford, John, Captain 1860 Sep 19
Bullock, Thomas 1866 March 21
Burleigh, Walter Atwood, 1820-1896 1868 July 26
Burns, Samuel 1875 Sept. 6
Burr, David A. 1861 Nov. 18
Cabot & Senter 1863 Oct. 28
Campbell, John. A., b. 1835 1869 July 12-Aug. 9
Campbell, Robert, 1804-1879 1864 Dec. 23
Carlysle, Henry 1864 July 7
Carter, James Van Allen, 1838-1896 1866 Aug 11-29
Carter, Moore 1864 July 30
Carter, Richard H. 1860 June 20
C. D. Sullivan & Co. 1862 June 21
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Chamberlain, James 1867 Sept. 3
Charless, Blow & Co. 1860 June 4, 1862 Jan. 21
Chetlain, Augustus L. (Augustus Louis), 1824-1914 1868 Jan. 30-July 25
Cisco, John J. 1861 July 9-Nov. 1
Clampitt, John W. (John Wesley), b. 1839 1867 Nov. 16
Connor, P. E. (Patrick Edward), 1820-1891 1865 June 8, 1866 Aug. 24
Cornell, James 1865 Oct. 25
Cowles, J. E. 1866 Nov. 28, 1867 April 23
Crossman, G. H. 1860 Feb. 29-Sept. 17
D. & H. Siegel 1865 Nov. 17
Daniels, J. W. 1869 July 6
Davis, Sallie J. 1864 Oct. 26
Dean, Samuel 1863 June 11-1866 Sept. 6
Denny, P.B., Lieutenant 1865 Dec 23
DeWolfe, S. 1866 Dec 28, 1867 Oct. 17
Dickinson, W.G. 1868 Dec. 23
Doty, Governor J.D. 1865 Feb. 14
Dyer Brothers 1860, Sept. 6-14
Dyer, G.M. 1862 Nov. 22, Dec. 18
Eldredge & Clawson 1867 Jan. 30-Aug. 12
Ely, Charles P. 1863 April 18
Esali, Gottlieb 1875 Aug. 22
Ethier, Anthony, Lieutenant 1863 Feb. 8
Field Brothers 1864 Jan. 16 - 1866 Nov. 26
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Field, Dayton 1864 Dec. 15
Filley, Chauncey I 1860 Nov. 30
Filley, O. D. 1860 Oct. 5-19
First National Bank of Omaha 1867 March 1-23
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Foy, Charles 1862 March 24
Fuller, Frank 1862 Jan. 23
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Fulton & Terry 1862 Dec. 8
George Sutch & Co. 1867 July 1
Gilbert & Gorrish 1862 Aug. 30, 1863 May 29
Glison, J. B. 1867 Nov. 13
Gooding, O.P., Colonel 1862 Nov. 29, 1865 Feb. 18
Greely, A. W. (Adolphus Washington), 1844-1935 1867 Dec. 8
Green & Brother 1860 Jan. 11, 1861 Feb. 9
Guild, Mrs. Charles 1879 June 17
Hand, George 1867 Nov. 11
H. & R. B. Whittemore & Co. 1864 July 27-Oct. 18
Harriman, George C. 1864 Feb 8-29
Hartnell, John 1859 Feb. 4
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Hatch, Abram, 1830-1911 1871 Jan. 24
Helfenstein, Gore & Co. 1860 June 1-1863 July 15
Heller, E. 1864 Sept. 26
Hempstead, Charles H. 1865 March 19-1866 Aug. 6
H. J. Rogers & Company 1871 Jan. 2
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Holbert, Charles 1867 July 29
Holladay & Halsey 1864 Dec. 1, 1866 April 6
Hooper, Eldredge & Co. 1862 May 16
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Howard, William 1864 Nov. 21
Hughes, B. M. 1864 Nov. 11
Hughes, L. D. 1864 Sept
Hughes, L. W. 1864 Aug. 8
Hunt, F. E., Major 1860 Feb. 15- 1861 Oct. 29
Hussey, Dahler & Co. 1867 July 2
Jackson, George 1859 Feb. 27- March 8
J. A. Ware & Co. 1865 Nov. 11
Jennings, William, 1823-1886 1864 Aug. 31- 1867 Feb. 22
Jocelyn, S. E. 1865 May 24
Jones, J. H. 1863 Oct. 7
Kellen, Charles W. 1864 Sept. 29
Kerlagh, Theodore 1864 Nov. 21
Kimball & Lawrence 1868 March 13
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Kintzing, Charles S. 1863 Jan. 23-1866 Dec. 3
Kittredge, W., Captain 1864 Oct. 1-1866 Aug. 23
Komas, Richard D. 1874 July 15
Kountze Brothers 1864 Oct. 17-Nov. 3
Lathrop, Ludington & Co. 1864 Nov. 18
Lechener, John A. 1861 Feb. 18
Leed, James S. 1864 Aug. 11-Dec. 12
Litchfield, A. T. 1866 Jan. 3
Livingston, Bell & Co. 1859 Jan. 5-1862 Aug. 11
Livingston, Howard 1862 Nov. 21-1865 Dec. 5
Love, John A. 1864 Aug. 28
Lynes, Edward 1864 Oct. 28
Mansell, A. J. 1867 Sept. 13
Mason, E. C. 1860 May 17-Sept. 19
Matthewson, J. H., Captain 1865 Oct. 10
Miller, A. B. 1860 Sept. 24
Miller, J. R. 1866 Sept. 6
Miners' National Bank 1867 Jan. 14-Oct. 22
Moore, J. K. 1870 June 18
Myers, W., General 1869 Aug. 27-1874 June 10
Neels, John N. 1864 Aug. 29-1866 Oct. 6
Neill, James 1865 Nov. 30
Nevin, Jackman & Co. 1861 Sept. 7
Nevin, J. C. 1864 Oct. 17
Nicholson, Walter 1866 Oct. 30
Nowlan, William 1863 April 14
Owens, [ ] 1864 Sept. 30
Palmer, J. W., General 1875 April 4
Perry, J. C. 1864 July 30, 1865 July 5
Petrie & Co. 1866 July 1
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Postmaster General, Second Assistant 1863 Sept. 8
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Pratt & Fox 1864 July 8
Price, George F., Captain 1864 Sept. 1-1867 Aug. 27
Purple, Edwin R. (Edwin Ruthven), 1831-1879 1864 April 5
Rasin, U. M. 1869 Nov. 2-1870 June 13
Reid, Robert K. 1863 Nov. 14
Rhodes, D. W. 1867 July 15
Robert Campbell & Co. 1860 March 1- 1867 Dec. 5
Root, Frank A. (Frank Albert), 1837-1926 1864 Sept. 25- Oct. 12
Ross & Barrett 1867 June 25
Runyon, A. N. 1867, Sept. 4
Russell, Majors, and Waddell 1860 Aug. 18, 1861 Aug. 30
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Russell, Mrs. Joseph E. S. 1864 Dec. 26
Russell, W. H. 1860 Oct. 17
Sample, W. C. 1864 Feb 19
Samuel C. Davis & Co. 1875 July 13
Sharp, A. B. 1866 July 24
Sharp, John 1863 June 2
Sherwood, Charles K. 1867 April 18
Shoemaker, F. M. 1865 Nov. 30
Shrewsberry, W. S. 1866 Nov. 16
Simmons, J. M. 1864 Jan. 7
Sims, E. B. 1866 Aug 30
Stein, Aaron 1865 Sept. 28
Stein, Nathan 1866 Dec. 17
Stewart, A. J. & B. F. 1860 July 31
Stover, D. B., Captain 1864 Aug. 26-1865 Nov. 16
Street, A. W. 1867 Sept. 17
Strong, H. M 1863 April 13
Thurmond, J. M. 1868 Feb 16
Tierny, Frank 1869 June 25-July 26
Titus, John 1864 Sept. 14
Valdez, P. M. 1879 July 30
Walker, James E. 1860 Nov. 9-1861 Jan. 24
Wells Fargo & Company 1867 March 5
Westbrook, R. L., Captain 1865 Jan. 18, 1866 Nov. 18
Westwood, J. M. 1866 Dec 22
Wilson, George, Jr. 1869 Nov. 23-28
Wilson, Posey S. 1865 Sept. 21
W. Kiskadden & Co. 1863 Aug. 15
Wright, John 1862 Dec 6
Wolfe, U. [Udolpho?] 1861 Jan. 20
Wolff & Hoppe 1860 May 4-1862 Nov. 22
Wood, W. 1865 July 21
Woolworth & Barton 1867 Sept. 12
Wright George R. 1869 June 16
Young, Robert H. 1881 Aug. 26
Zabriskie, E. B., Captain 1865 May 9-Dec. 2
Illegible 1859 Jan. 18, 1860 May 19
Miscellaneous calling cards and envelopes undated
Subseries 1.3 Letters neither to nor from Carter 1864-1877, undated
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Letters to James Van Allen Carter 1838-1896
A. Kuhn & Company 1875 June 28
Bradford, Brother & Co. 1874 Nov. 19
Crichton, J. J. 1871 Feb. 8
Edy, Augustus 1868 Nov. 5
Forshey, Madison T. 1877 March 12
O'Tool, John 1868 March 27
Smith, Peter undated
Summers, William 1877 March 10
Wright, S. H. 1875 June 24
Letters to Richard H. Carter
Brookie, A. V. 1875 Jan. 10
D. & H. Siegel 1867 Jan. 1
Letters to John Sharp
James Smith & Co. 1864 Oct. 30
Kintzing, Charles S. 1865 Nov. 8
Purple, Edwin R. (Edwin Ruthven), 1831-1879 1864 Aug. 7
Catlin, Dick 1865 Sept. 27
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Craig, James 1862 Aug. 3
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Simpson, J. H. (James Hervey), 1813-1883 1866 Jan. 28
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Series 2 Administrative Records 1857-1888, undated
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Subseries 2.1 Financial Records 1858-1888, undated
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Inventories of goods at Fort Bridger 1858, 1862, 1868, undated
Advertisements and instructions for goods 1862-1864, undated
Bills, receipts, etc.
Ashton & Tait 1864, 1866
Benedict, Hall & Co. 1868, 1877
Blow, Peter E. 1862
Bryan & Hardcastle 1862-1863
Charles S. Kintzing & Co. 1864-1867
Charles S. Kintzing & Co. 1864-1867
Eppler, Edward B. 1863
Excelsior Manufacturing Co. 1862, 1868
Filley, Chauncey I. 1861-1862
Filley, Chauncey I. 1861-1862
Gerard B. Allen & Co. 1868
Gill & Brother 1862, 1864
Gray & Crawford 1860
Grimsley & Co. 1862, 1864
H. & R. B. Whittemore & Co. 1859-1868
Helfenstein, Gore & Co. 1859-1860
Howard, Sanger & Co. 1868
Irwin Jackman & Co. 1860
J. Green & Co. 1862, 1866, 1867
John V. Farwell & Co. 1869
L. Cohn & Co. 1868, undated
Leavitt, D. B. 1863-1865
Livingston, Bell & Co. 1859-1861
Missouri River Packet Line 1864
Robert Campbell & Co. 1862-1868
Robertson, John 1863-1878
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Scarrit, Curtis & Mason 1868
Simeon Leland & Co. 1864
Stringer, Allen & Co. 1862, 1866
Union Pacific Railroad Company 1875
William L. Ewing & Co. 1868
William Jennings & Co. 1864, 1866, 1868
William Jennings & Co. 1864, 1866, 1868
Wolff & Hoppe 1861-1862
Woolworth & Barton 1867, undated
Miscellaneous 1858-1877, 1888
Miscellaneous 1858-1877, 1888
Miscellaneous envelopes 1866, undated
Subseries 2.2 Legal Records 1857-1878, undated
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Documents, correspondence, and notes regarding Fort Bridger ownership controversy 1857, 1872-1878, undated
William A. Carter's governmental appointments 1858-1865
Contracts between William Alexander Carter and the United States government 1859-1862, 1867
Contracts between William Alexander Carter and others 1859, 1861, 1865, 1867
Mineral and petroleum claims 1865, 1867-1868
Miscellaneous real estate documents 1853, 1868-1869
Miscellaneous legal or official documents 1860, 1862, 1868, undated
Congressional acts undated
Documents generated by William Alexander Carter as Probate Judge 1860-1861, 1867-1870
Documents generated by David A. Burr as Justice of the Peace at Fort Bridger 1858
Series 3 Writings by and about Carter 1837-1924, undated
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Carter, William A.
Notes regarding Seminole War and Indian activity at Fort Bridger 1837, 1863
"Diary", possibly compiled from letters to his wife with remarks by one of his children 1857-1859, undated
"The True Story of Fort Bridger" Groshon, Lulie Carter circa 1924
Series 4 Herbert Auerbach's Research Material 1865-1926, undated
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Jim Bridger
Survey of land undated
Reminiscences undated
Excerpts and references undated
Miscellaneous notes undated
Letters undated
Fort Bridger and Fort Supply undated
Fort Bridger undated
Mountain men, trappers, and traders 1925, undated
Camp Floyd undated
Auerbach article [?] undated
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"Journal history" 1865, 1868
List of names undated
List of photographers undated
William A. Carter undated
Louis Vasquez 1924
Jim Bridger and Louis Vasquez 1924
Fur trade/explorers Andrew Henry and William Ashley 1922
Fort Laramie and Fort Bridger Memorial undated
Fort Laramie undated
Lige Driscoll [Eligha Driskell?], Sam Smith, and Phil Mass undated
Phil Mass and George Stoll undated
General Patrick E. Connor undated
Bob (Robert L.) Hereford undated
Lewis Robison undated
John Baker undated
John Robertson undated
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Jim Miller, Millersville undated
Henry Perry undated
Hiram Vasquez undated
Miscellaneous notes, mostly illegible undated
Sir George Gore undated
Brigham Young undated
Gowans, Fred R., and Eugene E. Campbell circa 1975
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Photographs of Jim Bridger and Black's Fork Bridge 1889, circa 1880s
Portraits of William Alexander Carter undated
Miscellaneous pictorial material relating to Fort Bridger undated
Miscellaneous pictorial material relating to Fort Bridger undated