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Box 1, Folder 1

Letter written from camp three miles from Matamoros, Mexico, to Robert Crooke Wood, Point Isabel, Texas HM 23139 1846 May 9

Scope and Contents

Letter has an addressed cover. (2 pages)
Box 1, Folder 2

Letter written from Matamoros, Mexico, to Robert Crooke Wood, Point Isabel, Texas HM 4114 1846 June 3

Scope and Contents

Letter has an addressed cover. (3 pages)
Box 1, Folder 3

Letter written from Matamoros, Mexico, to Robert Crooke Wood, Fort Polk, Texas HM 4115 1846 June 12

Scope and Contents

Letter has an addressed cover. (3 pages)
Box 1, Folder 4

Letter written from Matamoros, Mexico, to Robert Crooke Wood, Fort Polk, Texas HM 4118 1846 June 21

Scope and Contents

Letter has an addressed cover. (5 pages)
Box 1, Folder 5

Letter written from Matamoros, Mexico, to Robert Crooke Wood, Fort Polk, Texas HM 4119 1846 June 24

Scope and Contents

Letter has an addressed cover. (3 pages)
Box 1, Folder 6

Letter written from Matamoros, Mexico, to Robert Crooke Wood HM 4120 1846 June 30

Scope and Contents

(4 pages)
Box 1, Folder 7

Letter written from Matamoros, Mexico, to Robert Crooke Wood, Fort Polk, Texas HM 4121 1846 July 7

Scope and Contents

Letter has an addressed cover with note. (4 pages)
Box 1, Folder 8

Letter written from Matamoros, Mexico, to Robert Crooke Wood, Fort Polk, Texas HM 4122 1846 July 14

Scope and Contents

Letter has an addressed cover. (5 pages)
Box 1, Folder 9

Letter written from Matamoros, Mexico, to Robert Crooke Wood, Fort Polk, Texas HM 4123 1846 July 25

Scope and Contents

Letter has an addressed cover. (5 pages)
Box 1, Folder 10

Letter written from Matamoros, Mexico, to Robert Crooke Wood HM 4124 1846 August 4

Scope and Contents

(4 pages)
Box 1, Folder 11

Letter written from Camargo, Mexico, to Robert Crooke Wood HM 4125 1846 August 11

Scope and Contents

(4 pages)
Box 1, Folder 12

Letter written from Camargo, Mexico, to Robert Crooke Wood, Fort Polk, Texas HM 4126 1846 August 19

Scope and Contents

(4 pages)
Box 1, Folder 13

Letter written from Camargo, Mexico, to Robert Crooke Wood, Fort Polk, Texas HM 4127 1846 August 23

Scope and Contents

Letter has an addressed cover. (5 pages)
Box 1, Folder 14

Letter written from Camargo, Mexico, to Robert Crooke Wood, Fort Polk, Texas HM 4128 1846 September 3

Scope and Contents

Letter has an addressed cover. (5 pages)
Box 1, Folder 15

Letter written from camp at Cerralvo, 75 miles from Monterrey, Mexico, to Robert Crooke Wood, Fort Polk, Texas HM 4129 1846 September 10

Scope and Contents

Taylor spelled locations as Surralvo and Monterey. Letter has an addressed cover. (3 pages)
Box 1, Folder 16

Letter written from camp at Marin 25 miles from Monterrey, Mexico, to Robert Crooke Wood, Fort Polk, Texas HM 4130 1846 September 16

Separated Materials

Taylor spelled location as Monterey. Letter has an addressed cover. (4 pages)
Box 1, Folder 17

Letter written from Monterrey, Mexico, to Robert Crooke Wood, Fort Polk, Texas HM 4131 1846 September 28

Scope and Contents

Taylor spelled location as Monterey. Letter has an addressed cover. (4 pages)
Box 1, Folder 18

Letter written from Monterrey, Mexico, to Robert Crooke Wood, Fort Polk, Texas HM 4132 1846 October 12

Scope and Contents

Taylor spelled location as Monterey. Letter has an addressed cover. (4 pages)
Box 2, Folder 16

Letter written from Monterrey, Mexico, to Major E.G.W. Butler, Louisiana HM 21004 1846 October 19

Physical Description: Item tipped in to binding with portrait copy of Taylor.

Scope and Contents

Taylor spelled location as Monterey. Addressee probably Edward George Washington Butler (1800-1888), who served as a major general in the Louisiana State Militia from 1846 to 1847. (6 pages)
Box 1, Folder 19

Letter written from Monterrey, Mexico, to Robert Crooke Wood, Fort Polk, Texas HM 4133 1846 November 26

Scope and Contents

Taylor spelled location as Monterey. Letter has an addressed cover with note. (4 pages)
Box 1, Folder 20

Letter written from Monterrey, Mexico, to Robert Crooke Wood, Fort Polk, Texas HM 4134 1846 December 10

Scope and Contents

Taylor spelled location as Monterey. (4 pages)
Box 1, Folder 21

Letter written from Monterrey, Mexico, to Robert Crooke Wood, Fort Polk, Texas HM 4135 1846 December 13

Physical Description: Signature has been cut out.

Scope and Contents

Taylor spelled location as Monterey. Letter has an addressed cover. (4 pages)
Box 1, Folder 22

Letter written from Monterrey, Mexico, to Robert Crooke Wood, Fort Polk, Texas HM 4137 1847 January 26

Scope and Contents

Taylor spelled location as Monterey. Letter has an addressed cover. (3 pages)
Box 1, Folder 23

Letter written from Monterrey, Mexico, to Robert Crooke Wood, Fort Polk, Texas HM 23140 1847 January 30

Scope and Contents

Taylor spelled location as Monterey. Letter has an addressed cover. (2 pages)
Box 1, Folder 24

Letter written from camp at Agua Nueva, Mexico, to Robert Crooke Wood, Fort Polk, Texas HM 4138 1847 February 9

Scope and Contents

Taylor spelled location as Agua Nueava. Letter has an addressed cover. (4 pages)
Box 1, Folder 25

Letter written from Monterrey, Mexico to Robert Crooke Wood, Fort Polk, Texas, Baton Rouge, Louisiana HM 4139 1847 March 20

Scope and Contents

Taylor spelled location as Monterey. Letter has an addressed cover. (4 pages)
Box 2, Folder 1

Letter written from Monterrey, Mexico, to Robert Crooke Wood, New Orleans, Louisiana HM 4140 1847 April 4

Scope and Contents

Taylor spelled location as Monterey. Letter has envelope. (4 pages)
Box 2, Folder 2

Letter written from Monterrey, Mexico, to Robert Crooke Wood, New Orleans, Louisiana HM 4141 1847 May 9

Physical Description: Signature has been cut out.

Scope and Contents

Taylor spelled location as Monterey. Letter has an addressed cover. (5 pages)
Box 2, Folder 3

Letter written from camp near Monterrey, Mexico, to Robert Crooke Wood, New Orleans, Louisiana HM 4142 1847 May 30

Scope and Contents

Taylor spelled location as Monterey. Letter is initialed, no signature; final page written on addressed cover. (6 pages)
Box 2, Folder 4

Letter written from camp near Monterrey, Mexico, to Jesse Atwood, "Present" (camp near Monterrey) HM 20722 1847 May 31

Scope and Contents

Letter has an addressed cover. (1 page)

Publication Note

Taylor spelled location as Monterey. Not in Letters of Zachary Taylor from the Battle-fields of the Mexican War.
Box 2, Folder 5

Letter written from camp near Monterrey, Mexico, to Robert Crooke Wood, New Orleans, Louisiana HM 4143 1847 June 23

Scope and Contents

Taylor spelled location as Monterey. Letter has an addressed cover. (7 pages)
Box 2, Folder 6

Letter written from camp near Monterrey, Mexico, to Robert Crooke Wood, New Orleans, Louisiana HM 4144 1847 July 13

Scope and Contents

Taylor spelled location as Monterey. Letter has an addressed cover. (5 pages)
Box 2, Folder 7

Letter written from camp near Monterrey, Mexico, to Robert Crooke Wood, New Orleans, Louisiana HM 4145 1847 August 5?

Scope and Contents

Taylor spelled location as Monterey. Date and location identified in Letters of Zachary Taylor from the Battle-Fields of the Mexican War. Letter has an addressed cover. (4 pages)
Box 2, Folder 8

Letter written from camp near Monterrey, Mexico, to Robert Crooke Wood, New Orleans, Louisiana HM 4146 1847 August 24

Scope and Contents

Taylor spelled location as Monterey. Letter has an addressed cover. (4 pages)

Publication Note

In Letters of Zachary Taylor as August 25.
Box 2, Folder 9

Letter written from camp near Monterrey, Mexico, to Robert Crooke Wood, New Orleans, Louisiana HM 4147 1847 August 31

Scope and Contents

Taylor spelled location as Monterey. (4 pages)
Box 2, Folder 10

Letter written from camp near Monterrey, Mexico, to Robert Crooke Wood, New Orleans, Louisiana HM 4148 1847 September 8

Scope and Contents

Taylor spelled location as Monterey. Final page written on addressed cover. (2 pages)
Box 2, Folder 11

Letter written from camp near Monterrey, Mexico, to Robert Crooke Wood, New Orleans, Louisiana HM 4149 1847 October 5

Separated Materials

Taylor spelled location as Monterey. Letter has an addressed cover. (5 pages)
Box 2, Folder 12

Letter written from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, to Robert Crooke Wood, New Orleans, Louisiana HM 4152 1848 February 18

Physical Description: Signature has been cut out.

Scope and Contents

Letter has an addressed cover. (4 pages)
Box 2, Folder 13

Letter written from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, to Richard T. Allison, Baltimore, Maryland HM 4153 1848 June 25

Scope and Contents

Letter has an addressed cover. (5 pages)
Box 2, Folder 14

Letter written from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, to Governor Edward Kent, Bangor, Maine HM 23138 1848 July 27

Scope and Contents

Letter signed; has addressed cover. (3 pages)

Publication Note

Not in Letters of Zachary Taylor.
Box 2, Folder 15

Letter written from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, to Robert Crooke Wood, Baltimore, Maryland HM 4155 1848 December 10

Physical Description: Last page has been cut, with some text missing on address page and possibly in final page of letter.

Scope and Contents

Letter has an addressed cover. (5 pages)