Finding Aid to the William Alexander Carter Papers, 1837-1975, bulk 1860-1869
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Finding Aid to the William Alexander Carter Papers, 1837-1975, bulk 1860-1869
Collection Number: BANC MSS 99/75 p
The Bancroft Library
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, California
- Finding Aid Written By:
- Bancroft Library Staff
- Date Completed:
-
September 2007
© 2007 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Collection Summary
Collection Title: William Alexander Carter papers
Date (inclusive): 1837-1975,
Date (bulk): bulk 1860-1869
Collection Number: BANC MSS 99/75 p
Creators :
Carter, William Alexander, 1820-1881.
Extent:
Number of containers: 5 boxes and 2 oversize folders
Linear feet: 2.3
Repository: The Bancroft Library
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, California, 94720-6000
Phone: (510) 642-6481
Fax: (510) 642-7589
Email: bancref@library.berkeley.edu
URL: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/
Abstract: The William Alexander Carter papers, 1837-1975 (bulk 1860-1869) contains Carter's business and personal papers as a sutler
at Fort Bridger, Utah Territory. The bulk of the collection consists of correspondence, mainly to Carter, along with legal
papers, financial records, and items relating to Carter and to his family. The papers give a detailed view of a busy period
during the history of Fort Bridger as a center of regional business and government, and likewise reflect the business, political,
and personal aspects of Carter's career during an active and successful period. Carter's business involved people from all
over the United States, but regional centers like Salt Lake City and St. Louis are particularly well represented, as is New
York City.
Languages Represented: Collection materials are in English.
Physical Location: Many of the Bancroft Library collections are stored offsite and advance notice may be required for use. For current information
on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.
Information for Researchers
Access
Collection is open for research.
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of The Bancroft Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission from the copyright
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Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], William Alexander Carter Papers, BANC MSS 99/75 p, The Bancroft Library, University of California,
Berkeley.
Alternate Forms Available
There are no alternate forms of this collection.
Related Collections
William Alexander Carter Letterbooks, 1860-1884, BANC MSS P-M 200
William A. Carter Accounts, 1859-1888, BANC MSS P-M 201
William A. Carter Papers (unbound), BANC MSS P-M 202
Edgar N. Carter Papers, [circa 1910-1957], BANC MSS P-M 216
Views relating to Fort Bridger, Wyoming and the family of William Alexander Carter, BANC PIC 1905.07978-.07995--PIC and BANC
PIC 1905.13063-.13064--PIC.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Carter, William Alexander, 1820-1881--Archives
Carter, William Alexander, 1820-1881--Pictorial works
Carter, James Van Allen, 1838-1896
Bridger, Jim, 1804-1881--Pictorial works
Auerbach, Herbert S. (Herbert Samuel), 1882-1945
United States Army
Frontier and pioneer life--Utah
Sutlers--West (U.S.)
Judges--Wyoming
Fur traders--West (U.S.)
Military supplies
Mines and mineral resources--Wyoming
Mines and mineral resources--Utah
Indians of North America--Wyoming
Real property--Wyoming--Uinta County
Land tenure--Wyoming--Uinta County
Seminole War, 2nd, 1835-1842
Fort Bridger (Wyo.)--History
Fort Bridger (Wyo.)--Pictorial works
United States--Politics and government--1849-1877
Wyoming--History--19th century
Utah--History--19th century
Wyoming--Politics and government
West (U.S.)--Commerce
Uinta County (Wyo.)--History--19th century
Business records
Contracts
Receipts
Notes
Photographs
Administrative Information
Acquisition Information
The William Alexander Carter Papers, 1837-1975 (bulk 1860-1869) were purchased by
The Bancroft Library from Ken Lopez on January 7, 1993.
Accruals
No additions are expected.
System of Arrangement
Arranged to the folder level.
Processing Information
Processed by Charis Anne Baz Takaro and Lisa de Larios in October 1998.
Biography
William A. Carter of Virginia began his army service in the Seminole War and became a sutler or purveyor after his discharge.
Later, as a Missouri settler and an 1850 overland emigrant to California, Carter came to Fort Bridger with Albert Johnston's
Utah Expedition in 1857 and spent the rest of his life there as a sutler and post trader. In addition to his business provisioning
emigrants traveling overland, Carter was active in mining, lumbering, and ranching. He was his own bookkeeper, a custodian
of government funds, and served in a number of public offices, including those of probate judge, justice of the peace, and
notary public. He was known as a friend of the Shoshone and Ute Indians. Carter unsuccessfully solicited an appointment as
Wyoming Territory's first governor, and was a public relations man for Fort Bridger and the area, giving enthusiastic accounts
during his regular trips to Virginia and Washington D.C. After his death in 1881 until 1890, his widow, Mary E. Carter, and
their children carried on business at Fort Bridger.
Fort Bridger was a trading post in Utah Territory at Black's Fork on the Green River, in what is now Uinta County, Wyoming.
It was established by mountain man, Jim Bridger, with Louis Vasquez, as an emigrant supply stop on the Oregon Trail in 1843,
and was purchased by the Mormons in 1853. Burned during the Mormon conflicts in 1857, the fort was rebuilt in 1858 for use
by the army and was run by Carter. Although the army leased the fort from Bridger, both Bridger and Brigham Young believed
they owned the fort. Fort Bridger was an important supply station for emigrants traveling overland, and served as one of the
main hubs of westward expansion used by mountain men, Indians, emigrants, Mormon pioneers, the U.S. Army, and the Pony Express.
As Carter's residence, it also served as a social, cultural, and political center in the region, drawing guests from the East
and those with business in the area. Carter's family continued to live at the fort until 1928, when it was sold to the Wyoming
Historical Landmark Commission for preservation. Today Fort Bridger is a Wyoming State Park.
Scope and Content of Collection
The William Alexander Carter papers, 1837-1975 (bulk 1860s) contains Carter's business and personal papers as a sutler at
Fort Bridger, Utah Territory. The bulk of the collection consists of correspondence, mainly to Carter, along with legal papers,
financial records, and items relating to Carter and to his family. The papers give a detailed view of a busy period during
the history of Fort Bridger as a center of regional business and government, and likewise reflect the business, political,
and personal aspects of Carter's career during an active and successful period. Carter's business involved people from all
over the United States, but regional centers like Salt Lake City and St. Louis are particularly well represented, as is New
York City.
Correspondence includes letters to Carter from high-level U.S. government and army officials, army personnel at regional forts,
merchants, financial institutions and others involved in business affairs in the Rocky Mountains and in Utah Territory, along
with a small number of letters from Carter. Also includes letters to J. Van Allen Carter and other Carter family members.
Financial records of daily business operations at Fort Bridger reflect its role as a trading post and government supplier,
while legal records relate to the Fort Bridger land ownership controversy between Jim Bridger, Brigham Young, and the U.S.
government. Includes Carter's governmental appointments, contracts for army supplies between Carter and the government or
other individuals, material relating to mining and petroleum claims and real estate, as well as documents generated by Carter
as Probate Judge and by David A. Burr as Justice of the Peace at Fort Bridger. Writings by and about Carter include his brief
notes on the Seminole War and on Indian activity at Fort Bridger, a "diary" probably compiled from letters he wrote to his
wife, and other miscellaneous items.
Also included with the collection are the research materials gathered by Herbert Auerbach for a book or article on Fort Bridger.
These include Auerbach's notes, documents copied from various institutions and publications, reminiscences collected about
Jim Bridger, Louis Vasquez, William Alexander Carter, mountain men and trappers, and life at Fort Bridger, as well as photographs
of Jim Bridger, William A. Carter, and the Fort Bridger area.
Series 1
Correspondence
1859-1886,
undated
Physical Description:
Boxes 1-3; Box 4, folders 1-17
Arrangement
Divided into three sub-series: Outgoing, Incoming, and Letters neither to nor from Carter.
Scope and Content Note
Consists of letters to Carter; the very few that are from Carter appear to be duplicates copied by him or by a clerk. Some
of the letters to Carter deal with financial, business or legal matters also reflected in other series. Letters neither to
nor from Carter are few; these are mainly to James Van Allen Carter, with few to Richard Carter and miscellaneous other individuals.
Correspondence is housed one letter in each folder.
Subseries 1.1
Outgoing
1860-1879,
undated
Physical Description:
Box 1, folders 1-37
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
Scope and Content Note
Contains letters written by William Alexander Carter.
Box 1, Folder 1
Carter, Richard H.
1860 July 11
Box 1, Folder 2
Edwin McMasters, 1814-1869
1862 June 28
Box 1, Folder 3
Filley, O.D.
1862 June 29
Box 1, Folder 4
Eaton, J. E., Major
1862 July 8
Box 1, Folder 5
Morgan, C. H., Lieutenant
1862 Oct. 7
Box 1, Folder 7-8
Stanton, Edwin McMasters, 1814-1869
1864 March 20-April 4
Box 1, Folder 9
Hamilton, Richard H.
1864 Oct. 20
Box 1, Folder 10
Leavitt, D. B.
1864 Nov. 1
Box 1, Folder 11-16
Scatt, L. B.
1864 Nov. 23 -1865 Jan. 12
Box 1, Folder 17
Connor, P. E. (Patrick Edward), 1820-1891
1865 Jan. 23
Box 1, Folder 18
Scatt, L. B.
1865 Jan. 28
Box 1, Folder 19
Randall, Alexander William
1865 March 13
Box 1, Folder 20
Creighton, Edward
1865 May 11
Box 1, Folder 21-22
Sharp, John
1865 June 19 -26
Box 1, Folder 23
Stenhouse, T. B. H. (Thomas Brown Holmes),
1865 Sept. 2
Box 1, Folder 24
Carter, Mary E.
1866 March 23
Box 1, Folder 25
Hamilton, Richard H.
1866 April 13
Box 1, Folder 26
Carter, Mary E.
1866 May 22
Box 1, Folder 27
Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891
1867 March 6
Box 1, Folder 28
Stanton, Edwin McMasters, 1814-1869
1867 March 12
Box 1, Folder 29
Grassee, J. M.
1867 May 4
Box 1, Folder 30
Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875
1868 July 28
Box 1, Folder 31
Paymaster General
1869 April 4
Scope and Content Note
By James Van Allen Carter, 1838-1896
Box 1, Folder 32
Jacobs, Edward C.
1871 Jan. 23
Box 1, Folder 33
Palmer, J. W., General
1875 May 9
Box 1, Folder 34
Clark, S. H. H.
1877 July 15
Box 1, Folder 35
Davis, O. F.
1879 Sept. 22
Box 1, Folder 36
Smith, John E., General
1879 Oct. 29
Box 1, Folder 37
Unidentified letter
undated
Subseries 1.2
Incoming
1859-1886,
undated
Physical Description:
Box 1, folders 38-123; Boxes 2-3
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically.
Scope and Content Note
Contains incoming letters to William Alexander Carter from various individuals and companies.
Box 1, Folder 38
Adams, Thomas
1863 Nov. 16
Box 1, Folder 39
Armistead, W. B.
1861 Oct. 11
Box 1, Folder 40-42
Ashton & Tait
1863 Sept. 10, 1864 Oct. 28
Box 1, Folder 43-44
A.S. Parker & Co.
1860 March 13, 1861 May 18
Box 1, Folder 45
Babcock & Co.
1866 Nov. 14
Box 1, Folder 46
Bancroft, A.D.
1867 June 11
Box 1, Folder 47-48
Barrow & Co.
1864 Aug. 8-19
Scope and Content Note
By M. Spotswood
Box 1, Folder 49
Barrow, J. E.
1864 Aug 13
Box 1, Folder 50
Bateman, A. L.
1864 Oct. 7
Box 1, Folder 51-54
Bell, William
1860 March 28 -June 7
Box 1, Folder 55
Benedict, Hall, & Co.
1867 Aug. 9
Box 1, Folder 56-57
Birthright, J.P.
1864 Aug. 30 -Oct. 26
Box 1, Folder 58
Bittinger, J. S.
1864 March 10
Box 1, Folder 59
Bradley & Co.
1865 Nov. 20
Box 1, Folder 60
Brizzee, W. A.
1867 July 22
Box 1, Folder 61-62
Brown, Albert, Captain
1885 Nov. 21, 1886 Aug. 27
Box 1, Folder 63-65
Bryan & Hardcastle
1860 April 12, 1861 May 3
Box 1, Folder 66
Buchanan, A. S.
1864 Jan. 27
Box 1, Folder 67
Buford, John, Captain
1860 Sep 19
Box 1, Folder 68
Bullock, Thomas
1866 March 21
Box 1, Folder 69
Burleigh, Walter Atwood, 1820-1896
1868 July 26
Box 1, Folder 70
Burns, Samuel
1875 Sept. 6
Box 1, Folder 71
Burr, David A.
1861 Nov. 18
Box 1, Folder 72
Cabot & Senter
1863 Oct. 28
Box 1, Folder 73-74
Campbell, John. A., b. 1835
1869 July 12-Aug. 9
Box 1, Folder 75
Campbell, Robert, 1804-1879
1864 Dec. 23
Box 1, Folder 76
Carlysle, Henry
1864 July 7
Box 1, Folder 77-78
Carter, James Van Allen, 1838-1896
1866 Aug 11-29
Box 1, Folder 79
Carter, Moore
1864 July 30
Box 1, Folder 80
Carter, Richard H.
1860 June 20
Box 1, Folder 81
C. D. Sullivan & Co.
1862 June 21
Scope and Content Note
By I. Moshea
Box 1, Folder 82
Chamberlain, James
1867 Sept. 3
Box 1, Folder 83-84
Charless, Blow & Co.
1860 June 4, 1862 Jan. 21
Box 1, Folder 85-86
Chetlain, Augustus L. (Augustus Louis), 1824-1914
1868 Jan. 30-July 25
Box 1, Folder 87-88
Cisco, John J.
1861 July 9-Nov. 1
Box 1, Folder 89
Clampitt, John W. (John Wesley), b. 1839
1867 Nov. 16
Box 1, Folder 90-95
Connor, P. E. (Patrick Edward), 1820-1891
1865 June 8, 1866 Aug. 24
Box 1, Folder 96
Cornell, James
1865 Oct. 25
Box 1, Folder 97-98
Cowles, J. E.
1866 Nov. 28, 1867 April 23
Box 1, Folder 99-101
Crossman, G. H.
1860 Feb. 29-Sept. 17
Box 1, Folder 102
D. & H. Siegel
1865 Nov. 17
Box 1, Folder 103
Daniels, J. W.
1869 July 6
Box 1, Folder 104
Davis, Sallie J.
1864 Oct. 26
Box 1, Folder 105-114
Dean, Samuel
1863 June 11-1866 Sept. 6
Box 1, Folder 115
Denny, P.B., Lieutenant
1865 Dec 23
Box 1, Folder 116-117
DeWolfe, S.
1866 Dec 28,
1867 Oct. 17
Box 1, Folder 118
Dickinson, W.G.
1868 Dec. 23
Box 1, Folder 119
Doty, Governor J.D.
1865 Feb. 14
Box 1, Folder 120-121
Dyer Brothers
1860, Sept. 6-14
Box 1, Folder 122-123
Dyer, G.M.
1862 Nov. 22, Dec. 18
Box 2, Folder 1-3
Eldredge & Clawson
1867 Jan. 30-Aug. 12
Box 2, Folder 4
Ely, Charles P.
1863 April 18
Box 2, Folder 5
Esali, Gottlieb
1875 Aug. 22
Box 2, Folder 6
Ethier, Anthony, Lieutenant
1863 Feb. 8
Box 2, Folder 7-9
Field Brothers
1864 Jan. 16 - 1866 Nov. 26
Scope and Content Note
By John T. Field
Box 2, Folder 10
Field, Dayton
1864 Dec. 15
Box 2, Folder 11
Filley, Chauncey I
1860 Nov. 30
Box 2, Folder 12-13
Filley, O. D.
1860 Oct. 5-19
Box 2, Folder 14-15
First National Bank of Omaha
1867 March 1-23
Scope and Content Note
By H. W. Yates
Box 2, Folder 16
Foy, Charles
1862 March 24
Box 2, Folder 17
Fuller, Frank
1862 Jan. 23
Scope and Content Note
Acting Governor, Utah Territory
Box 2, Folder 18
Fulton & Terry
1862 Dec. 8
Box 2, Folder 19
George Sutch & Co.
1867 July 1
Box 2, Folder 20-21
Gilbert & Gorrish
1862 Aug. 30, 1863 May 29
Box 2, Folder 22
Glison, J. B.
1867 Nov. 13
Box 2, Folder 23-24
Gooding, O.P., Colonel
1862 Nov. 29, 1865 Feb. 18
Box 2, Folder 25
Greely, A. W. (Adolphus Washington), 1844-1935
1867 Dec. 8
Box 2, Folder 26-28
Green & Brother
1860 Jan. 11, 1861 Feb. 9
Box 2, Folder 29
Guild, Mrs. Charles
1879 June 17
Box 2, Folder 30
Hand, George
1867 Nov. 11
Box 2, Folder 31-32
H. & R. B. Whittemore & Co.
1864 July 27-Oct. 18
Box 2, Folder 33-34
Harriman, George C.
1864 Feb 8-29
Box 2, Folder 35
Hartnell, John
1859 Feb. 4
Scope and Content Note
Secretary, Office of the Governor, Utah
Box 2, Folder 36
Hatch, Abram, 1830-1911
1871 Jan. 24
Box 2, Folder 37-39
Helfenstein, Gore & Co.
1860 June 1-1863 July 15
Box 2, Folder 41-46
Hempstead, Charles H.
1865 March 19-1866 Aug. 6
Box 2, Folder 47
H. J. Rogers & Company
1871 Jan. 2
Scope and Content Note
By John W. Donnellan
Box 2, Folder 48
Holbert, Charles
1867 July 29
Box 2, Folder 49-50
Holladay & Halsey
1864 Dec. 1, 1866 April 6
Box 2, Folder 51
Hooper, Eldredge & Co.
1862 May 16
Scope and Content Note
By W. Clayton
Box 2, Folder 52
Howard, William
1864 Nov. 21
Box 2, Folder 53
Hughes, B. M.
1864 Nov. 11
Box 2, Folder 55
Hughes, L. W.
1864 Aug. 8
Box 2, Folder 56-69
Hunt, F. E., Major
1860 Feb. 15- 1861 Oct. 29
Box 2, Folder 70
Hussey, Dahler & Co.
1867 July 2
Box 2, Folder 71-72
Jackson, George
1859 Feb. 27- March 8
Box 2, Folder 73
J. A. Ware & Co.
1865 Nov. 11
Box 2, Folder 74-79
Jennings, William, 1823-1886
1864 Aug. 31- 1867 Feb. 22
Box 2, Folder 80
Jocelyn, S. E.
1865 May 24
Box 2, Folder 82
Kellen, Charles W.
1864 Sept. 29
Box 2, Folder 83
Kerlagh, Theodore
1864 Nov. 21
Box 2, Folder 84
Kimball & Lawrence
1868 March 13
Scope and Content Note
By Thomas W. Armstrong
Box 2, Folder 85-88
Kintzing, Charles S.
1863 Jan. 23-1866 Dec. 3
Box 2, Folder 89-91
Kittredge, W., Captain
1864 Oct. 1-1866 Aug. 23
Box 2, Folder 92
Komas, Richard D.
1874 July 15
Box 2, Folder 93-94
Kountze Brothers
1864 Oct. 17-Nov. 3
Box 2, Folder 95
Lathrop, Ludington & Co.
1864 Nov. 18
Box 2, Folder 96
Lechener, John A.
1861 Feb. 18
Box 2, Folder 97-98
Leed, James S.
1864 Aug. 11-Dec. 12
Box 2, Folder 99
Litchfield, A. T.
1866 Jan. 3
Box 2, Folder 100-107
Livingston, Bell & Co.
1859 Jan. 5-1862 Aug. 11
Box 2, Folder 108-110
Livingston, Howard
1862 Nov. 21-1865 Dec. 5
Box 2, Folder 111
Love, John A.
1864 Aug. 28
Box 2, Folder 112
Lynes, Edward
1864 Oct. 28
Box 2, Folder 113
Mansell, A. J.
1867 Sept. 13
Box 2, Folder 114-115
Mason, E. C.
1860 May 17-Sept. 19
Box 2, Folder 116
Matthewson, J. H., Captain
1865 Oct. 10
Box 2, Folder 117
Miller, A. B.
1860 Sept. 24
Box 2, Folder 118
Miller, J. R.
1866 Sept. 6
Box 3, Folder 1-11
Miners' National Bank
1867 Jan. 14-Oct. 22
Box 3, Folder 12
Moore, J. K.
1870 June 18
Box 3, Folder 13-16
Myers, W., General
1869 Aug. 27-1874 June 10
Box 3, Folder 17-21
Neels, John N.
1864 Aug. 29-1866 Oct. 6
Box 3, Folder 22
Neill, James
1865 Nov. 30
Box 3, Folder 23
Nevin, Jackman & Co.
1861 Sept. 7
Box 3, Folder 24
Nevin, J. C.
1864 Oct. 17
Box 3, Folder 25
Nicholson, Walter
1866 Oct. 30
Box 3, Folder 26
Nowlan, William
1863 April 14
Box 3, Folder 28
Palmer, J. W., General
1875 April 4
Box 3, Folder 29-30
Perry, J. C.
1864 July 30, 1865 July 5
Box 3, Folder 31
Petrie & Co.
1866 July 1
Scope and Content Note
By John H. McKee
Box 3, Folder 32
Postmaster General, Second Assistant
1863 Sept. 8
Scope and Content Note
By E. L. Childs
Box 3, Folder 34-37
Price, George F., Captain
1864 Sept. 1-1867 Aug. 27
Box 3, Folder 38
Purple, Edwin R. (Edwin Ruthven), 1831-1879
1864 April 5
Box 3, Folder 39-43
Rasin, U. M.
1869 Nov. 2-1870 June 13
Box 3, Folder 44
Reid, Robert K.
1863 Nov. 14
Box 3, Folder 45
Rhodes, D. W.
1867 July 15
Box 3, Folder 46-57
Robert Campbell & Co.
1860 March 1-
1867 Dec. 5
Box 3, Folder 58-60
Root, Frank A. (Frank Albert), 1837-1926
1864 Sept. 25-
Oct. 12
Box 3, Folder 61
Ross & Barrett
1867 June 25
Box 3, Folder 62
Runyon, A. N.
1867, Sept. 4
Box 3, Folder 63-64
Russell, Majors, and Waddell
1860 Aug. 18, 1861 Aug. 30
Scope and Content Note
By John W. Russell
Box 3, Folder 65
Russell, Mrs. Joseph E. S.
1864 Dec. 26
Box 3, Folder 66
Russell, W. H.
1860 Oct. 17
Box 3, Folder 67
Sample, W. C.
1864 Feb 19
Box 3, Folder 68
Samuel C. Davis & Co.
1875 July 13
Box 3, Folder 69
Sharp, A. B.
1866 July 24
Box 3, Folder 71
Sherwood, Charles K.
1867 April 18
Box 3, Folder 72
Shoemaker, F. M.
1865 Nov. 30
Box 3, Folder 73
Shrewsberry, W. S.
1866 Nov. 16
Box 3, Folder 74
Simmons, J. M.
1864 Jan. 7
Box 3, Folder 76
Stein, Aaron
1865 Sept. 28
Box 3, Folder 77
Stein, Nathan
1866 Dec. 17
Box 3, Folder 78
Stewart, A. J. & B. F.
1860 July 31
Box 3, Folder 79-81
Stover, D. B., Captain
1864 Aug. 26-1865 Nov. 16
Box 3, Folder 82
Street, A. W.
1867 Sept. 17
Box 3, Folder 83
Strong, H. M
1863 April 13
Box 3, Folder 84
Thurmond, J. M.
1868 Feb 16
Box 3, Folder 85-88
Tierny, Frank
1869 June 25-July 26
Box 3, Folder 89
Titus, John
1864 Sept. 14
Box 3, Folder 90
Valdez, P. M.
1879 July 30
Box 3, Folder 91-92
Walker, James E.
1860 Nov. 9-1861 Jan. 24
Box 3, Folder 93
Wells Fargo & Company
1867 March 5
Box 3, Folder 94-95
Westbrook, R. L., Captain
1865 Jan. 18, 1866 Nov. 18
Box 3, Folder 96
Westwood, J. M.
1866 Dec 22
Box 3, Folder 97-98
Wilson, George, Jr.
1869 Nov. 23-28
Box 3, Folder 99
Wilson, Posey S.
1865 Sept. 21
Box 3, Folder 100
W. Kiskadden & Co.
1863 Aug. 15
Box 3, Folder 102
Wolfe, U. [Udolpho?]
1861 Jan. 20
Box 3, Folder 103-106
Wolff & Hoppe
1860 May 4-1862 Nov. 22
Box 3, Folder 108
Woolworth & Barton
1867 Sept. 12
Box 3, Folder 109
Wright George R.
1869 June 16
Box 3, Folder 110
Young, Robert H.
1881 Aug. 26
Box 3, Folder 111-113
Zabriskie, E. B., Captain
1865 May 9-Dec. 2
Box 3, Folder 114-115
Illegible
1859 Jan. 18,
1860 May 19
Box 3, Folder 116
Miscellaneous calling cards and envelopes
undated
Subseries 1.3
Letters neither to nor from Carter
1864-1877,
undated
Physical Description:
Box 4, folders 1-14
Arrangement
Arranged hierarchically.
Scope and Content Note
Contains letters to other Carter family members as well as others involved with Fort Bridger.
Letters to James Van Allen Carter
1838-1896
Box 4, Folder 1
A. Kuhn & Company
1875 June 28
Box 4, Folder 2
Bradford, Brother & Co.
1874 Nov. 19
Box 4, Folder 3
Crichton, J. J.
1871 Feb. 8
Box 4, Folder 4
Edy, Augustus
1868 Nov. 5
Box 4, Folder 5
Forshey, Madison T.
1877 March 12
Box 4, Folder 6
O'Tool, John
1868 March 27
Box 4, Folder 8
Summers, William
1877 March 10
Box 4, Folder 9
Wright, S. H.
1875 June 24
Letters to Richard H. Carter
Box 4, Folder 10
Brookie, A. V.
1875 Jan. 10
Box 4, Folder 11
D. & H. Siegel
1867 Jan. 1
Box 4, Folder 12
James Smith & Co.
1864 Oct. 30
Box 4, Folder 13
Kintzing, Charles S.
1865 Nov. 8
Box 4, Folder 14
Purple, Edwin R. (Edwin Ruthven), 1831-1879
1864 Aug. 7
Box 4, Folder 15
Catlin, Dick
1865 Sept. 27
Scope and Content Note
To Richard H. Hamilton
Box 4, Folder 16
Craig, James
1862 Aug. 3
Scope and Content Note
To General Ben Loan
Box 4, Folder 17
Simpson, J. H. (James Hervey), 1813-1883
1866 Jan. 28
Scope and Content Note
To T. C. Duvant
Series 2
Administrative Records
1857-1888,
undated
Physical Description:
Box 4, folders 18-76; Oversize Folder 1 A
Arrangement
Divided into two sub-series: Financial Records and Legal Records.
Scope and Content Note
Contains the business records of Carter's business at Fort Bridger, legal matters concerning Fort Bridger, as well as records
of Carter's other roles at Fort Bridger.
Subseries 2.1
Financial Records
1858-1888,
undated
Physical Description:
Box 4, folders 18-66; Oversize folder 1A
Arrangement
Arranged hierarchically and then alphabetically where appropriate.
Scope and Content Note
Contains bills, account summaries, and invoices or other statements from Carter's suppliers, financial institutions and others
with whom he did business, as well as inventories of goods at Fort Bridger, advertisements, and instructions for items possibly
purchased by Carter.
Box 4, Folder 18
Inventories of goods at Fort Bridger
1858,
1862,
1868,
undated
Box 4, Folder 19
Advertisements and instructions for goods
1862-1864,
undated
Box 4, Folder 21
Benedict, Hall & Co.
1868,
1877
Box 4, Folder 23
Bryan & Hardcastle
1862-1863
Box 4, Folder 24
Charles S. Kintzing & Co.
1864-1867
Oversize Drawer A, Folder 1
Charles S. Kintzing & Co.
1864-1867
Box 4, Folder 26
Excelsior Manufacturing Co.
1862,
1868
Box 4, Folder 27
Filley, Chauncey I.
1861-1862
Oversize Drawer A, Folder 1
Filley, Chauncey I.
1861-1862
Box 4, Folder 28
Gerard B. Allen & Co.
1868
Box 4, Folder 29
Gill & Brother
1862,
1864
Box 4, Folder 31
Grimsley & Co.
1862,
1864
Box 4, Folder 32
H. & R. B. Whittemore & Co.
1859-1868
Box 4, Folder 33
Helfenstein, Gore & Co.
1859-1860
Box 4, Folder 34
Howard, Sanger & Co.
1868
Box 4, Folder 36
J. Green & Co.
1862,
1866,
1867
Box 4, Folder 37
John V. Farwell & Co.
1869
Box 4, Folder 38
L. Cohn & Co.
1868,
undated
Box 4, Folder 40
Livingston, Bell & Co.
1859-1861
Box 4, Folder 41
Missouri River Packet Line
1864
Box 4, Folder 42
Robert Campbell & Co.
1862-1868
Box 4, Folder 43
Robertson, John
1863-1878
Scope and Content Note
a.k.a. "Uncle" Jack Robinson
Box 4, Folder 44
Scarrit, Curtis & Mason
1868
Box 4, Folder 46
Stringer, Allen & Co.
1862,
1866
Box 4, Folder 47
Union Pacific Railroad Company
1875
Box 4, Folder 48
William L. Ewing & Co.
1868
Box 4, Folder 49
William Jennings & Co.
1864,
1866,
1868
Oversize Drawer A, Folder 1
William Jennings & Co.
1864,
1866,
1868
Box 4, Folder 51
Woolworth & Barton
1867,
undated
Box 4, Folder 52-65
Miscellaneous
1858-1877,
1888
Oversize Drawer A, Folder 1
Miscellaneous
1858-1877,
1888
Box 4, Folder 66
Miscellaneous envelopes
1866,
undated
Subseries 2.2
Legal Records
1857-1878,
undated
Physical Description:
Box 4, folders 67-76
Arrangement
Arranged hierarchically.
Scope and Content Note
Contains Carter's copies and original documents relating to the Fort Bridger ownership controversy, including items relating
to or by Carter, Silas Reed, Randolph Barnes Marcy, and Jim Bridger. Also includes Carter's government appointments, contracts,
mining and petroleum claims, real estate and miscellaneous legal or official documents, and drafts or copies of congressional
acts, along with legal papers from Carter's role as Probate Judge and David A. Burr, Justice of the Peace, at Fort Bridger.
Box 4, Folder 67
Documents, correspondence, and notes regarding Fort Bridger ownership controversy
1857,
1872-1878,
undated
Box 4, Folder 68
William A. Carter's governmental appointments
1858-1865
Box 4, Folder 69
Contracts between William Alexander Carter and the United States government
1859-1862,
1867
Box 4, Folder 70
Contracts between William Alexander Carter and others
1859,
1861,
1865,
1867
Box 4, Folder 71
Mineral and petroleum claims
1865,
1867-1868
Box 4, Folder 72
Miscellaneous real estate documents
1853,
1868-1869
Box 4, Folder 73
Miscellaneous legal or official documents
1860,
1862,
1868,
undated
Box 4, Folder 74
Congressional acts
undated
Box 4, Folder 75
Documents generated by William Alexander Carter as Probate Judge
1860-1861,
1867-1870
Box 4, Folder 76
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
Physical Description:
Box 5, folders 1-6
Arrangement
Arranged hierarchically.
Scope and Content Note
Includes two manuscript notes regarding the Seminole War (1837) and Indian activity at Fort Bridger (1863), a diary (accompanied
by remarks from one of Carter's children), and the
True Story of Fort Bridger by Lulie Carter Groshon.
Box 5, Folder 1
Notes regarding Seminole War and Indian activity at Fort Bridger
1837,
1863
Box 5, Folder 2-5
"Diary", possibly compiled from letters to his wife with remarks by one of his children
1857-1859,
undated
Box 5, Folder 6
"The True Story of Fort Bridger" Groshon, Lulie Carter
circa 1924
Series 4
Herbert Auerbach's Research Material
1865-1926,
undated
Physical Description:
Box 5, folders 7-45; Oversize Folder 2 A
Arrangement
Arranged hierarchically.
Scope and Content Note
Contains research material for an unpublished(?) book or article about Fort Bridger functions as a subject file on topics
and personalities around Fort Bridger, and includes his own notes as well as clippings and other information sources. Although
mostly undated, the files relate to Jim Bridger, Fort Bridger, Fort Supply, Camp Floyd, various individuals, including William
A. Carter and Louis Vasquez, mountain men, trappers and traders, and related topics. Also includes photographs of William
A. Carter, Jim Bridger, and Fort Bridger.
Box 5, Folder 9
Excerpts and references
undated
Box 5, Folder 10
Miscellaneous notes
undated
Box 5, Folder 12
Fort Bridger and Fort Supply
undated
Box 5, Folder 16-17
Mountain men, trappers, and traders
1925,
undated
Box 5, Folder 19
Auerbach article [?]
undated
Scope and Content Note
Bibliography and first 23 pages missing
Box 5, Folder 20
"Journal history"
1865,
1868
Box 5, Folder 22
List of photographers
undated
Box 5, Folder 23
William A. Carter
undated
Box 5, Folder 25
Jim Bridger and Louis Vasquez
1924
Box 5, Folder 26
Fur trade/explorers
Andrew Henry and William Ashley
1922
Box 5, Folder 27
Fort Laramie and Fort Bridger Memorial
undated
Box 5, Folder 29
Lige Driscoll [Eligha Driskell?], Sam Smith, and Phil Mass
undated
Box 5, Folder 30
Phil Mass and George Stoll
undated
Box 5, Folder 31
General Patrick E. Connor
undated
Box 5, Folder 32
Bob (Robert L.) Hereford
undated
Box 5, Folder 35
John Robertson
undated
Scope and Content Note
a.k.a. "Uncle" Jack Robinson
Box 5, Folder 36
Jim Miller, Millersville
undated
Box 5, Folder 39
Miscellaneous notes, mostly illegible
undated
Box 5, Folder 42
Gowans, Fred R., and Eugene E. Campbell
circa 1975
Scope and Content Note
Fort Bridger: Island in the Wilderness
Box 5, Folder 43
Photographs of Jim Bridger and Black's Fork Bridge
1889,
circa 1880s
Box 5, Folder 44
Portraits of William Alexander Carter
undated
Box 5, Folder 45
Miscellaneous pictorial material relating to Fort Bridger
undated
Oversize Drawer A, Folder 2
Miscellaneous pictorial material relating to Fort Bridger
undated
