Title:
A[mbrose] E. Burnside letter, 1857 April 26
Creator/Contributor:
Online Archive of California
Abstract:
[Union Army General]. One 1857 letter (ALS) to Col. (?) re getting the "Big Mail Contract" across the plains to California
and asking for support for his proposal. Earlier, after the Mexican-American War, ca. 1848-1849, he was a lieutenant in the
U.S. Army, assigned to protecting the Western mail routes through Nevada to California. Bristol, Rhode Island, 26 Apr. 1857.
Date:
1857 (issued)
Note:
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Cite as: [Identification of item], A[mbrose] E. Burnside letter, Wyles SC 439. Department of Special Collections, UC Santa
Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
Physical Description:
0.015 linear feet
Language:
English
Identifier:
Origin:
No place, unknown, or undetermined
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Use governed by UCSB Special Collections policy.