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James W. Ripley letter and telegrams, 1837 July 24; 1861 Sept. 1; 1861 Sept. 4.
Wyles SC 191LOCAL
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Title:

James W. Ripley letter and telegrams, 1837 July 24; 1861 Sept. 1; 1861 Sept. 4

Creator/Contributor:

Ripley, James W. (James Wolfe), 1794-1870, creator

Creator/Contributor:

Morton, Oliver P. (Oliver Perry), 1823-1877, correspondent.

Creator/Contributor:

Online Archive of California

Abstract:

One holograph letter written and signed by J. W. Ripley in Augusta, Maine to Mr. Bond and Sons, watchmakers in Boston, to ask that they deliver a watch to Mr. James Baker. Two telegrams written on official stationery of the Western Union Telegraph Company to Gov. O. P. Morton, the 14th Governor of Indiana. The first telegram, sent from St. Louis on behalf of D. G. Rose, is about the Davis and Pattersons Regiments being ordered to Jefferson City and the guns that Morton sent would be forwarded to the Davis Regiment because they are superior to the French guns. The second telegram, sent from Washington on behalf of Brigadier General J. W. Ripley, is about the Assistant Secretary of War not knowing the amount of available ordinance when he telegraphed Morton, thus, Morton's order must be postponed until more supplies are available and more urgent demands have been met.

Date:

1837 (issued)

Subject:

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United States
United States. -- Army -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Correspondence
États-Unis. -- Army -- Histoire -- Guerre de Sécession, 1861-1865 -- Correspondance
United States. -- Army
Ripley, James W. (James Wolfe) -- 1794-1870 -- Correspondence
Baker, James
Rose, D. G
Ripley, James W. (James Wolfe) -- 1794-1870

Note:

Use of the collection is unrestricted.
Use governed by UCSB Special Collections policy.
James W. Ripley was a soldier in the United States Army who graduated from West Point in 1814. He commanded the Kennebec arsenal between 1833 and 1842 and with the outbreak of the Civil War in 1861, he was promoted to Brigadier General and appointed Chief of Ordnance of the Union Army.
Cite as: [Identification of item], James W. Ripley letter and telegraphs. Wyles SC 191. Department of Special Collections, Davidson Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Type:

letters (correspondence)
telegraphs.
History.
Personal correspondence.
Personal correspondence.
Correspondance privée.

Physical Description:

3 items (3 leaves) ; 25 x 20 cm ; 14 x 21 cm.

Language:

English

Identifier:

Wyles SC 191LOCAL

Origin:

California

Copyright Note:

Use of the collection is unrestricted.
Use governed by UCSB Special Collections policy.