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Size | 198 items. |
Abstract | MICROFILM ONLY. Captain of volunteers in the Mexican War; United States agent to the Chickasaws at Fort Washita, Indian Territory, 1851-1862; official in the Department of the Interior in Washington, D.C.; colonel of the 5th Virginia Regiment, Confederate States of America; from Augusta County, Va. Letters from Harper to his family describing military activities and his impressions of Mexico during the Mexican War; correspondence about Harper's activities as United States agent to the Chickasaw Indians at Fort Washita, Okla.; correspondence about the Department of the Interior, including letters from Alexander Hugh Holmes Stuart, Secretary of the Interior; Confederate Army papers, including receipts, orders, and correspondence, some relating to deserters; papers of his grandson relating to Harper's Confederate career; and a map of Berkeley County, Va., 1847. |
Creator | Harper, Kenton, 1801-1867. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
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Captain of volunteers in the Mexican War; United States agent to the Chickasaws at Fort Washita, Indian Territory, 1851-1862; official in the Department of the Interior in Washington, D.C.; colonel of the 5th Virginia Regiment, C.S.A; from Augusta County, Va.
Back to TopMICROFILM ONLY. Letters from Harper to his family describing military activities and his impressions of Mexico during the Mexican War; correspondence about Harper's activities as United States agent to the Chickasaw Indians at Fort Washita, Okla.; correspondence about the Department of the Interior, including letters from Alexander Hugh Holmes Stuart, Secretary of the Interior; Confederate Army papers, including receipts, orders, and correspondence, some relating to deserters; papers of his grandson relating to Harper's Confederate career; and a map of Berkeley County, Va., 1847.
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