Box 1
Contains 11 Results:
Letter book of Henry C. Merriam, U.S.A., 1865 - 1877
Topics addressed include: the capture of Fort Blakely, Alabama and the colored troops therein; an Indian skirmish near the Arkansas River; military plan of mobile detachments to fight Indians in preference to establishment of a permanent sub-post; requests for aid of Mexican military in the capture of marauding cattle thieves; matters pertaining to his personal military career; and domestic matters. Press cuttings are also tipped in or pasted in.
Essentials of Infantry Tactics, by H.C. Merriam, Col. 7th Infantry, 1891 April 4
A clipping from the Army and Navy Register.
Condensed record of Colonel H. C. Merriam, 7th U.S. Infantry., Undated
General court martial. Orders no. 4, 1877 January 16
A small printed pamphlet describing the court martial of Sg. Daniel Long.
Miles desired supreme power, 29 March
"President transmits correspondence concerning the General's Philippine scheme, showing why he endorsed secretary Root's disapproval of it."
Reiterates his words, 1907 24 April
"...President Roosevelt replied to the criticism of his recent letter, in which he referred to Moyer and Haywood, officials of the Western Federation of Miners, charged with implication in the murder of former Gov. Steunenberg of Idaho, as 'undesirable citizens.'"
The President's rejoinder, 1907 25 April
Includes letter to editor by Eugene V. Debs.
Howls for a revolution, 1907 4 May
"Socialists parade and talk for Moyer and Haywood"
Ghastly story of the Coeur d'Alene; events leading up to the Steunenberg murder, 1907 5 May
"When William D. Haywood, secretary of the Western Federation of Miners, comes up for trial at Boise, Idaho, May 9, for the murder of ex-Gov. Steunenberg, his trial will involve a living sociological question, It is either the end or the climax of a long war in the Rocky mountain regions between the Mine Owners' Association and the Western Federation of Miners."