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Box 1

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Contains 1 Result:

Letter signed Alex, Fort Vancouver, W.T., to Ma [Mrs. Alexander C. Badger]. Family news, mention of Emma [Cayton], Will, and Charlie. Some emigrants were attacked near Salmon Falls on the Lewis Fork of the Columbia. Troops have been sent in pursuit of the Snake Indians [Shoshone]. Mr. Brooks sent me some gymnastic apparatus that was used by [William S.] Harney when he was stationed here., 1860 Oct 8

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection: Collection contains material of the St. Louis-based Badger family, including letters of Capt. Alexander Badger, Sr. and Jr.; newsclippings; bonds; steamboat memoranda; a pilot certificate issued to William H. Cable in 1852; envelopes of Wells Fargo and Overland Mail; cards of steamboat Magnolia and a timetable of St. Louis railroads and steamships; material concerning the Badger, Cable and Cayton families; two Missouri defense bonds issued in 186-; and several letters...
Dates: 1860 Oct 8