Harvey Brown letterbooks

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unitid

{"value"=>"MssCol 414", "type"=>"local_call"}

{"value"=>"414", "type"=>"local_mss"}

unittitle

{"value"=>"Harvey Brown letterbooks"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"1826-1856", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1826/1856"}

physdesc

{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>".31 linear foot (3 volumes)"}], "supress_display"=>true}

abstract

{"value"=>"Letterbooks kept by Harvey Brown, a Colonel in the U.S. Artillery, while stationed at St. Augustine, Florida; Fort Delaware, Delaware; Fort Hamilton, New York; Governors Island, New York; and Fort Myers, Florida. Letters relate to the Office of Assistant Quartermaster with reports on highways, bridges, etc., near St. Augustine; the Commissary Office at Governors Island, and activities against Indians at Fort Meyers. Includes a detailed report of the burning of Fort Delaware in 1831"}

date_inclusive_start

1826

date_inclusive_end

1856

origination

{"value"=>"Brown, Harvey, 1795-1874", "type"=>"persname"}

keydate

1826

prefercite

{"value"=>"Harvey Brown letterbooks, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library"}

extent_statement

.31 linear feet (3 volumes)

date_start

1826

date_end

1856

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