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- Creator
- Strückman, William
- Call number
- MssCol 22265
- Physical description
- .1 linear feet (1 folder)
- Preferred Citation
- William Strückman letters, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library
- Repository
- Manuscripts and Archives Division
- Access to materials
- Request an in-person research appointment.
Letters, 1858-1862, by and relating to William Strückman (also spelled Strickman and Stickman) of New York City, a bugler with the U.S. Cavalry, 3rd Regiment Mounted Rifles, stationed at the School of Cavalry Practice at Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania, at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, and at Fort Stanton, New Mexico. Letters discuss military life, hardship of travel, and injuries received. Letters state that Strückman drowned while crossing the Rio Grande in May, 1862. Three letters are in Dutch
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Location
Manuscripts and Archives DivisionStephen A. Schwarzman Building
Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018-2788
Brooke Russell Astor Reading Room, Third Floor, Room 328