F.W. Lander and J.M. Lander papers, 1836-1894 (bulk 1849-1862)
Correspondence, writings, military dispatches and telegrams, notes, reports, scrapbooks, printed matter, maps, and other papers relating chiefly to Frederick West Lander's activities surveying and exploring overland routes through the West and to his Civil War service in Virginia and Maryland under Generals George Brinton McClellan and Chas. P. Stone. Documents his work as chief engineer and superintendent of the Fort Kearney, South Pass, and Honey Lake Wagon Road. Also documents his advocacy of a western railroad system and his political activities in California. Includes material pertaining to an affair involving congressmen John Fox Potter and Roger A. Pryor. Correspondents include Simon Cameron, Jefferson Davis, John B. Floyd, John W. Garrett, Moses Kelly, Joseph Lane, George B. McClellan, J.A. McDougall, William S. Rosecrans, Winfield Scott, and Lansing Stout
Archival Material, English,
Correspondence
1,250 items. 12 containers. 1 microfilm reel.
71062217
Microfilm produced from original in the Manuscript Division, Washington, D.C., Library of Congress Photoduplication Service, 1977
Collection material in English