Scope and Contents
The collection contains a photostat copy of a letter written July 18, 1853, to Edward J. Bicknall, while Mowry was serving as an officer and surveying railroads in the West.
Dates
- 1853 July 18
Creator
- Mowry, Sylvester, 1830-1871 (Person)
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Biographical / Historical
Sylvester Mowry (1830-1871), of Rhode Island, graduated from West Point and was commissioned as a second lieutenant in 1852.
As an officer, he had railroad survey escort duty in Washington Territory (1853), and was stationed in Salt Lake City, Utah, under Colonel Edward J. Steptoe's command, between 1854-1855.
"He resigned his commission in 1858, and took up an interest in mining."
"Mowry was elected as a delegate to the Congress for the proposed Arizona Territory in 1857 and 1859 but was not seated. Suspected as a southern sympathizer, he was arrested in 1862 when the California Column under General Carleton entered Tucson."
"He moved back east in the wake of his arrest, and returned to Tucson to try and recover his mine, Mowry Mine, which had been seized during the war. He died in London in 1871."
[Source: Brown University]
Extent
0.025 linear feet (1 container) : 1 folder
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Sylvester Mowry (1830-1871), became a commissioned soldier, owned mining claims, was the founder of Mowry, Arizona, and was arrested and imprisoned on suspicion of being a southern sympathizer. The collection contains a a letter written July 18, 1853, to Edward J. Bicknall, from Mowry.
Processing Information
Collection processed by staff.
This finding aid may be updated periodically to account for new acquisitions to the collection and/or revisions in arrangement and description.
This collection received a basic level of processing including minimal organization and rehousing.
Description information is drawn in part from information supplied with the collection and initial surveys of the contents.
- Bicknell, Edward Joshua, 1819-
- Correspondence Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Military Subject Source: Archiveswest
- Photocopies Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Railroads -- Washington Territory Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Surveyors -- Washington Territory -- Correspondence Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- United States. Army
- Washington Territory -- Description and travel Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- Guide to the Sylvester Mowry letter
- Status
- Complete Description
- Author
- Tanya Parlet.
- Date
- 2013
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
- Sponsor
- Funding for production of this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC).
Repository Details
Part of the University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives Repository
