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Contains 2 Results:

Correspondence, Senator Benton to President Polk, 1846

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Thomas Hart Benton letters (1846-1852) contain correspondence from Benton. In the first letter, Benton suggests that the one to two thousand Americans who were in Northern Mexico be taken in with Col. Kearney's troops and used to protect the Santa Fe route. In the second, Benton thanks Professor Lubin for recommending Great Basin be renamed after Benton's son-in-law, the explorer John C. Fremont.
Dates: 1846

Correspondence, Senator Benton to Professor Lubin, 1852

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Thomas Hart Benton letters (1846-1852) contain correspondence from Benton. In the first letter, Benton suggests that the one to two thousand Americans who were in Northern Mexico be taken in with Col. Kearney's troops and used to protect the Santa Fe route. In the second, Benton thanks Professor Lubin for recommending Great Basin be renamed after Benton's son-in-law, the explorer John C. Fremont.
Dates: 1852