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Letters of Zachary Taylor : from the battle-fields of the Mexican War
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Zachary Taylor letters
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This collection consists of letters sent by Zachary Taylor while serving in the U.S. Army during the Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848, primarily to his brother-in-law, U.S. Army surgeon Robert Crooke Wood (1800?-1869). Letters concern war logistics and strategies; army life; troops movements and health; supplies; General Winfield Scott; the progress of and future projections of the war; and some reportage of battles, especially of the battle of Monterrey in September 1846. Letters also discuss Taylor's presidential prospects and potential nomination in the 1848 race; politics; health; and family, particularly his daughter Ann and her children. All items are autograph letters signed unless noted otherwise.
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Zachary Taylor, Cantonment Robertson near Baton Rouge, Louisiana, letter to Elizabeth Lee Taylor, Louisville, Kentucky :
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Letter to Taylor's sister regarding family matters including their widowed father's financial situation, Taylor's daughter Ann's education, and his wife's pregnancy. He also mentions his Louisiana plantation and cotton crops, and a recent hurricane.
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Old Rough and Ready speaks his mind : Zachary Taylor on the conduct of war, a letter to T. Butler, Matamoros, June 19, 1846
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