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474. DORSEY McPHERSON PAPERS

ca. 400 items, ca. 1865-1935
Collection consists mainly of letters from this army surgeon while on duty in the American Southwest, 1878-80. He vividly described attempts to capture renegade Apaches under the leadership of Victoria. One of the units pursuing Victoria was the North Cavalry, a black troop, which McPherson mentioned in letters of May 25 and October 8, 1879, and March 13, 1880.
(Acc. 6144)