Letters Sent by Josiah Gregg to John Bigelow

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Description: The Gregg mss., 1844-1848, are letters of Josiah Gregg, 1806-1850, Santa Fe trader and author of Commerce of the Prairies, to John Bigelow, 1817-1911, editor, diplomat and author. All of the letters in this collection have been published. Josiah Gregg was a merchant, explorer, naturalist and author (book Commerce of the Prairies). He collected many previously undescribed plants on his merchant trips and during the Mexican-American War after which he went to California. This period of his life corresponds to time spent at university at Louisville and his travels to Santa Fe. He was also involved the Mexican-US War - last two sent from Mexico (Monterey (17 Dec 1846) & Saltillo (March 13 1848)). Monterey letters discusses troop movements.