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re: "A quiet, lonesome, pleasant Sunday afternoon, the grass is commencing to look green . . . ."

GLC05201.031

to Alice Hartstuff

re: apologies for a disagreement which happened before he left for San Francisco. Hartsuff complains that "it is hard work doing nothing" in the city and reports that he is distracted by thoughts of his wife whose picture he frequently looks at....

GLC05201.001

Letters of Army doctor under McCook, McKenzie & Miles re: Indian Wars [decimalized]

GLC05201

[to unknown]

re: "The great Indian army under the Command of General George Crook leaves this post today."

GLC05201.030

to "my dear wife"

re: Hartsuff reports his arrival at Fort Fetterman from Laramie, Wyoming (a journey of about one week through bad weather). On arrival at Fetterman, Hartsuff reports that he was attached to the staff of General Crook as Medical Director and that...

GLC05201.002

to wife

re: 7/8, Hartsuff reports that General Crooks forces have not moved much since his letter of 6/28, but with the expected arrival of a train on 8/11 or 8/12 they expect to be under arm and on the march again. He also reports that "fighting Indians...

GLC05201.003

to wife

re: Hartsuff opens with the admonition that his wife and children should deprive themselves of nothing since he is deprived of almost every comfort in the field. He goes on to describe the High Sierra as "worse than anything you ever saw, barren...

GLC05201.004

to Florence Hartstuff

re: letter fragment describing the calvary camp, Hartsuff's headquarters, to his young daughter.

GLC05201.007

to brother

re: true to his "prediction", Hartsuff is now in the Rockies. He describes the setting to his brother and then goes on to discuss the "complicated" situation with the Utes who are being forced from one reservation to another in the wake of 1) the...

GLC05201.005

to Alice Hartstuff

re: Hartsuff sends money and instructions "in a nut shell" for investing it. He advises his wife to invest the money wisely and suggests that expanding into the lot that adjoins their current home would be a wise choice if she could make certain...

GLC05201.008