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Doniphan's Expedition, 1846-1847.

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Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source

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Lachlan Allan MacLean Drawings

 Collection
Identifier: AC 423
Scope and Content The collection consists of eleven pen-and-ink drawings depicting military life as seen through the eyes of volunteer soldier Lachlan Allan MacLean. These drawings are unique in that they are a visual narrative of one of the notable and colorful facets of the Mexican War (1846-1848). The drawings include an informal portrait of Private John W.H. Patton after battle; the head of a black tailed deer; a wayside grave with a cross; a carreta (cart); Mexicans carrying water in a large wooden bucket;...
Dates: 1846-1847