Item 17: Autograph from Zeb[ulon Montgomery] Pike, no date
Item — Box: 12, Folder: 17
Dates
- Created: no date
Creator
- Pike, Zebulon Montgomery, 1779-1813 (Person)
Disclaimer for Name and Subject Authorities
Some of the name and subject authority tags have been assigned by educated guessing and estimation of persons and subjects by region, age, profession, and familial relationships. They have been thoroughly researched by using primary and secondary sources available digitally, and named in each description, or in some cases linked directly to the person tag.
Access:
All series and subseries within this collection are open for research, with the exception of a few files within the Academia series that are restricted. The Academia series contains financial and sensitive institutional records from Wilkes College, and financial report records from Princeton University that will remain restricted for 80 years upon creation.
Extent
1 items
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Type of Material:
Autograph
Description:
An autograph from a military officer named Zebulon Montgomery Pike with a backing introducing him. Pike was born in New Jersey in 1779. He was a brigadier general in the U.S. Army who led expeditions through the Louisiana Purchase territory. He initially reconnoitered the Northern reaches of the Mississippi River and he explored territory in Spanish colonial settlements in Texas, New Mexico, and Pikes Peak in Colorado which was named after him. His expeditions coincided with other famous expeditions during Jefferson’s presidency such as the Lewis and Clark expedition and the Red River expedition in 1806. In 1810 he published a book of his accounts of his expeditions which became so popular it was translated into several languages across Europe. He served as a brigadier general during the War of 1812 until he was ultimately killed at the Battle of York outside of the British colonial capital in Upper Canada.
Creator
- Pike, Zebulon Montgomery, 1779-1813 (Person)
Repository Details
Part of the Wilkes University Archives Repository
Contact:
84 W South St.
Wilkes-Barre PA 18701 US
570-408-2000
570-408-7823 (Fax)
ask.archives@wilkes.edu
84 W South St.
Wilkes-Barre PA 18701 US
570-408-2000
570-408-7823 (Fax)
ask.archives@wilkes.edu