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• Box 1: Jenks Beaman Request Reading Room Access

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  • Folder 1: Documents, 1838-1845 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

    • Item 1: Jenks Beaman, undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

      A scan of a photograph of Jenks Beaman that was taken in 1845.

    • Item 2: Jenks Beaman's Conditional Appontment to West Point, 1838-02-07 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

      The document is signed by the Secretary of War J. R. Poinsett.

    • Item 3: Document Officially Appointing Jenks Beaman as West Point Cadet, 1838-06-30 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

      J. R. Pinsett, Secretary of War, signed the document.

    • Item 4: General Orders, Number 61, 1843-07-03 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

      Jenks Beaman was releived of his duties with the 8th Infantry due to his appointment to the 4th Regiment of Infantry. The document is signed by George Lincoln (1816-1847), with a note of congratulations at the base of the document.

    • Item 5: Request for Payment, 1843-07-28 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

      The request for payment to Jenks Beaman from Allen Hisbee Norton. Mr. Norton drwned on November 27, 1846.

    • Item 6: Sutlers Invoice, 1845-05-06 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

      A bill for items that the solidiers were not provided by the United States Army.  In this case the bill contains items such as sherry, champaign, cider, whisky, buter, shirts, and playing cards. Sutlers were traveling salesmen. It is signed by John W. Raiford.

    • Item 7: Extract Orders (Special Order: Number 25), 1845-05-9 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

      The document has forms on both sides. One side is signed by Samuel Cooper, a future donfederate major general. The other side is signed by W. W. S. Bliss for Brigadier General Zachary Taylor. The forms were to grant Jenks Beaman a leave of absence.

    • Item 8: Special Orders, Number 46, 1845-06-05 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

      The document grants an extension to a leave of absence for Jenks Beaman. The order is signed by Roger Jones.

    • Item 9: Denial of Extension of Leave of Absence, 1845-07-10 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

      This order was signed by Roger Jones, a Major General in the Mexican War.

    • Item 10: "Received Camp Near Corpus Christi", 1845-09-02 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

      A list of equipment recieved by Jenks Beaman for the 4th Infantry. The list inclused flints, shot, and musket powder. The list is signed by Charles Peoble Kinsbury, who went on to be a Civil War Union General.

    • Item 11: Paymaster Correspondence, 1845-09-21 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

      The document was sent to Captain B. R. Alden in Corpus Christi by Saint Clair Denny in New Orleans.

    • Item 12: Notice of Promotion, 184 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

  • Folder 2: Documents, 1846 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

    • Item 1: General Orders, 1846-08-12 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

      Two sheets of published General orders that contain the pages 1-8. The pages document to promotions and appointments in the Army that were "made by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Sentate...."

    • Item 2: Invoice of Stores, 1846-08-23 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

      A shipment of blakets, shirts, boots, jackets and other items was sent from Corpus Christi, Texas to the 4th Infantry at Camargo, Mexioco.

    • Item 3: Invoice for Items Received, 1846-09-29 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

      This document lists the armnaments that were received by Lieutenant Jenks Beaman in Camargo, Mexico.

    • Item 4: Invoice for Items Received, 1846-09-26 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

      The invoice was made out in triplicate and signed by Thomas Jefferson Curd in Camargo, Mexico.

    • Item 5: Invoice for Ordnance, 1846-09-31 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

      An invoice by Jenks Beaman handing over ordinance to Lieutenant U. S. Grant, 4th Infantry.

    • Item 6: Invoice of Camp and Garrison Equipment, 1846-10-01 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

      Jenks Beaman, 2nd Lieutenant 4th Infantry, received the equipment for Lieutenant Richard Hill Graham.

    • Item 7: Receipt Invoice for Items Received, 1846-10-01 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

      The armnaments and ordnance listed on this form was received by Jenks Beaman from Richard Hill Graham. The camp was near Monterey, Mexico.

    • Item 8: Invoice of Ordnance and Armnament, 1846-10-01 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

      The items listed on this form were turned over by Richard Hill Graham to Jenks Beaman of the 4th Infantry, pertaining to E Companty of the 4 Infantry. The camp was near Monterey, Mexico.

    • Item 9: Receipt for Camp and Garrison Equipment, 1846-10-01 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

      The camp was near Monterey, Mexico.  The document is signed by Sidney Smith.

    • Item 10: Receipt for Armnament and Ordnance, 1846-10-01 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

      The items listed on this form were received by Jenks Beaman at a camp near Monterey, Mexico. The form is signed by Sindey Smith.

    • Item 11: Invoice for Clothing, 1846-11-02 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

      This is an invoice for clothing that was turned over by Captain Alexander Montgomery to Jenks Beaman at Monterey, Mexico. The form was signed by Alexander Montgomery.

    • Item 12: Ordnance Office Correspondence, 1846-11-20 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

      A letter to Jenks Beaman noting that his return of ornance stores have been examined. The letter is signed by William Maynadier, who would later be a Union general in the Civil War.

    • Item 13: Ordnance Office Correspondence, 1846-12-01 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

      The ordnance of Company E 4th Infantry that Jenks Beaman returned was examined and referred for a second auditor for settlement. The letter was signed by William Maynadier.

    • Item 14: Invoice of Camp and Garrison Equipment, 1846-12-28 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

      The equipment was turned over by Gouverneur Morris to Jenks Beaman of Company E 4th Infantry near Monterey, Mexico. The list is signed by Gouverneur Morris.

    • Item 15: Invoice of Clothing, 1846-12-29 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

      This is an invoice of clothing turned over by Alexander Montgomery to Jenks Beaman in Monterey, Mexico.

    • Item 16: Invoice of Ordnance, 1846-12-29 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

      The ordnance was turned over to Jenks Beaman by Gouverneur Morris at Monterey, Mexico.  The document is signed by Gouverneur Morris.

  • Folder 3: Documents, 1847 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

    • Item 1: Adjutant General's Office Correspondence, 1847-01-03 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

      Notice to Jenks Beaman to announce his promotion to First Lieutenant of the Fourth Regiment of Infantry. The document is signed by William Grigsby Freeman.

    • Item 2: Invoice for Ordnance, circa 1847 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

      This paper documents the transfer of ordnance and transportaition to Aransas Bay, Texas for Jenks Beaman by Captain Robert H. W. Whiteley

    • Item 3: List of Equipment, circa 1847 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

      A list of equipment that goes with the Invoice for Ornance, circa 1847.

    • Item 4: Invoice of Clothing, Camp and Garrison Equipment, 1847-01-18 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

      The items were turned over to to Jenks Beaman by S. F. Jasmine.  The document is signed by S. F. Jasmine and Jenks Beaman.

    • Item 5: Receipt for Ordnance, 1847-01-21 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

      The ordnance was received at a camp in Palo Alto, Texas for I Comany, 4th Infancry.  The document is signed by Sidney Smith.

    • Item 6: Receipt for Clothing, Camp and Garrison Equipment., 1847-01-27 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

      The items on this form were received in Palo Alto, Texas by Jenks Beaman. The form is signed by Sidney Smith.

    • Item 7: Invoice of Ordnance, 1874-01-28 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

      The ordnance and ordnance stores were turned over to Jenks Beaman at a camp in Plao Alto, Texas. The document is signed by John Green Burbank.

    • Item 8: Invoice of Ordnance, 1847-01-29 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

      The ordnance was turned over to Jenks Beaman by John McNutt at Camp Palo Alto.

    • Item 9: Invoice for Equipment, 1847-01-30 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

      The items on this list were turned over to Jenks Beaman by Thomas Grosvenor King.

    • Item 10: Invoice for Ordnance, circa 1847-07-04 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

      The ordnance was turned over by Lieutenant John Garland to Jenks Beaman. The document is signed by John Garland. The site was Camp Paso, Texas.

    • Item 11: Declaration, 1847-03-22 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

      The declaration was made before William Knox concerning the loss of property during the bombardment of Vera Cruz, Mexico. The document is signed by William Knox.

    • Item 12: Declaration, 1847-09-04 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

      William Knox made a declaration before James Woodbridge that states that he left equipment on the beach near Vera Cruz during the troop landing on April 8, 1847. The document is signed by William Knox and James Woodbridge.

    • Item 13: Testiment, 1847-04-09 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

      William Knox states that he left equipment on board the ship North carolina upon landing at Vera Cruz. His statement was made to James Woodbridge and is signed by both men.

    • Item 14: Invoice of Clothing, 1847-04-09 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

      This invoice document the delivered clother to Jenks Beaman by Ulysses S. Grant, the Fourth Infantry Regiment Quarter Master, at camp near Vera Cruz, Mexico.  The document is signed by U. S. Grant.

    • Item 15: Invoice of Company Property, 1847-04-12 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

      An invoice of company property turned over by Jenks Beaman to G. M. at a camp near Vera Cruz. The document is signed by Jenks Beaman.

    • Item 16: Testiment, 1847-05-06 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

      The testiment was made by J. M. Weedon to J. Woodbridge concerning evemts that happened in January.

    • Item 17: Testiment, 1847-05-06 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

      Charles Metz testified that I company of the Fourth Infantry was at Camargo, Mexico in August, 1846.  He was there in service at Camp Tepsey Ahulee, Mexico, on May 6, 1846.

    • Item 18: Receipt for Ordnance, 1847-08-20 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

      A form that documents ordnance stores that Benjamin Huger received from Jenks Beaman. Mr. Huger's signature is signed by proxy and then below that authentically.

    • Item 19: Correspondence, 1847-07-31 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

      A letter to Lieutenant Beaman which asked for information on John Wilson who was not heard from following the battle at Monterey, Mexico. The letter was written by James Calhoun.

    • Item 20: Correspondence, 1847-09-03 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

      S. Charles Chase, Army surgeon, writes Jenks Beaman concerning a request for more ordnance.

    • Item 21: Invoice of Ordnance, 1847-09-11 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

      Invoice for ordnance and ordnance stores handed over to Jenks Beaman. The document is signed by Thomas Jefferson Montgomery.

    • Item 22: Invoice of Camp and Garrison Equipment, 1847-09-11 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

      The equipment was turned over to Jenks Beaman. The document was signed by Thomas Jefferson Montgomery.

    • Item 23: Special Orders, 1847-09-12 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

      This order was sent from the Adjutant General's Office that states that graduates of the military academy have had their orders altered. The document is signed by Roger Jones.

    • Item 24: Receipt for Clothing, 1847-10-27 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

      Receipt for clothing at the City of Mexico presented to Jenks Beaman. The document is signed by Thomas Rush McConnell.

    • Item 25: Reciept, 1847-10-27 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

      Reciept of equipment received by Jenks Beaman.

    • Item 26: Receipt of Ordnance, 1947-12-16 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

      The document was dated and gave a location, City of Mexico, and signed by Benjamin Huger.

    • Item 27: Invoice of Ordnance, 1847-12-25 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

      This document shows Jenks Beaman received the ordnance from Delancy Floyd-Jones.

    • Item 28: Invoice of Clothing and Equipment, 1847-12-27 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

      The items listed on the document were turned over to DeLancey Floyd-Jones, who signed the document.

  • Folder 4: Documents, 1848 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

    • Item 1: Invoice of Ordnance, circa 1848 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

      This document is signed by Christopher Raymond Perry.

    • Item 2: Invoice of Clothing and Equipment, circa 1848 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

      The document is signed by Christopher Raymond Perry

    • Item 3: Receipt of Ordnance, 1848-01-01 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

      This forms was signed by De Lancey Floyd-Jones.

    • Item 4: Receipt of Clothing and Equipment, 1848-01-01 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

      The document was signed by De Lancey Floyd-Jones.

    • Item 5: Receipt of Clothing and Equipment, 1848-01-01 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

      The document is signed by De Lancey Floyd-Jones.

    • Item 6: Correspondence, circa 1848 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

      A letter to Jenks Beaman concerning his application for a leave of absence. The letter was from George Deas.

    • Item 7: Correspondence, 1848-04-09 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

      A letter to Jenks Beaman states that his orders to the United States from Mexico was approved.  The letter was signed by George Deas.

    • Item 8: Roster List, circa 1848 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

      A list of the men of E Company of the 4th Infantry left behind April 1-December 31, 1847.

    • Item 9: Payment, 1848-04-10 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

      Jenks Beaman received a payment for Lieutenant U. S. Grant. The document is signed by H. A. Low.