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  <titleInfo>
    <title>Elizabeth Burt papers, 1797-1917</title>
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  <name type="personal">
    <namePart>Burt, Elizabeth</namePart>
    <namePart type="date">1839-</namePart>
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  <abstract>Typescript of Burt's autobiographical account, "An Army Wife's Forty Years in the Service, 1862-1902," and letters to her daughter, Edith Burt, discussing family matters and describing the routines of military post life at Fort Bidwell, Calif.; Forts Bridger, Laramie, D. A. Russell, Sanders, and Washakie, Wyo.; Forts Missoula and C. F. Smith, Mont.; Forts Omaha and Robinson, Neb., and elsewhere.  Subjects include relations with the Indians, particularly Shoshone Chief Washakie, and social events and meetings with Mark Twain and Owen Wister.  Includes correspondence, diaries, and other papers of Burt's husband Andrew Burt, her father-in-law Andrew Gano Burt, and Andrew Burt.</abstract>
  <note>Open to research.</note>
  <note>Microfilm edition available, no. 16,808.</note>
  <note>Microfilm produced from originals in the Manuscript Division. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress Photoduplication Service, 1976.</note>
  <note>In part, positive photocopies and typewritten transcripts. [S.l.].</note>
  <note>Collection material in English.</note>
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    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>Burt, Edith</namePart>
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    <topic>Correspondence</topic>
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    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>Twain, Mark</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">1835-1910</namePart>
    </name>
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    <name type="personal">
      <namePart type="termsOfAddress">Shoshoni chief</namePart>
      <namePart>Washakie</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">-1900</namePart>
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    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>Wister, Owen</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">1860-1938</namePart>
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    <name type="corporate">
      <namePart>United States.</namePart>
      <namePart>Army.</namePart>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>Burt family</namePart>
    </name>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Army spouses</topic>
    <geographic>United States</geographic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Fortification</topic>
    <geographic>California</geographic>
  </subject>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Fortification</topic>
    <geographic>Montana</geographic>
  </subject>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Fortification</topic>
    <geographic>Nebraska</geographic>
  </subject>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Fortification</topic>
    <geographic>Wyoming</geographic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Indians of North America</topic>
    <topic>Government relations</topic>
  </subject>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Military bases</topic>
    <geographic>California</geographic>
  </subject>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Military bases</topic>
    <geographic>Montana</geographic>
  </subject>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Military bases</topic>
    <geographic>Nebraska</geographic>
  </subject>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Military bases</topic>
    <geographic>Wyoming</geographic>
  </subject>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Shoshoni Indians</topic>
  </subject>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <geographic>Fort Bidwell (Calif.)</geographic>
  </subject>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <geographic>Fort Bridger (Wyo.)</geographic>
  </subject>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <geographic>Fort C. F. Smith (Mont.)</geographic>
  </subject>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <geographic>Fort D. A. Russell (Wyo.)</geographic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <geographic>Fort Laramie (Wyo.)</geographic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <geographic>Fort Missoula (Mont.)</geographic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <geographic>Fort Omaha (Neb.)</geographic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <geographic>Fort Robinson (Neb.)</geographic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <geographic>Fort Sanders (Wyo.)</geographic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <geographic>Fort Washakie (Wyo.)</geographic>
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      <title>Andrew Burt papers</title>
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    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>Burt, Andrew,</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">1771?-1817</namePart>
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      <title>Andrew Gano Burt papers</title>
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    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>Burt, Andrew Gano,</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">1810-1875</namePart>
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      <title>Andrew Burt papers</title>
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    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>Burt, Andrew,</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">1839-1915</namePart>
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