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John P. Brock Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.
Letters written by John P. Brock, a soldier in the Mexican War, from the headquarters of the Virginia Regiment at Camp Buena Vista at Monterey, Mexico, to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Archibald Brock, Rockingham County, Va. Includes copy of a tintype of John P. Brock in uniform, added 2017.
Purchased from Joseph K. Ruebush Co. 1937 May 22.
Item 1: John P. Brock, Headquarters, Virginia Regiment, Camp Buena Vista, [Mexico], to Mr. and Mrs. Archibald Brock, at Spartapolis, Rockingham County, Va., 1847 January 1 Item 2: John P. Brock, at Fort Ohio, opposite Camargo, to Mr. and Mrs. Archibald Brock, at Spartapolis P. O., Rockingham County, Va., U.S., 1847 March 24 Item 3: J. P. Brock, at Camp Virginia, opposite Camargo, to George E. Deneale, at Harrisonburg P. O., Rockingham County, Va., U.S., 1847 March 31 Item 4: J. P. Brock, at Walnut Springs Camp Occupation, opposite Monterey, to Amanda J. Brock, at Spartapolis P. O., Rockingham County, Va., U.S., 1847 April 24 Item 5: John P. Brock, at Walnut Springs, opposite Monterey, to Mr. and Mrs. Archibald Brock, at Spartapolis P. O., Rockingham County, Va., U.S., 1847 April 24 Item 6: J. P. Brock, at Walnut Springs, Camp Occupation, Monterey, to George E. Deneale, at Harrisonburg P. O., Rockingham County, Va., U.S.A., 1847 April 25 Item 7: John P. Brock, at Headquarters, Monterey, to Mr. and Mrs. A. Brock, at Spartapolis P. O., Rockingham County, Va., U.S.A., 1847 May 5 Item 8: J. P. Brock, at Camp Taylor, opposite Monterey, to Madison Brown, P. M., Spartapolis P. O., Rockingham County, Va., U.S.A., 1847 May 11 Item 9: John P. Brock, at Headquarters, Buena Vista, to Mr. and Mrs. Archibald Brock, at Spartapolis, Rockingham County, Va., U.S.A., 1847 July 20 Item 10: John P. Brock, at Buena Vista, to John G. Harris, at Harrisonburg P. O., Rockingham County, Va., U.S., 1847 July 22 Item 11: J. P. Brock, at Buena Vista, Mexico, to his mother, [Mrs. Archibald Brock]., 1847 September 4 Item 12: John P. Brock, at Headquarters, Infantry Brigade, Mexico, to his father, A. Brock., 1847 September 12 Item 13: J. P. Brock, at Headquarters, Mexico Brigade of Infantry, to Amanda J. Brock, at Spartapolis P. O., Rockingham County, Va., U.S.A., 1847 September 25 Item 14: John P. Brock, at Headquarters, Mexico Camp Buena Vista, to Archibald Brock, at Spartapolis P. O., Rockingham County, Va., U.S., 1847 October 2 Item 15: John P. Brock, at Headquarters, Mexico, Camp Buena Vista, to his parents, [Mr. and Mrs. Archibald Brock]., 1847 October 8 Item 16: John P. Brock, at Headquarters, Mexico, Camp Buena Vista, to his sister, [Amanda J. Brock]., 1847 October 15 Item 17: J. P. Brock, at Headquarters, Mexico, Buena Vista, to Mr. and Mrs. Archibald Brock, at Spartapolis P. O., Rockingham County, Va., U.S.A., 1847 October 31 Item 18: J. P. Brock, at Headquarters, Mexico, Camp Buena Vista, to ?, 1847 November 27 Item 19: J. P. Brock, at Camp Buena Vista, Mexico, to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Archibald Brock., 1847 December 11 Item 20: J. P. Brock, at Headquarters, Virginia Regiment, Camp Buena Vista, to Mr. and Mrs. Archibald Brock, at Spartapolis P. O., Rockingham County, Va., U.S., 1848 January 6 Item 21: John P. Brock, at Headquarters, Virginia Regiment, Camp Buena Vista, to Mr. and Mrs. Archibald Brock, at Spartapolis P. O., Rockingham County, Va., U.S., 1848 February 3