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GRIFFIN, John Strother (1816 – 1898)

GRIFFIN, John Strother (1816 – 1898)

1816 – 1898

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1942 CE–1943 CE

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A doctor comes to California: The diary of John S. Griffin, Assistant Surgeon with Kearny's Dragoons, 1846-1847. Edited by George Walcott Ames, Jr.

GRIFFIN, John Strother (1816 – 1898)
GRIFFIN, John Strother (1816 – 1898)

"In 1840, Griffin was appointed assistant surgeon in the Army and served under General William J. Worth in Florida and, with the rank of captain, on the Southwest frontier at Fort Gibson, Griffin came to California fo…