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Lincoln, Robert Todd, 1843-1926. Robert Todd Lincoln papers, 1859-1865.

Title: Robert Todd Lincoln papers, 1859-1865.

Photostatic copies of letters and other papers relating to the presidential elections of 1860 and 1864, appointments, and the 1862 Dakota Conflict. There are letters discussing the causes of the conflict, recommending clemency or the immediate execution of convicted Dakota Indians, and recommending removal of the Dakota.

ArchivalResource: 55 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122580684 View

Letters received by the Office of Indian Affairs [microform]., 1824-1880

Title: Letters received by the Office of Indian Affairs [microform]. 1824-1880

Selected microfilm reels of letters, reports, and other papers concerning Indian populations, education, health, agriculture, subsistence, warfare, land transactions, annuities, depredations, claims, traders, agency employees and administration, and other aspects of the federal government's relations with Indian tribes under the administration of various agencies and superintendencies. The files selected pertain primarily to the Ojibwe, Dakota, Winnebago, Sauk, and Fox, but also to the Blackfeet, Cheyenne, Crow, Mandan, Ottawa, Pawnee, and other tribes of the upper Midwest and plains area.

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Galbraith, Thomas J. John S. Marsh military papers, 1862, 1961.

Title: John S. Marsh military papers, 1862, 1961.

These materials include an August 5, 1862 message from Lieutenant Timothy J. Sheehan, commander of the guard at the agency, to his superior officer Captain John S. Marsh, at Fort Ridgely, requesting he come to the agency immediately or recall the men to the post, and two August 5 letters from U. S. Indian Agent Thomas Galbraith, one to Marsh, also requesting his presence at the agency, the other to Lt. Sheehan, stating his lack of trust in the military's interpreter, Peter Quinn, and requesting he have no further contact with the Dakota under Galbraith's jurisdiction.

ArchivalResource: 4 items in 1 folder.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/86134061 View

Riggs, Stephen Return, 1812-1883. Stephen R. Riggs and family papers, 1837-1988 (bulk 1837-1869).

Title: Stephen R. Riggs and family papers, 1837-1988 (bulk 1837-1869).

Letters, reminiscences, genealogical data, and miscellany of this Presbyterian missionary, his wife Mary Ann Longley Riggs, and other family members, focusing on the Riggs' missionary service at Lake Harriet (now Minneapolis) and Lac Qui Parle, Minnesota (1837-1862), his work as an interpreter during the 1862 Dakota Conflict, and his subsequent activities as an author of Dakota-language teaching materials. Included is extensive correspondence with Riggs and Longley family members; letters from other missionaries in Minnesota and Dakota Territory; letters from Minnesota and national political leaders; letters from religious organizations, especially the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, the American Bible Society, and the American Tract Society; and many letters from Indians, most in the Dakota language. There is also information on the Civil War, settlement of Indian claims for land and money, and the publication of Riggs' writings, and a set of biographical sketches of American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions missionaries.

ArchivalResource: 1.95 cubic feet (3 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/313848692 View

Fisk, James Liberty, 1835-1902. James Liberty Fisk and family papers, 1856-1968.

Title: James Liberty Fisk and family papers, 1856-1968.

Diaries, correspondence, reports, financial records, certificates, clippings, maps, and other papers, relating primarily to Fisk's expeditions escorting emigrants and gold seekers from Minnesota to Montana and Idaho (1862-1866). They include Fisk's reports on his 1863 and 1864 expeditions, and diary entries of his brothers Andrew and Robert E. concerning the expeditions and frontier Montana.

ArchivalResource: 1.0 cu. ft. (2 boxes, 12 oversize items, and 1 microfilm reel).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/313832016 View

United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Letters received by the Office of Indian Affairs, 1824-1880 [microform].

Title: Letters received by the Office of Indian Affairs, 1824-1880 [microform].

Selected microfilm reels of letters, reports, and other papers concerning Indian populations, education, health, agriculture, subsistence, warfare, land transactions, annuities, depredations, claims, traders, agency employees and administration, and other aspects of the federal government's relations with Indian tribes under the administration of various agencies and superintendencies. The files selected pertain primarily to the Ojibwe, Dakota, Winnebago, Sauk, and Fox Indians, but also to the Blackfeet, Cheyenne, Crow, Mandan, Ottawa, Pawnee, and other tribes of the upper Midwest and plains area.

ArchivalResource: 274 microfilm reels.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122509173 View

Hughes, Thomas J., 1854-,. Collected statements on the Sioux Outbreak of 1862 in Butternut Valley Township, Blue Earth County, Minn., [undated].

Title: Collected statements on the Sioux Outbreak of 1862 in Butternut Valley Township, Blue Earth County, Minn., [undated].

Typed copies of reminiscences of survivors of the September 10, 1862 Dakota Indian attack in Butter Nut Valley Township. Contains statements of David J. Davis, Thomas Y. Davis, Andrew Friend, William J. Jones, William P. Jones, James Morgan, William W. Pattock, David Price, Solomon Taylor, David Thomas, and Mrs. Stephen Edward Walters. Also includes statements concerning Judge Martin Severance's support of Thomas Galbraith for Redwood Indian Agency agent, and concerning the work of Reverend Artemus Ehnamani, a Dakota who took part in the conflict and was converted to Christianity while a captive in Mankato in 1862-1863.

ArchivalResource: 12 leaves on partial microfilm reel.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122391114 View

Stephen R. Riggs and family papers., 1837-1988 (bulk 1837-1869).

Title: Stephen R. Riggs and family papers. 1837-1988 (bulk 1837-1869).

Letters, reminiscences, genealogical data, and miscellany of this Presbyterian missionary, his wife Mary Ann Longley Riggs, and other family members, focusing on the Riggs' missionary service at Lake Harriet (now Minneapolis) and Lac Qui Parle, Minnesota (1837-1862), his work as an interpreter during the U.S.-Dakota War (1862), and his subsequent activities as an author of Dakota-language teaching materials.

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Satterlee, Marion P. A faithful servant, 1933 / by M. P. Satterlee.

Title: A faithful servant, 1933 / by M. P. Satterlee.

Handwritten account of the August 14, 1862 meeting between Philander Prescott, Redwood Indian Agency interpreter; Thomas J. Galbraith, agent; several Dakota Indians; and three white traders concerning the sale of supplies to the Indians prior to the arrival of their overdue annuity money. Prescott was killed at the agency during the Dakota Conflict. Submitted for a Minnesota Tourism Bureau contest in 1933.

ArchivalResource: 4 leaves on partial microfilm reel.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/313821158 View

Baxter, Luther Loren, 1838-1915. Luther L. Baxter and family papers, 1853-1950.

Title: Luther L. Baxter and family papers, 1853-1950.

The papers of Baxter, lawyer, judge, and legislator from Scott and Carver counties (Minnesota), include correspondence with several prominent Minnesotans regarding local Democratic politics, as well as records (1861-1865) he kept as an officer in the Fourth Minnesota Infantry and the First Regiment of Heavy Artillery during the Civil War.

ArchivalResource: 1.0 cu. ft. (2 boxes, including 1 v.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122523097 View