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United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Oregon Superintendency. Proceedings of the Wasco Council, 1855.

Title: Proceedings of the Wasco Council, 1855.

Typescript copy of cover letter and report written by Joel Palmer, Oregon Superintendent of Indian Affairs, to George W. Manypenny, U.S. Commissioner of Indian Affairs, containing the proceedings of the treaty negotiations conducted at the Wasco Indian Council held near The Dalles, Oregon (June 22-25, 1855).

ArchivalResource: 18 p.

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Parker, Ely Samuel. Ely Samuel Parker Papers. 1794-1946.

Title: Ely Samuel Parker Papers

A Sachem and Civil War adjutant to Ulysses Grant, Ely Samuel Parker was an important figure in the Seneca Indian nation during the first half of the nineteenth century. Trained as an engineer, Parker was deeply involved in the Senecas' land disputes with the Ogden Land Company and he played an important role in interpreting Seneca culture for a white audience, most notably as a consultant for Lewis Henry Morgan. Collected by Arthur C. Parker, the Ely Samuel Parker Papers include correspondence, manuscripts, and printed materials relating primarily to Seneca affairs, history, language, and culture, as well as politics, education, engineering, and the Civil War. Among Parker's correspondents were Henry Clay, Millard Fillmore, Henry M. Flagler, Lewis Henry Morgan, Henry Rowe Schoolcraft, Daniel Webster, and Asher Wright. Several letters relate to Parker's service as engineer of public buildings in Galena, Illinois, and to his Masonic activities. Among the noteworthy items in the collection are several essays on Seneca history and culture, a fragment of Parker's diary, 1847, and a significant quantity of material on the Seneca language assembled by Asher Wright.

ArchivalResource: 3.5 Linear feet

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Carson, Kit, 1809-1868. Kit Carson letters : Taos, New Mexico Territory, 1854 Mar 21-1859 Nov 9.

Title: Kit Carson letters : Taos, New Mexico Territory, 1854 Mar 21-1859 Nov 9.

Typescript copies of letters written by Kit Carson in his official capacity as Indian agent for the tribes of Northern New Mexico. The letters, written to New Mexico Territorial Governors/Superintendents of Indian Affairs William S. Messeroy, David Meriwether, W.W.H. Davis, Jason L. Collins, and S.M. Yost, concern Carson's work with bands of Apaches, Arapahoes, Comanches, Pueblos, and Utahs. Typescript copies of letters sent to Carson from George Manypenny to W.W.H. Davis regarding payments to Carson, and letters to Carson regarding Agency business from William W. Bent, Jason L. Collins, and A.B. Greenwood, are also included in the collection.

ArchivalResource: 0.20 linear ft. (1 box)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/81260520 View

Lucas, Robert, 1781-1853. Papers 1810-1837.

Title: Papers 1810-1837.

Army officer, State legislator, and Governor of Ohio, and Governor of Iowa Territory. Chiefly correspondence and official reports from Lucas' term as Governor of Ohio (1832-36), including letters of recommendation, petitions for patronage and pardons, resignations, and material on militia, national roads, Indian affairs, and Ohio-Michigan boundary disputes, together with limited personal correspondence relating to military assignments and land transactions. Contact repository for more information.

ArchivalResource: 2 cubic feet.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/6007840 View

Manypenny, George Washington, 1809-1893. Letters of George Washington Manypenny, 1845-1877.

Title: Letters of George Washington Manypenny, 1845-1877.

ArchivalResource: 19 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/79453826 View

Stevens, Isaac Ingalls, 1818-1862. Indian reservations in Washington Territory, correspondence of Isaac I. Stevens and the U.S. Commissioner of Indian Affairs in 1856 and 1857, 1855-1858.

Title: Indian reservations in Washington Territory, correspondence of Isaac I. Stevens and the U.S. Commissioner of Indian Affairs in 1856 and 1857, 1855-1858.

This collection consists of all photocopies. There are copies of Governor Stevens' reports of Aug. 28th, 1856 written to the Honorable George W. Manypenny, Commissioner of Indian Affairs, Washington, D.C. The letters show Gov. Stevens' initiative in correcting every possible shortcoming of the treaties made with the Nisqually and Puyallup tribes. Corrections were made when the land assignment proved insufficient or not suited to their needs, as timber land was of little value to them. The photocopies were made from the collection at the Tacoma Public Library.

ArchivalResource: .5 linear foot.

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Henley, Thomas J. (Thomas Jefferson), 1810-1865. Letter to George W. Manypenny, U.S. Commissioner of Indian Affairs : San Francisco, l855 Apr. 14.

Title: Letter to George W. Manypenny, U.S. Commissioner of Indian Affairs : San Francisco, l855 Apr. 14.

Contemporary handscript copy of of original report written while Superintendent of Indian Affairs for California on a survey of Indians in the Tejon and San Joaquin Valley areas.

ArchivalResource: 4 p. ; 27 cm.

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Palmer, Joel, 1810-1881. Joel Palmer papers, 1850-1880.

Title: Joel Palmer papers, 1850-1880.

Papers include: Correspondence (1850-1880) of Joel Palmer concerning the conduct of Indian affairs in Oregon, establishment of a state militia and efforts to end the Modoc Indian War; Promissory notes, chits, etc. (1854-1860); Contracts and licenses; and a survey of an unidentified Indian reservation.

ArchivalResource: .25 cu. ft.

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United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Minnesota Superintendency. Records of the Minnesota Superintendency of Indian Affairs, 1849-1856 [microform].

Title: Records of the Minnesota Superintendency of Indian Affairs, 1849-1856 [microform].

Correspondence, accounts, legal papers, petitions, muster rolls, and related records documenting many aspects of the superintendency's administration of the Dakota, Ojibwe, and Winnebago tribes within its jurisdiction, which included present-day Minnesota and eastern North and South Dakota. It was served by the St. Peter's Agency near Fort Snelling and the Winnebago and Chippewa agencies in central Minnesota.

ArchivalResource: 9 microfilm reels.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/313845429 View

Sutherland, James Frederick, 1892 or 3-1954,. Documents relating to Indian claim cases, 1767-1951.

Title: Documents relating to Indian claim cases, 1767-1951.

Interview transcripts, testimony, maps, and other papers relating to Indian claims against the United States regarding land sales and ownership, treaty agreements, and logging.

ArchivalResource: 0.25 cu. ft. (1 box) and 1 oversize folder.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/313834605 View

United States. Dept. of the Interior. United States. Dept. of the Interior papers, 1850-1855.

Title: United States. Dept. of the Interior papers, 1850-1855.

These papers concern the land claims of the Menominee Indians in the Wisconsin, the appointment of R. W. Thompson to act as their sole attorney in claims, the resignation of their interpreter Charles A. Grignon as a result of the conduct of the Superintendent Francis Huebschmann towards R. W. Thompson, and a favorable decision of President Fillmore in behalf of the Menominee Indians.

ArchivalResource: 14 p.

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Letters to Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, 1761-1904 (inclusive), 1820-1888 (bulk)

Title: Letters to Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, 1761-1904 (inclusive), 1820-1888 (bulk)

Letters to American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

ArchivalResource: 36 linear feet (73 boxes)

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Meriwether, D. (David), 1800-1893. Circulars from the Commissioner and Acting Commissioner of Indian Affairs, 1853 Jun-Sep.

Title: Circulars from the Commissioner and Acting Commissioner of Indian Affairs, 1853 Jun-Sep.

Five circulars dating from soon after Meriwether's appointment as governor through his first month on the job. The letters provide a glimpse at the work of an Indian Superintendent; they specify requirements for documenting travel expenses, filing annual reports, adhering to the new appropriations act which prohibited direct payments to individual Indians or Indian tribes, etc. Four circulars are signed by Commissioner George W. Manypenny and one is signed by Acting Commissioner Charles E. Mix.

ArchivalResource: 5 items (in 1 folder)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702144843 View

Bissonette, Joseph, fl. 1860. Letters, 1855-1862.

Title: Letters, 1855-1862.

Consists of letters written by Joseph Bissonette, fl. 1860, trader and frontiersman, from Nebraska Territory to the United States Congress requesting indemnification for losses incurred from depredations committed by the Indians.

ArchivalResource: 10 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/36711269 View

United States. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Utah Superintendency. Letters received, 1849-1880. [microfilm].

Title: Letters received, 1849-1880. [microfilm].

Includes letters from Brigham Young, George A. Smith, Garland Hurt, John M. Bernhisel, Jacob Forney, George N. Manypenny, Howard Egan, James D. Doty, John J. Critchlow, Dimick B. Huntington, William H. Rogers, Benjamin Davies.

ArchivalResource: 10 reels : manuscript ; 35mm., pos.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122624002 View

Manypenny, George Washington, 1809-1893. Indian reservations.

Title: Indian reservations. [1853]

ArchivalResource: [1 v.] 22 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/39693947 View

Carson, Kit, 1809-1868. Kit Carson letters : Taos, New Mexico Territory, 1854 Mar 21-1859 Nov 9.

Title: Kit Carson letters : Taos, New Mexico Territory, 1854 Mar 21-1859 Nov 9.

Typescript copies of letters written by Kit Carson in his official capacity as Indian agent for the tribes of Northern New Mexico. The letters, written to New Mexico Territorial Governors/Superintendents of Indian Affairs William S. Messeroy, David Meriwether, W. W. H. Davis, Jason L. Collins,and S. M. Yost, concern Carson's work with bands of Apaches, Arapahoes, Comanches, Pueblos, and Utahs. Typescript copies of letters sent to Carson from George Manypenny to W. W. H. Davis regarding payments to Carson, and letters to Carson regarding Agency business from William W. Bent, Jason L. Collins, and A. B. Greenwood, are also included in the collection.

ArchivalResource: 0.20 linear ft. (1 box)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702150504 View