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Flandrau, Charles E. (Charles Eugene), 1828-1903. Charles Eugene Flandrau and family papers, 1850-1935.

Title: Charles Eugene Flandrau and family papers, 1850-1935.

Papers of Charles E. Flandrau, a lawyer and associate justice (1857-1864) of the Minnesota territorial and supreme courts, and his family, consisting largely of correspondence, invoices, receipts, deeds, and legal documents. Many date from the years 1856-1858, when Flandrau was Indian agent for the Mdewakanton and Wahpekute Dakota, and document his management of Sioux Agency affairs, annuity payments, and councils between the Dakota and government officials.Detailed abstracts of annuity payments list the name of the head of each family, the number in the family, and the amount of the annuity. A letter from Nathan Myrick to Captain Flandrau, requesting military units for aid against Indian attacks at Fort Ridgely (August 20, 1862). A set of contracts (1897) reflects his representation of Dakota bands in supporting an 1897 Congressional bill to restore rights forfeited in 1863.

ArchivalResource: 5.50 cubic feet (6 boxes, 1 oversize folder, 3 items in Reserve) and 1 microfilm reel.

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Bassett, Joel Bean, 1816-1912. Joel B. Bassett papers, 1859-1876 (bulk 1865-1868).

Title: Joel B. Bassett papers, 1859-1876 (bulk 1865-1868).

Correspondence, reports, treaty drafts, payment vouchers, applications for Indian trader licenses, and similar documents relating mostly to Bassett's work while agent at the Chippewa Agency, Crow Wing, Minnesota (1865-1869). Among the more significant topics dealt with are Ojibwe chief Hole-in-the-Day, especially his 1868 murder; mixed blood (Black, Indian) guide and interpreter George Bonga; Episcopal bishop Henry B. Whipple; the 1868 treaty ceding non-reservation lands in Minnesota; Ojibwe chiefs; agency physicians; and annuity payments (1866-1869).

ArchivalResource: 0.4 cu. ft. (1 box and 1 oversize folder)

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Joel B. Bassett papers., 1859-1876 (bulk 1865-1868).

Title: Joel B. Bassett papers. 1859-1876 (bulk 1865-1868).

Correspondence, reports, treaty drafts, payment vouchers, applications for Indian trader licenses, and similar documents relating mostly to Bassett's work while agent at the Chippewa Agency, Crow Wing, Minnesota (1865-1869).

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Aspinwall, Augustus, 1830-. Augustus Aspinwall reminiscences, 1902 Feb. 10.

Title: Augustus Aspinwall reminiscences, 1902 Feb. 10.

Deals largely with Aspinwall's years as a trader at the Crow Wing Chippewa Agency near Fort Ripley (1858-1866), the Indian trade, agency administration, annuity payments, Ojibwe reactions to the Dakota Conflict (1862), and the death of Ojibwe chief Hole-in-the-Day (1868). Also mentions Aspinwall's St. Anthony livery stable (1853-1855), a trip he made with George Bonga, an African-American trader, to Leech Lake and Pokegama Falls (1855), and a townsite claim at Wadena (1857-1858).

ArchivalResource: 49 pages.

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Charles Eugene Flandrau and family papers., 1850-1935.

Title: Charles Eugene Flandrau and family papers. 1850-1935.

Papers of Charles E. Flandrau, a lawyer and associate justice (1857-1864) of the Minnesota territorial and supreme courts, and his family, consisting largely of correspondence, invoices, receipts, deeds, and legal documents. Many date from 1856-1858, when Flandrau was Indian agent for the Mdewakanton and Wahpekute Dakota, and document his management of Sioux Agency affairs, annuity payments, and councils between the Dakota and government officials. Detailed abstracts of annuity payments list the name of the head of each family, the number in the family, and the amount of the annuity. A letter from Nathan Myrick to Captain Flandrau, requesting military units for aid against Indian attacks at Fort Ridgely (August 20, 1862). A set of contracts (1897) reflects his representation of Dakota bands in supporting an 1897 Congressional bill to restore rights forfeited in 1863.

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