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United States. Office of Indian Affairs. United States Office of Indian Affairs papers relating to charges against Jacob Forney, Superintendent of Indian Affairs, Utah Territory, 1858-1860.

Title: United States Office of Indian Affairs papers relating to charges against Jacob Forney, Superintendent of Indian Affairs, Utah Territory, 1858-1860.

Collection consists of thirty-one manuscript letter, documents, and filing items, dating from 1858 to 1860. Primarily Jacob Forney's and John Cradlebaugh's correspondence with the Office of Indian Affairs, as well as supporting documents compiled by the Office during the investigation of Cradlebaugh's charges against Forney. Series I, Jacob Forney Correspondence, consists of Forney's official letters and reports, addressed to successive Commissioners in the Office of Indian Affairs, Charles E. Mix, Alfred Burton Greenwood, and James William Denver. Enclosures include copies of documents created by other individuals, including reports that Indian agents, George W. Armstrong, George Snow, and Garland Hurt, prepared about the Spanish Fork Indian farm and the Sanpete Indian farm, as well as receipts from Indian agent F. Dodge. Statements related to a controversial purchase of "Indian goods" from Salt Lake City merchants Hockaday, Burr & Co. are present, along with a single letter to William E. Carter, whom Forney wrote after his dismissal in 1860, which details the circumstances leading up to his removal. Series II, John Cradlebaugh Correspondence, consists of five letters from Cradlebaugh to the Office of Indian Affairs, concerning his allegations against Superintendent Forney. Includes Cradlebaugh's official written statement against Forney, and letters that Cradlebaugh wrote providing the names and localities of potential witnesses for the investigation. Series III, Other Documents, consists of documents that the Office of Indian Affairs gathered and produced during the inquiry into Cradlebaugh's charges. Includes an affidavit from Agent Hurt, and a statement about Forney's clerk, Isaac Neff Henry, from his former employer, B. F. Bell. Kintzing Pritchette's summary report for the Office of Indian Affairs, prepared in March 1860, is also present.

ArchivalResource: 0.21 linear ft. (1 box)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702179226 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 Office of Indian Affairs papers relating to charges against Jacob Forney, Superintendent of Indian Affairs, Utah Territory, 1858-1860

Title: United States Office of Indian Affairs papers relating to charges against Jacob Forney, Superintendent of Indian Affairs, Utah Territory 1858-1860

Collection consists of thirty-one manuscript letter, documents, and filing items, dating from 1858 to 1860. Primarily Jacob Forney's and John Cradlebaugh's correspondence with the Office of Indian Affairs, as well as supporting documents compiled by the Office during the investigation of Cradlebaugh's charges against Forney.

ArchivalResource: Total Boxes: 1; Linear Feet: 0.21 linear ft.

http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/beinecke.forney View

Greenwood, Alfred Burton, 1811-1889. Autograph letter signed : Washington, D. C., to J. S. Black, 1857 Mar. 13.

Title: Autograph letter signed : Washington, D. C., to J. S. Black, 1857 Mar. 13.

Recommending Alfred M. Wilson for reappointment as United States District Attorney for the western district of Arkansas.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.) ; (fol.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270505948 View

Carson, Kit, 1809-1868. Letters received by Kit Carson, 1856 Nov 9-1865 Aug 18.

Title: Letters received by Kit Carson, 1856 Nov 9-1865 Aug 18.

Original and carbon copy typed transcripts of letters regarding personal, Indian Agency, and military affairs received by Kit Carson between November 9, 1856 and August 18, 1865, during Carson's tenure as Indian agent and Colonel of the First New Mexico Volunteer Infantry. Correspondents include DeWitt C. Peters, Carson's friend and biographer; Jason L. Collins, Governor of New Mexico Territory and Superintendent of Indian Affairs; Commissioner of Indian Affairs A. B. Greenwood; E. W. Cave, Texas Secretary of State; Brigadier General James H. Carleton; and Captain Albert W. Pfeiffer. A copy of Carson's May 4, 1862 letter to Captain W. I. L. Nicodemus regarding the discharging of Carson's men is also included in the collection. Accompanied by a newspaper clipping on Carson and related notes and essays by former owner Norma Berger.

ArchivalResource: 30 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702150512 View

Greenwood, Alfred Burton, 1811-1889. Alfred Burton Greenwood manuscript, 185u.

Title: Alfred Burton Greenwood manuscript, 185u.

The collection consists of a brief autobiography written by Greenwood in reply to a questionnaire from Charles Lanman for information for his Dictionary of the United States Congress. Although he represented Arkansas in Congress, Greenwood was a native of Franklin County, Georgia, and attended the University of Georgia.

ArchivalResource: 1 items (0.1 linear feet).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/289497793 View

Miller, John F., 1825-1901. Papers, 1853-1886.

Title: Papers, 1853-1886.

Papers include a muster roll of the Oregon Mounted Volunteers who served under the command of Captain John F. Miller for the purpose of suppressing Indian hostilities in the Rogue River Valley (1853); photocopy of letter (August 20, 1859) written by Miller at the Grand Ronde Indian Agency to Alfred B. Greenwood concerning the use of native plants for medicinal purposes (2 p.); donation land claim, Jackson County, Oregon (1874); quit claim deed, Marion County, Oregon (1886).

ArchivalResource: 4 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/32539542 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/81260520 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

Carson, Kit, 1809-1868. Letters received by Kit Carson, 1856 Nov 9-1865 Aug 18.

Title: Letters received by Kit Carson, 1856 Nov 9-1865 Aug 18.

Original and carbon copy typed transcripts of letters regarding personal, Indian Agency, and military affairs received by Kit Carson between November 9, 1856 and August 18, 1865, during Carson's tenure as Indian agent and Colonel of the First New Mexico Volunteer Infantry. Correspondents include DeWitt C. Peters, Carson's friend and biographer; Jason L. Collins, Governor of New Mexico Territory and Superintendent of Indian Affairs; Commissioner of Indian Affairs A. B. Greenwood; E. W. Cave, Texas Secretary of State; Brigadier General James H. Carleton; and Captain Albert W. Pfeiffer. A copy of Carson's May 4, 1862 letter to Captain W. I. L. Nicodemus regarding the discharging of Carson's men is also included in the collection. Accompanied by a newspaper clipping on Carson and related notes and essays by former owner Norma Berger.

ArchivalResource: 30 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/83868995 View