Johnston, George
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Epithet: of Add MS 29533
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George Johnston (also spelled Johnson) was the son of John Johnston, an Irish immigrant and O-Shau-gus-co-day-way-gua, a Chippewa Indian woman. In 1826, he was a sub-Indian agent at LaPointe, Wisconsin; later in 1835, he was appointed by the then Secretary of War Lewis Cass to survey the northern Michigan boundary between the Sioux and Chippewa Indians. In 1854, Johnston served as U.S. Indian Agent for the United States-Chippewa Indian Treaty of August 2, 1855. By this treaty, those Chippewa Indians of mixed blood were to receive eighty acres of land. Although Johnston qualified under this provision of the treaty, the Indian agent at Detroit, H.C. Gilbert, refused to honor his claim.
From the guide to the George Johnston letterbook, 1832-1860, (Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan)
George Johnston wrote to John Brown regarding his knowledge of the Antarctic explorer James Weddell. Brown collected information from people who knew Weddell for his biography of the explorer.
From the guide to the George Johnston collection, 1838-1843, (Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge)
Epithet: of Add MS 38265
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Epithet: Governor of West Florida
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Epithet: of Add MS 33572
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George Johnston (known as Max) was a private in the United States military who traveled with a military band during World War II. Johnston married Evelyn Carde Smith in 1943.
From the guide to the George Johnston and Evelyn Carde Smith Johnston Correspondence, 1935-1970s and undated, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.)
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- Ojibwa Indians
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- Iceland, Europe (as recorded)
- Upper Peninsula (Mich.) (as recorded)
- James Island, R. Gambia (as recorded)
- Portugal, Kingdom of, Europe (as recorded)
- County Durham, England (as recorded)
- Dorking, Surrey (as recorded)
- River Gambia, West Africa (as recorded)
- La Pointe (Wis.) (as recorded)
- Long Island, New York (as recorded)
- Sheffield, Yorkshire (as recorded)
- Ireland, Europe (as recorded)
- United States of America (as recorded)
- County Durham, England (as recorded)
- New York, N. America (as recorded)
- Nassau, New York (as recorded)
- Deal, Kent (as recorded)
- United States of America (as recorded)
- Hertford, Hertfordshire (as recorded)
- Westchester, America (as recorded)
- Ireland, Europe (as recorded)
- Ireland, Europe (as recorded)
- Staten Island, North America (as recorded)
