Flandrau, Charles E. (Charles Eugene), 1828-1903

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Dates:
Birth 1828-07-15
Death 1903-09-09

Biographical notes:

Charles Flandrau was born in New York, passed the bar in 1851 and joined his father's law firm. In 1853 he moved to Traverse des Sioux, Minnesota to practice law. He served on the Territorial Council of Minnesota, in the Minnesota Constitutional Convention, and on the territorial and state supreme courts. He was named U.S. agent for the Sioux in 1856. After serving in the Union Army from 1862 to 1864 he took up the practice of law for a year in Nevada before returning to Minnesota.

From the description of Charles E. Flandrau letters and reports [microform], 1856-1863. (Iowa Sate Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 65562522

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Subjects:

  • Justice, Administration of
  • Dakota Indians
  • Dakota Indians
  • Dakota Indians
  • Dakota Indians
  • Elections
  • Indian agents
  • Indian agents
  • Indians of North America
  • Judges
  • Land grants
  • Law
  • Lawyers
  • Literature
  • Ojibwa Indians
  • Pioneers
  • Prices
  • Public prosecutors
  • Spirit Lake Massacre, Iowa, 1857
  • Spirit Lake Massacre, Iowa, 1857

Occupations:

  • Indian agents
  • Lawyers

Places:

  • Hutchinson (Minn.) (as recorded)
  • Dakota Territory (as recorded)
  • Minnesota--Nicollet County (as recorded)
  • Minnesota (as recorded)
  • Saint Peter (Minn.) (as recorded)
  • Nicollet County (Minn.) (as recorded)
  • Minnesota (as recorded)
  • Saint Peter (Minn.) (as recorded)
  • Winona County (Minn.) (as recorded)
  • New Ulm (Minn.) (as recorded)
  • Europe (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)
  • Leech Lake (Minn.) (as recorded)
  • Traverse (Minn.) (as recorded)

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