United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Green Bay Agency
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George Boyd, agent at Green Bay, was a career War Dept. employee and Indian agent.
Probably a native of Maryland and related by marriage to John Quincy Adams, Boyd served as a private secretary to Secretaries of War William Eustis and John Armstrong and as a courier and special agent of the War Dept., before accepting appointments as Indian agent at Michilimackinac (1818-1832) and at Green Bay (1832-1840).
From the description of Indian agency at Green-Bay : to all whom it may concern---be it known, that Augustin Grignon ... is hereby licensed to reside at the Big Butte des Morts, and there trade with the Indians ... : license, 1836 Oct. 2. (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 36374016
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Subjects:
- Fur traders
- Indian agents
- Manuscripts, American
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- Butte des Morts (Wis.) (as recorded)
- Wisconsin--Green Bay (as recorded)
- Wisconsin--Butte des Morts (as recorded)
- Green Bay (Wis.) (as recorded)