Collection of biographical materials of Robert Newell, including his 1868 diary, 1863-1931.

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Collection of biographical materials of Robert Newell, including his 1868 diary, 1863-1931.

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The volume includes transcripts of material about Robert Newell and the Nez Percé War of 1877. This material includes Newell's 1868 diary of his trip to Washington D.C. with several Nez Percé Indians including Lawyer, Jason, and Timothy, to negotiate a treaty. While in Washington, the group met with President Andrew Johnson, Ulysses S. Grant, and the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, Nathaniel G. Taylor. The diary also covers their overland trip back to Fort Lapwai, Idaho. There is also a typescript of a clipping regarding the unveiling of a bronze tablet dedicated to Robert Newell in 1931. Also present in the volume are typescripts of articles from the Lewiston Teller Extra from June 16-August 12, 1877, discussing the Nez Percé War.

113 pages, bound typescript, 29 cm.

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