Records of the Office of the Secretary of War Relating to Indian Affairs.

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Records of the Office of the Secretary of War Relating to Indian Affairs.

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Although most records of the Office of the Secretary of War relating to Indian affairs were transferred to the Bureau after 1824, some correspondence dated between 1800 and 1824 remained with the records of the Office of the Secretary of War (see RG 107). Records dated before November 1800 were destroyed by a fire in the War Department. Letters received, 1800-1823, concern negotiations of Indian treaties, land reserves of individual Indians, mission schools, Government trading posts, issue of licenses, and distribution of annuities. Letters sent, 1800-1824, include copies of addresses to Indian delegations, appointments, passports issued for travel in Indian country, and instructions to treaty commissioners.

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