United States Bureau of Indian Affairs copied documents, 1616-1906.

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United States Bureau of Indian Affairs copied documents, 1616-1906.

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Photostat and typescript copies of various Indian Office files, 1801-1860, relating to the Wisconsin area; and calendars compiled by Newton D. Mereness from these and other Indian Office documents, 1801-1906, including letters to Lewis Cass, George B. Porter, and Stevens Thomson Mason.

36.5 c.f. (7 black boxes, 58 oversize black boxes, 28 card boxes, and 3 flat boxes)

Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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