Papers, 1809-1948; (bulk 1860-1940).

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Papers, 1809-1948; (bulk 1860-1940).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/19548383

Correspondence, memorandum books, daybooks, notebooks on the Pueblo Indians, and other papers of Douglass and of various members of the Boone and Douglass families, especially of William's father, Benjamin P. Douglass, Indiana State Representative, and his son, William Boone Douglass, Jr., an official of the United States consular service. The letters pertain to the Kansas-Nebraska question, the passing of the first overland mail from California through Cassville, Mo., in 1858, elections to be held in Indiana in 1860, Douglass' surveying activities, establishment of a national park of the cliff cities of New Mexico, the securing of power from Boulder Dam, and other matters. Civil War letters from both Union and confederate soldiers are included; also an emancipation document for some slaves in Indiana Territory, designs submitted to the Patent Office, a biographical sketch of Douglass, and genealogical data on the boone and related families.

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Boone family.

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Douglass, Benjamin P. (Benjamin Pennebaker), 1820-1904

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Douglass, William, approximately 1700-1752

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William Boone Douglass was a U S. Cadastral Engineer who surveyed Acoma Pueblo lands. The Acoma people contested the boundaries established by an earlier survey and via Executive Orders of 1910 and 1917. They felt that land granted to them in 1689 by the Spanish was being given to the Laguna people and the Mexicans. They hoped that William Boone Douglass could help them in their cause. From the description of Correspondence, 1920-1922. (University of New Mexico-Main Campus). WorldCat...

Douglas family.

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Douglass, William Boone, 1898-

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