Papers, 1853-1961 (bulk 1853-1872).

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Papers, 1853-1961 (bulk 1853-1872).

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Letters, minutes, clippings, photographs, and other misc. papers. Bulk of papers relate to John B. Garrett's affiliation with the Associated Executive Committee of Friends on Indian Affairs. Includes letters (1869-1872) from Cyrus Beede, Josiah Butler, H.R. Clum, W.B. Collins, Vincent Colyer, Amos Doan, Edward Earle, Isaac T. Gibson, Enoch Hoag, Joseph D. Hoag, D.W. Hunt, John D. Miles, Thomas Miller, Joel H. Morris, William Nicholson, Ely S. Parker, Jonathan Richards, Mahlon Stubbs, Benjamin Tatham, Lawrie Tatum, Asa C. Tuttle, Benjamin H. Wright and others; topics discussed include appointment of agents, missionary work, Indian education and citizenship, use of military force, annuity goods, opening of Indian Territory to settlement by whites; minutes of the committee for 1871; letter of Garrett to his family telling of trip to Fort Smith, Arkansas as part of the Grand Indian Council in 1865, also 17 photographs of Indians present at the council and printed reports of the meetings. Some misc. personal papers chiefly related to Garrett's days as a student at Haverford College including correspondence with schoolmates (Frederick Arthur, others), certificates and essays; autograph book (1877); also letters telling of contraband relief efforts, slavery, politics and presidential campaign of 1856.

ca. 183 items (2 boxes)

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Associated Executive Committee of Friends on Indian Affairs

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The Associated Executive Committee of Friends on Indian Affairs originated in 1869 in answer to President Grant's Peace Policy, officially giving management of Indians in the Central Superintendency (Kansas and Indian Territory) to Orthodox Friends. Friends withdrew from government-sponsored work in 1879. Edward Morris Wistar was chairman of the Committee from 1895-1919. From the description of Records, 1758-1929 (bulk 1892-1917). (Haverford College Library). WorldCat record id: 2882...

Garrett, John Biddle.

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John Biddle Garrett (1836-1924) of Philadelphia was an original member of the Associated Executive Committee of Friends on Indian Affairs. The committee originated in 1869 in response to President Grant's Peace Policy, which officially gave the management of Indians in the Central Superintendency (Kansas and Indian Territory) to the Orthodox branch of the Society of Friends. Garrett served as secretary to the committee. From the description of Papers, 1853-1961 (bulk 1853-1872). (Hav...

Butler, Josiah, 1844-

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Beede, Cyrus, 1828-1908.

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Gibson, Isaac T., ca. 1829-1915.

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Grand Indian Council (1865, Fort Smith, Ark.)

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Morris, Joel H. (Joel Holloway)

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Haverford college

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Haverford College was founded in 1833 as a Quaker school for boys. Today it is a coeducational, non-sectarian college applying the Quaker values of consensus and honor code. From the description of Archival records, 1831-[ongoing]. (Haverford College Library). WorldCat record id: 60246925 ...

Parker, Ely Samuel, 1828-1895

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Seneca sachem born at Indian Falls, Genesee County, N.Y. in 1828; raised on the Tonawanda Reservation. Studied law and civil engineering; appointed superintendant of government works at Galena, Ill. in 1857, where he became a friend of Ulysses S. Grant. Served during the Civil War as Gen. Grant's secretary. Appointed U. S. Commissioner of Indian Affairs by President Grant. Died at Fairfield, Conn. in 1895. From the description of Ely S. Parker correspondence and paper on the Iroquois...

Colyer, Vincent, 1825-1888

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Colyer was born in the Bloomingdale, New York on September 30, 1824, and grew up in a Quaker family. His faith was the center of his life and the inspiration for many of his activities. He studied art for four years in New York with John R. Smith, and then was a student at the National Academy. He became an associate member of the National Academy of Design in 1851. From then until the Civil War he painted in New York City. Colyer married Mary Lydia Hancock, a grandniece of Massachusetts G...

Hunt, Daniel W., ca. 1832-1898.

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Richards, Jonathan, ca. 1812-1882.

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Jonathan Richards (principal of Haverford School, 1853-1857) served as an Indian agent for the Wichitas and affiliated bands at Wichita, Kansas from 1870-1876. He was appointed under President Grant's Peace Policy which officially gave the management of the Central Superintendency (all of Kansas and the Indian Territory) to the Orthodox branch of the Society of Friends. From the description of Papers, 1870-1881. (Haverford College Library). WorldCat record id: 25541073 ...

Hoag, Joseph D., ca. 1800-1880.

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Tatham, Benjamin

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Nicholson, William Thomas, 1834-1893

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Tatum, Lawrie.

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Hoag, Enoch, 1812-1884

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Enoch Hoag, a member of Iowa Yearly Meeting, was appointed Superintendent of the Central Superintendency (Kansas and Indian Territory) in 1869 under President Grant's "Peace Policy." This gave supervision of the Indians in this area to the Orthodox branch of the Society of Friends. Serving under Hoag were Indian Agents (also Friends), assigned to agencies representing the Kickapoo, Shawnee, Potawatomi, Kansas, Osage, Quapaw, Sac and Fox, Cheyenne, Arapaho, Wichita, Kiowa, Comanche and Apache. Ho...

Tuttle, Asa C., ca. 1816-1898.

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Stubbs, Mahlon, 1825-1916.

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Wright, Benjamin H., ca. 1820-1896.

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Clum, H. R.

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Doan, Amos, ca. 1827-1892.

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Earle, Edward, 1811-1877

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Edward Earle (1811-1877), son of Timothy and Ruth Keese Earle, was born in Leicester, Mass. After attending schools in Leicester, he completed his education at the Friends School in Providence, R.I. He moved to Worcester, Mass., in 1832 and engaged in various businesses with success. He was elected a selectman of Worcester in 1843 and a representative to the Massachusetts General Court in 1851. In 1853, he was an alderman and from 1861-1871 he was a member of the school committee. He was elected...

Miller, Thomas, 1812-1906.

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Arthur, Frederick, shipowner

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Miles, John DeBras, 1832-1925

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Collins, W.B.

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