Robert H. Milroy's correspondence, 1872-1880.

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Robert H. Milroy's correspondence, 1872-1880.

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This collection consists of the correspondence to Robert H. Milroy, Superintendent of Indian Affairs for the Washington Territory from 1872-1875. There is incoming correspondence from the United States Dept. of Interior, Office of Indian Affairs. There is a black & white negative of a portrait of Milroy. There are two letterpress books. One is inscribed, "Puyallup Nisqually Agency, R. H. Milroy. U.S. Indian Agent, Olympia, W.T." The other letterpress book is inscribed, "Correspondence, Nov. 1878-Jul. 1880." The letterpress books are Penn Letter Books with red leather binding and tan leather spine. There is incoming and outgoing correspondence pertaining to the administration of the office. The letterpress books include correspondence of H.D. Gibson, who was also an Agent for the Office.

1 linear foot (2 boxes)

Washington State Library, Office of Secretary of State

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SNAC Resource ID: 7241696

Washington State Library, Office of Secretary of State

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Washington State Library. Manuscripts Collection.

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United States. Bureau of Indian Affairs

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The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) was formed in 1824. An agency of the federal government of the United States within the US Department of the Interior, it is responsible for the administration and management of land held in trust by the United States for Native Americans in the United States, Native American Tribes and Alaska Natives. From the guide to the Navajo Land, motion picture, undated, (J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah) A Statistics Section was organ...

Gibson, H. D.

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Milroy, Robert Huston, 1816-1890

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Milroy was born on a farm near the hamlet of Canton, five miles east of Salem, Indiana, but the family moved to Carroll County in 1826. He graduated from Norwich Academy in Vermont in 1843. He moved to Texas in 1845, returning to Indiana in 1847. He was a captain in the 1st Indiana Volunteers during the Mexican War, but did not see any combat action. He graduated from Indiana University Law School in 1850 and became a lawyer and judge in Rensselaer, Indiana. Just before Abraham Lincoln was in...

Washington Territory. Superintendent of Indian Affairs.

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