Puget Sound District Agency correspondence, 1854-1861.

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Puget Sound District Agency correspondence, 1854-1861.

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This collection of correspondence is from the United States Office of Indian Affairs Puget Sound District Agency, dated from 1854-1861. Michael T. Simmons, an early settler of the area, is the recipient of a majority of the correspondence. Correspondents include Isaac I. Stevens, J.W. Nesmith, B.F. Shaw and other well-known pioneer settlers. All of the correspondence are photocopies of originals.

.5 linear foot (1 box, 6 folders)

Washington State Library, Office of Secretary of State

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Washington State Library, Office of Secretary of State

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United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Puget Sound District Agency.

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The Superintendent of Indian Affairs was an official position that was established to regulate contacts between Native Americans and settlers. The Superintendents had a general responsibility to handle affairs in the Territory, negotiate treaties and clear titles to land. Indian agents were appointed by the President of the United States with the approval of the United States Senate. The Oregon Superintendence established in 1848, when the Oregon Territory was organized. It had jurisdiction over...

Nesmith, James Willis, 1820-1885

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James Willis Nesmith was born July 23, 1820 in New Brunswick, Canada. He arrived in Oregon in 1843 with pioneer missionary Dr. Marcus Whitman. Nesmith held several public offices, including provisional government supreme court judge, state legislator, captain in the Cayuse, Rogue River, and Yakima Indian Wars, U.S. marshall, superintendent of Indian affairs, and U.S. senator. From the description of James Willis Nesmith papers, 1845-1885. (Oregon Historical Society Research Library)....

Stevens, Isaac Ingalls, 1818-1862

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Graduate of West Point who served in Mexican War. Indian agent, Governor and delegate to Congress for Washington Territory. Chairman of the National Democratic Executive Committee in 1860. Major General in Union Army and killed at Chantilly, Va. in 1862. From the description of Letter, Aug. 9, 1860. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 55662318 Born 1818 in Andover, Mass.; graduate of West Point; served in Mexican War, 1846-47; Indian agent for Washing...

Simmons, Michael Troutman, 1814-1867

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Washington Territory. Superintendent of Indian Affairs.

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Shaw, B. F. 1929 or 30-1908.

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