Hoag Indian papers, 1865-1883.

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Hoag Indian papers, 1865-1883.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/27384374

Correspondence, business, legal and financial papers (contracts, powers of attorney, accounts, reports, bills, etc.). Much of the collection relates to the finances of the Central Superintendency and the settling of various accounts with the federal government; other topics include the work of Indian Agents, transportation of tribes to the reserves, progress and politics of Indian legislation, troubles at Indian agencies, etc. Correspondents include W.P. Adair, H.M. Atkinson, Cyrus Beede, Brinton Darlington, Columbus Delano, Edward Earle, E.B. French, John Hadley, Edward F. Hoag, John D. Miles, William Nicholson, John H. Pickering, John K. Rankin, James E. Rhoads, Jonathan Richards, John Q. Smith, Thomas Wistar, Levi Woodard and others.

ca. 668 items (3 boxes).

Haverford College Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7243055

Haverford College Library

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Rankin, John K.

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Rhoads, James E. (James Evans), 1828-1895

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Delano, Columbus, 1809-1896

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Columbus Delano (1809-1896) was a resident of Mount Vernon, Ohio. Delano was later a United States Representative and Secretary of the Interior under President Grant. From the guide to the Columbus Delano Papers, ., 1834-1839, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.) U.S. Sec. of Interior. From the description of Autograph letter signed : "Department of the Interior," Washington, D.C., to William W. Belknap, 1873 Nov...

Hadley, John.

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French, Ezra Bartlett, 1810-1880

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Adair, W. P. (William Penn), 1830-1880

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Georgia resident. From the description of Letters, 1860-1862. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 31187641 ...

Wistar, Thomas, 1798-1876

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Woodard, Levi, ca. 1831-1882.

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Beede, Cyrus, 1828-1908.

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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, Edward F., 1852-1943.

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Smith, John Quincy, 1824-1901

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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...

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...

Darlington, Brinton, 1804-1872

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Nicholson, William Thomas, 1834-1893

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Miles, John DeBras, 1832-1925

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Atkinson, H. M.

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Pickering, John H.

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