White, of Stockwell, Indiana, served as chairman of the Sioux Claims Commission, a body formed to settle claims brought against the United States government by white settlers for losses incurred during the Dakota Conflict. This collection consists of two letters from White to his wife (1863), describing the battle areas he visited and discussing the commission's work; a letter from Cyrus Aldrich, in Washington, D.C. (1864), urging White to draft a bill for added relief to conflict survivors; and handwritten excerpts from an unidentified congressional document concerning the commission's work and from White's obituary.
