Chauncy Bush minute book, 1837.

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Chauncy Bush minute book, 1837.

Journal of proceedings of meetings held in Washington, D.C., between Secretary of War Joel R. Poinsett, Commissioner of Indian Affairs Carey A. Harris, and delegations of Sioux and Sauk-Fox Indians from along the Mississippi River, including the Sauk-Fox chief Keokuk.

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Harris, Carey A.

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Keokuk, Sauk-Fox Chief, 1780-1848.

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Poinsett, Joel Roberts, 1779-1851

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Charleston and Georgetown, S.C. attorney, plantation owner, and politician. Poinsett served as the U.S. Secretary of War under President Martin Van Buren from 1837 to 1841. From the description of Letters, 1837-1839. (The South Carolina Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 37522812 U.S. diplomat and secretary of war. An amateur of natural history, he imported and cultivated the Mexican flower named in his honor, and was one of the founders in 1840 of the National Institu...

Bush, Chauncy.

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Secretary of a U.S. Indian Commission. From the description of Chauncy Bush minute book, 1837. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34422948 From the description of Chauncy Bush minute book, 1837. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 78558905 ...