Ebenezer Jolls Ormsbee papers, 1842-1936 (bulk 1891-1893).

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Ebenezer Jolls Ormsbee papers, 1842-1936 (bulk 1891-1893).

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This collection includes the papers of Ebenezer J. Ormsbee; his wife, Frances; and their daughter, Carrie Wyckoff-Ormsbee. The papers in this collection primarily document Ormsbee's work as U.S. land commissioner in Samoa, 1891-1893, although there are some records of his work as Indian commissioner and some family and personal papers. The records of Ormsbee as land commissioner in Samoa include correspondence with the U.S. Department of State. There is also a copy of a letter from King Malietoa of Samoa, March 2, 1892. There are also reports, memoranda, and public notices (1892-1893), of the land commission made up of Ormsbee and the English and German commissioners Bazett M. Haggard and T. Greiner, and an office diary kept by Ormsbee, January 1892-February 1893. In addition to official papers, there are photographs and many copies of speeches about Samoa that Ormsbee and his wife gave upon their return to the United States in 1893. There is also a personal diary Ormsbee kept during his tenure in Samoa. Correspondence mentions another well-known American in Samoa about the same time, Robert Louis Stevenson, and a typed copy of a speech or essay by Stevenson's mother, Mrs. Thomas Stevenson, July 8, 1892, is included. The personal correspondence includes letters between Carrie Wyckoff-Ormsbee, at Smith College, and her parents in Samoa. Mrs. Ormsbee left Samoa in 1892 and corresponded with her husband until his return home in March 1893. There are also letters written back to friends met in Samoa, especially William A. Blacklock, U.S. vice-consul.

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