Smith, Jeremiah Jr. papers, 1835-1849.

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Smith, Jeremiah Jr. papers, 1835-1849.

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Correspondence, commercial records, and miscellaneous documents of Jeremiah Smith Jr. Includes letters related to Smith's claims for compensation for losses from the U.S. government. Also contains four ledgers from Smith's general store with itemized transactions by customers such as Chief Black Hawk and Chief Keokuk. Miscellaneous papers include a license to trade with the Sac and Fox tribe, a pass for safe conduct through the Half Breed Tract, and land deeds.

2 linear ft. (3 archives boxes)

State Historical Society of Iowa, Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7621887

State Historical Society of Iowa, Library

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Black Hawk, Sauk chief, 1767-1838

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Keokuk, Sauk chief, 1780?-1848

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Non-hereditary chief of the Sauk and Fox Indians who urged his people not to resist white advances. After the Black Hawk War in 1832, the U.S. appointed Keokuk chief of the Sauks and Foxes, gave him responsibility for administering a $20,000 annuity, and awarded his supporters 400 square miles of territory on the Iowa River in Iowa. From the description of Letter : Steamboat Warrior, to Pierre Chouteau, St. Louis, Mo., 1835 June 2. (Newberry Library). WorldCa...

Sac and Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa

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Smith, Jeremiah, 1802-1852.

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Jeremiah Smith Jr. was a pioneer settler, politician, and businessman in Burlington, Iowa. He received the title of major in the Black Hawk War, established a general store in Burlington in 1833, and traded with settlers and Sac and Fox Indians. Smith built a capitol for the First Wisconsin Territorial Legislature in Burlington at his own expense, but it burned in December 1837. He suffered futher loss when someone fraudulently collected payment from the U.S. government for debts owed to Smith b...