Correspondence from Pima Indian Agency, Sacaton, Arizona, 1884-1885.

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Correspondence from Pima Indian Agency, Sacaton, Arizona, 1884-1885.

41 letters written by Miss Wilson to her family in Willoughby, Ohio, while she was a teacher at the Pima Indian Agency. Includes a list of scholars and how they were renamed. The folder with transcripts includes provenance information and letters to and from Sidney Wilson about the Florence Wilson correspondence. The transcripts are also annotated.

77 leaves.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7908580

Cornell University Library

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Wilson, Florence L., fl. 1884.

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Miss Florence L. Wilson was later Mrs. E. E. Flickinger. The letters were preserved by her mother, Mrs. Hepzibah Beula Smart Wilson. They were copied in several duplicates, and in this form distributed to the children of the author. When the letters were written Miss Wilson's uncle, Roswell G. Wheeler, had been appointed by President James A. Garfield as agent of the Pima Indians at a time when Geronimo was chief of the Apaches, ancient enemies of the Pimas. Bands of Mexicans were riding up from...

Huntington Free Library

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