Circulars from the Commissioner and Acting Commissioner of Indian Affairs, 1853 Jun-Sep.

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Circulars from the Commissioner and Acting Commissioner of Indian Affairs, 1853 Jun-Sep.

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Five circulars dating from soon after Meriwether's appointment as governor through his first month on the job. The letters provide a glimpse at the work of an Indian Superintendent; they specify requirements for documenting travel expenses, filing annual reports, adhering to the new appropriations act which prohibited direct payments to individual Indians or Indian tribes, etc. Four circulars are signed by Commissioner George W. Manypenny and one is signed by Acting Commissioner Charles E. Mix.

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Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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United States. Bureau of Indian Affairs

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The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) was formed in 1824. An agency of the federal government of the United States within the US Department of the Interior, it is responsible for the administration and management of land held in trust by the United States for Native Americans in the United States, Native American Tribes and Alaska Natives. From the guide to the Navajo Land, motion picture, undated, (J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah) A Statistics Section was organ...

Mix, Charles E.

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Charles Henry Mix was born in New Haven, Connecticut, December 30, 1833, the son of Charles E. and Catherine (Upperman) Mix. He was educated in private school and by tutors, and also at Georgetown College, Washington D.C. in 1849. Additionally he received education in civil engineering from private tutors. Mix came to Minnesota in 1852, and from then until 1854 he was a clerk at the Winnebago Agency at Long Prairie. For a time in 1854 he was also secretary to Governor Wi...

Manypenny, George Washington, 1809-1893

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Indian commissioner. From the description of Letters of George Washington Manypenny, 1845-1877. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79453826 ...

Meriwether, D. (David), 1800-1893

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Meriwether, an explorer and trader in his youth, became a Kentucky farmer and politician. He served as governor of New Mexico territory (1853-1857). From the description of Letter, June 3, 1845. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 697839154 David Meriwether was a Kentucky politician. From the description of Broadside, 1835-1840. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat record id: 49253268 Kentucky lawyer, legislator, and governo...