Compacts and compromises: The life of Thomas S. Twiss : [typescript] ; 2006 Feb. 2 / Colin Bennett.

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Compacts and compromises: The life of Thomas S. Twiss : [typescript] ; 2006 Feb. 2 / Colin Bennett.

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Biographical sketch of the life of Thomas S. Twiss (1804-1871), who worked as an Indian Agent for the U.S. government during the Civil War. A New York native, educated at West Point; married to Elizabeth Sherrill Twiss (d.1866) in 1828; appointed chair at South Carolina College as a professor of mathematics and natural philosophy, 1835; became an Indian Agent for the U.S. government,1855; charged with accepting bribes from the Sioux in exchange for goods and "acquiring" a Sioux woman, 1856; reinstated to his position as Indian Agent , 1859; migrated west with his family and lived with the Sioux until his death in 1871.

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Professor at S.C. College, Columbia, S.C.; chair of Mathematics Department; resigned from University of S.C., 1846; graduate of West Point; native of Troy, N.Y. From the description of Thomas S. Twiss papers, 1835-1846. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 42141094 ...

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