Joseph Montfort Street papers, 1829-1840.

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Joseph Montfort Street papers, 1829-1840.

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Included in this collection are 32 letters dating from the period that Joseph M. Street served as a U.S. Indian agent for the Winnebago and Sauk and Fox--both official correspondence and a few personal in nature. Accompanying the letters are a variety of documents including appointments, deeds and accounting records. Folder 1 of the collection contains a Street family genealogy.

32 letters and 36 miscellaneous documents (4 folders)

State Historical Society of Iowa, Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8190245

State Historical Society of Iowa, Library

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United States. Office of Indian Affairs

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United States bureau with responsibility for Indian relations. From the description of Letter, 1846. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122699812 Develops and implements, in cooperation with tribal governments, Native American organizations, other federal agencies, state & local governments, and other interested groups, economic, social, educational, and other programs for the benefit and advancement of Indian and Alaska native people. Established in 1824 within the War Dept...

Street, Joseph Montfort, 1782-1840

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General Joseph Montfort Street was a lawyer, merchant, U.S. Army officer, and U.S. Indian agent born in 1782 in Lunenburg County, Virginia. He studied law in Henry Clay's office in Kentucky, and subsequently practiced in that state and Tennessee. In 1806 he became editor of the "The Western World" in Frankfort, Kentucky, a newspaper that helped expose Aaron Burr's conspiracy to sieze and detach U.S. lands from the Union. From 1827-1835 Street served as U.S. Indian agent to the Winnebago at Prair...

Street family.

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