United States. War Department
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Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Business letters
Collection — Manuscript box 22 - folder 1: [Barcode: 31924065243663]
Identifier: 288m
Scope and content
Printed form letter from the U.S. Treasury Department (March 22, 1843) to the New York City Commissioners, signed by J.C. Spencer, settling a claim by J. & W. Kelly & Co. for compensation for damage caused by the Great Fire of New York in 1835. Also, a letter from W. (?) L. Macey to Nahum Capen (May 20, 1852), giving a recommendation for Capen's History of Democracy in the United States, sight unseen. Third, a letter from John A. Dix to M. (?) Conrad, head of the War Department...
Dates:
1843-1852.
Reports of explorations and surveys, to ascertain the most practicable and economical route for a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean, plates
Collection — Huntington box 15
Identifier: 9107
Scope and content
Plates extracted from the three volume United States War Department publication. Plates were drawn by Albert H Campbell, Balduin MoĢllhausen, Lt. J. C. Tidball and John J. Young and were published by Sarony, Major & Knapp Lith. and T. Sinclair's Lith.. Includes note of Provenance to Mr. Burnett from L.D., dated September 12, 1950, this is Edwin Kenneth. Burnett and Lillian Davis. Plates are marked U.S.P.R.R. for United States Pacific Rail Road Expedition & Surveys, 35th Parallel....
Dates:
1856.
United States War Department correspondence and records regarding Indian affairs and activities with Indian nations
Collection
Identifier: 9188
Abstract
Typed transcripts of correspondence and records of activities with Indian nations. Transcripts include information on Indian census, Indian removal, reports from Indian agencies, United States policy, trade regulations, emigration, crime, and treaties. Many of the reports are from Indian agents to commanding officers or superintendents of the Office of Indian Affairs, some correspondence giving instructions to agents. Includes an index.
Dates:
1798-1874.
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- Bill Williams River (Ariz.). 1
- Black Forest (Colo.). 1
- Blackfoot Indians. 1
- Caddo Indians. 1
- Canadian River. 1
- Cherokee Indians. 1
- Chickasaw Indians. 1
- Choctaw Indians. 1
- Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico). 1
- Comanche Indians. 1
- Creek Indians. 1
- Dakota Indians 1
- Fort Colville (Wash. : Army garrison) 1
- Fort Ellis (Mont.) 1
- Fort Laramie (Wyo.) 1
- Fort Pierre (S.D.) 1
- Fort Smith (Ark.) 1
- Fort Smith (Ark.). 1
- Fox Indians. 1
- Great Fire, New York (N.Y.), 1835. 1
- Indian captivities. 1
- Indians of North America 1
- Indians of North America -- Alcohol use 1
- Indians of North America -- Census 1
- Indians of North America -- Commerce 1
- Indians of North America -- Cultural assimilation 1
- Indians of North America -- Government relations 1
- Indians of North America -- Great Plains 1
- Indians of North America -- Iowa 1
- Indians of North America -- Kansas 1
- Indians of North America -- Michigan 1
- Indians of North America -- Migrations 1
- Indians of North America -- Missions 1
- Indians of North America -- Missouri 1
- Indians of North America -- Missouri River Valley 1
- Indians of North America -- Montana 1
- Indians of North America -- Oregon 1
- Indians of North America -- Pictorial works 1
- Indians of North America -- Texas 1
- Indians of North America -- Treaties 1
- Indians of North America -- Utah 1
- Indians of North America -- Washington (State) 1
- Indians of North America -- West (U.S.) 1
- Indians of North America -- Wisconsin 1
- Iowa Indians. 1
- Kickapoo Indians. 1
- Koasati Indians. 1
- Latter Day Saints 1
- Modoc Indians. 1
- Modoc War, 1872-1873. 1
- Mohave Indians. 1
- Mojave River Valley (Calif.) 1
- Neah Bay (Wash.) 1
- Nooksack River (Wash.) 1
- Ojibwa Indians 1
- Osage Indians. 1
- Ottawa Indians. 1
- Pacific railroads -- Exploration and surveys. 1
- Pecos River (N.M. and Tex.) 1
- Potawatomi Indians. 1
- Sac & Fox Nation of Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska. 1
- Sauk Indians (Algonquian) 1
- Seminole Indians. 1
- Seneca Indians. 1
- Shawnee Indians. 1
- Tonkawa Indians. 1
- Tonkawa language. 1
- Tulalip Indian Reservation (Wash.) 1
- War widows -- United States. 1
- Wea Indians. 1
- West (U.S.) -- Description and travel. 1
- Wichita Indians. 1
- Winnebago Indians. 1
- Wyandot Indians. 1
- Yamasee Indians 1
- Yamasee Indians -- Wars 1
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