Latter Day Saints
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Accounts and publications about Indians
Edward A. Ellsworth correspondence
Positive and negative Photostats of one letter from J. T. Irving to Edward A. Ellsworth dated November 14, 1833 from Fort Leavenworth and one letter from Edward A. Ellsworth to his brother Henry W. Ellsworth dated June 24, 1833 from New York. The Irving letter discusses the journey west and the Ellsworth letter describes conditions near the Platte River. Ellsworth mentions preparing documents for Congress, his father, Mormons, and purchasing a wild Indian horse.
United States War Department correspondence and records regarding Indian affairs and activities with Indian nations
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.