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Indians of North America -- Commerce

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Catalogs and advertisements for Indian traders

 Collection — Huntington box 27a - folder 1
Identifier: 9190
Scope and content Collection of catalogs, auction listings, and brochures for Indian curios. Some of the catalogs list prices for items including jewelry, blankets, clothing, baskets, and pottery. Some of the shops appear to have specialized in excavated items, while others contracted with tribes and reservations to have items made for their shops. Auction catalogs list items from estates of Indian collectors. Collection has a focus on Navajo textiles, but includes information on other items from Alaska to...
Dates: [ca.1900].

Letter from Samuel Hodgdon : respecting wagons loaded with goods for the Cherokee treaty

 Collection — Huntington box 39 - folder 1
Identifier: 9008
Scope and content

Letter mentions invoices for the supplies being carried in the wagons for the treaty. Mention of an enclosed letter, not present, to Lieutenant Devin, instructing him to include a small package from Major Cushing with the wagons.

Dates: 1798 March 1.

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.