Indian agents -- United States -- Correspondence
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Kit Carson papers
Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197232537388]
Identifier: Vault MSS 513
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, military dispatches, a deed, a Taos County Resolution, and two payment vouchers. Nine of these items are personal in nature and are addressed to Carson from friends and family members. The remaining thirty-five letters are concerned with and document Indian affairs. They include instructions from superiors, official correspondence regarding military actions during the American Civil War in the West. They document aspects of the Jicarilla War of 1854-55, the Mescalero...
Dates:
1854-1867
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
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Kit Carson papers
William Clark letter
Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197227613921]
Identifier: MSS SC 645
Scope and Contents
Handwritten and signed letter to acquire three quarts of whiskey "for the use of the Chickasaw Indians."
Dates:
1794
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
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William Clark letter