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This balance sheet, prepared by Baptist missionary Jotham Meeker, outlines the income and expenses of the Ottawa mission during 1842. This mission was located near present-day Ottawa, Kansas. It includes information on expenditures for translations into native languages, native education, interpreters, and the printing office. These funds benefited the Ottawa, Potawatomi, Delaware, and Shawnee Indians residing in Indian Territory.
Creator: Meeker, Jotham, 1804-1855
Date: January 11, 1843
This visually-appealing balance sheet can be used to illustrate how missionaries allocated their funds. This source could be grouped with other sources dealing with the Ottawa Mission that have been selected for this standard. The column on the left is for debits (Dr) and the right column is for credits (Cr). "Do" is an abbreviation for "ditto."
KS:7th:1.4:Indian Removal (2005)
Item Number: 210070
Call Number: Jotham Meeker Papers Coll. 439 Box 1,1841-42 Correspondence Folder
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 210070
Business and Industry - Media/Communications - Printing and publishing
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Religion - Missionaries
Collections - Manuscript - Meeker, Jotham
Community Life - Religion - Missionaries
Curriculum - 7th Grade Standards - Kansas History Standards - Prehistory to 1854 (Benchmark 1) - Indian Removal Act (Indicator 4) - Mission work and mission schools
Curriculum - 7th Grade Standards - Kansas History Standards - Prehistory to 1854 (Benchmark 1) - Indian Removal Act (Indicator 4) - Ottawa
Date - 1800-1819
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Record, Bookkeeping
People - American Indians - Indian removal
People - American Indians - Missions - Ottawa Mission
People - American Indians - Tribes - Delaware
People - American Indians - Tribes - Ottawa
People - American Indians - Tribes - Potawatomi
People - American Indians - Tribes - Shawnee
Places - Counties - Franklin
Thematic Time Period - Indian Territory, 1820 - 1854
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Financial records
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