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In this letter to Mrs. Maria T. Lyman, Robert Simerwell discusses the activities of Isaac McCoy who was tasked to "proceed into the wilderness west of the Missouri State and to learn it fitness or unfitness for an Indian Colony." Simerwell explains that McCoy and his party had deemed the land to be suitable and, therefore, they hoped to start moving Native Indians to that area by the next season.
Creator: Simerwell, Robert, 1786-1868
Date: July 28, 1829
Item Number: 219157
Call Number: Robert Simerwell Coll. #500, Box 1 Correspondence and reports, 1829 July-August
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 219157
Collections - Manuscript - Simerwell, Robert W.
Community Life - Religion - Missionaries - Carey Mission
Date - 1820s - 1829
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
People - American Indians - Missions - Carey Mission
People - Notable People - Simerwell, Robert
Places - Other States - Michigan - Carey Mission
Thematic Time Period - Indian Territory, 1820 - 1854
Thematic Time Period - Indian Territory, 1820 - 1854 - Michigan Territory
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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