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This volume contains correspondence sent by the Office of Indian Affairs, Central Superintendency in St. Louis, Missouri from 1847-1855. The correspondence was sent by the Superintendents of Indian Affairs to the Commissioners of Indian Affairs. During this period the superintendents included Thomas H. Harvey, David D. Mitchell, and Alfred Cumming; the commissioners included William Medill, Orlando Brown, Luke Lea, and George Washington Manypenny. Topics of discussion focused on the appropriation of federal funds for treaties, the hiring and firing of Indian agents, and the transportation and storage of goods and supplies. Partial funding for the digitization of these records was provided by the National Park Service. A searchable, full-text (PDF) transcription is available under "Additional Information" below.
Creator: United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Central Superintendency
Date: Between 1847 and 1855
Item Number: 224639
Call Number: U.S. Office of Indian Affairs, Central Superintendency, St. Louis, Missouri, and William Clark Papers Coll. #741, vol. 9
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 224639
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Surveyors
Collections - Manuscript - Clark, William
Date - 1840s - 1847
Date - 1840s - 1848
Date - 1840s - 1849
Date - 1850s - 1850
Date - 1850s - 1851
Date - 1850s - 1852
Date - 1850s - 1853
Date - 1854-1860 - 1854
Date - 1854-1860 - 1855
Environment - Water - Rivers
Government and Politics - Federal Government - Federal agencies and programs - Agencies - Indian affairs
Military - Facilities - Forts - Fort Leavenworth
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Book
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Correspondence
People - American Indians - Indian removal
People - American Indians - Tribes - Blackfeet
People - American Indians - Tribes - Iowa
People - American Indians - Tribes - Kanza (Kaw)
People - American Indians - Tribes - Kickapoo
People - American Indians - Tribes - Miami
People - American Indians - Tribes - Missouri
People - American Indians - Tribes - Omaha
People - American Indians - Tribes - Otoe
People - American Indians - Tribes - Pawnee
People - American Indians - Tribes - Potawatomi
People - American Indians - Tribes - Sac and Fox
People - American Indians - Tribes - Sioux
People - American Indians - Tribes - Wea
People - American Indians - Tribes - Winnebago
Places - Other States - Iowa - Council Bluffs
Places - Other States - Missouri - St. Louis
Places - Other States - Montana
Places - Other States - New Mexico
Places - Other States - Wyoming
Thematic Time Period - Indian Territory, 1820 - 1854
Transportation - Water
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Government records - Correspondence
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