Abel C. Pepper collection
Collection — Folder: S1723
Identifier: S1723
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a November 22, 1835 letter written by Indian Agent Abel C. Pepper that
accompanied a treasury warrant (no. 2280) for $1,430 drawn on the State Bank of Indiana at Indianapolis.
Pepper requested that the amount be paid to his credit and that a receipt of acknowledgement be returned
by mail. The warrant is not part of the collection.
Dates
- 1834
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Legal title, copyright, and literary rights reside with Rare Books and Manuscripts, Indiana State Library, Indianapolis, IN. All requests to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted to Rare Books and Manuscripts.
Biographical Note
Abel Claypole Pepper was an early settler of Indiana. He was born on April 20, 1793 in Virginia and later
moved to Kentucky and served as a private with the Kentucky volunteer light dragoons during the War
of 1812. He moved to Dearborn County, Indiana in 1815 and quickly became a leader of the community
and served as county commissioner and sheriff. He also joined the Indiana militia and earned the rank
of colonel and then brigadier general, though he continued to use the title of Colonel. He was appointed
a sub-Indian agent in 1829 and was later promoted to the office of Indian agent and then superintendent
for the removal of the Indians from Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, and Wisconsin before resigning in 1839.
Pepper also served as a member of the Indiana House of Representatives, was a U.S. Marshall, and was
elected a representative to Indiana's Constitutional Convention in 1850. He married Jane Haff in 1820 and
they had four children. He died at his home in Rising Sun, Indiana on March 20, 1860.
Sources:
History of Dearborn and Ohio Counties, Indiana: From Their Earliest Settlement. Chicago: F.E. Weakley
& Co., 1885. Accessed January 8, 2018. https://archive.org/details/historyofdearbor00chic.
Shepherd, Rebecca A., Charles W. Calhoun, Elizabeth Shanahan-Shoemaker, Alan F. January, eds. A
Biographical Directory of the Indiana General Assembly. Volume 1, 1816-1899. Indianapolis: The Select
Committee on the Centennial History of The Indiana General Assembly in cooperation with the Indiana
Historical Bureau, 1980.
Woollen, William Wesley. Biographical and Historical Sketches of Early Indiana. Indianapolis:
Hammond & C0., 1883.
Extent
0.01 Cubic Feet (1 folder)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
This collection is arranged chronologically.
Custodial History
This collection was received by Rare Books and Manuscripts as a donation.
Accruals
No further additions are expected.
Processing Information
Collection processing completed in 1999 by Philip N. Williams. EAD finding aid created 2018/01/08 by Laura Eliason. EAD finding aid recreated 2018/06/05 by Lauren Patton.
- Title
- Abel C. Pepper collection
- Status
- Completed
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Rare Books and Manuscripts Repository
Contact:
140 North Senate Avenue
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204 U.S.A.
317-232-3671
140 North Senate Avenue
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204 U.S.A.
317-232-3671
