Indians of North America -- Treaties
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 19 Collections and/or Records:
Barton Griffith papers
Collection — Folder S2183
Identifier: S2183
Scope and Contents
This collection includes photostats of original letters written between 1821 and 1832, along with their typed transcripts, from members of the Griffith Family in Indiana to each other and to relatives in Pennsylvania, concerning family matters, daily life and settling in Indiana, unrest between Native Americans and white pioneers, trade, national politics including discussion of John Quincy Adams, Henry Clay, and Andrew Jackson. All of the correspondents were probably Quakers, based on their...
Dates:
1821-1834
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Barton Griffith papers
"Chief Charlie of the Eel River Tribe" draft
Collection — Folder S2727
Identifier: S2727
Scope and Contents
This collection includes one historical record from Otis O. Bryan Ringo in Muncie, Indiana from 1938 regarding the Eel River Tribe.
Dates:
1938
Disturbance at the Potawatomi payment at Chippewanaung, Indiana collection
Collection — Folder S3072
Identifier: S3072
Scope and Contents
This collection contains handwritten copies made by H. Parke of Mount Vernon, Indiana of correspondence relating to the disturbance that occurred at the annuity payment to the Potawatomi at Chippewanaung, Fulton County, Indiana. Correspondence from September 24 and 25, 1836 includes messages sent by Col. Abel C. Pepper, George W. Ewing, and Spier S. Tipton. The collection also contains copies of the muster rolls and schedule of accounts for the Logansport Guard, the Logansport Dragoons, and the...
Dates:
1836-1837
Ewing family collection
Collection
Identifier: L323
Scope and Contents
This collection comprises personal and business papers from the Ewing family, particulraly the brothers William Griffith (W.G.) and George Washington (G.W.) Ewing and their companies in Fort Wayne, Indiana and numerous other locations in the Midwest, ranging from 1818-1887, regarding land speculation; the fur trade; trade and relations with Native Americans and Hoosier pioneers; the settlement of Indiana and the Old Northwest; the development of Fort Wayne; state and national politics; and...
Dates:
1818-1889
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Ewing family collection
Francis Godfroy correspondence
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S2242
Scope and Contents
This collection includes photostats and photocopies of correspondence primarily to Francis Godfroy, dating from 1824 to 1847. Those corresponding with Francis Godfroy include William Griffith Ewing, concerning fur trade and other business relations; Allen Hamilton, a close friend who served as executor of Francis Godfroy's last will and testament; Thomas Hamilton; Colonel Abel C. Pepper, superintendent of Indian reservations and Indian agent; Samuel Milroy, Pepper's successor; John Forsyth;...
Dates:
1824-1847
George Knight Hester collection
Collection — Folder S2185
Identifier: S2185
Scope and Contents
There are four items in this collection: (1) Rev. George Knight Hester's 1851 Diary, which is really a memoir, consisting of 18 typed pages; (2-3) a partial letter from Saguaches, Colorado, written on November 14, no year, to "Sister dear" on brown paper with no signature, accompanied by a transcription of the letter; and (4) "Papers Relating To The Hester Family" compiled by the Indiana State Library, 1926. The 1851 document gives the family history from Germany to America,...
Dates:
1851, 1926
Indiana Company papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: B030
Scope and Contents
This collection contains photocopies of papers related to the Indiana Company's land dispute ranging from 1763 to 1791.
Dates:
1780-1791
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Indiana Company papers
John Hays collection
Collection — Folder S1820
Identifier: S1820
Scope and Contents
This collection includes photostatic copies of correspondence, treaty proceedings, and speeches related to the activities of Indian agent John Hays that were obtained by the Indiana State Library from the National Archives. The first two folders contain correspondence dated from September 15, 1819 to November 13, 1821 that covers the transfer of the Fort Wayne post from William Turner to Hays. Much of the correspondence is among Indiana agents Turner, Hays, John Johnston and B.F. (Benjamin...
Dates:
1819-1823
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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John Hays collection
Miami and Eel River Indians annuity payrolls
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: OBC066
Scope and Contents
This collection contains photostat copies of documents from the National Archives regarding annuity payments received by the Eel River Indians (1889), the Western Miami living in Kansas (1891), and the Indiana Miami (1895). The collection also includes a photostat copy of a payroll for individuals who were originally excluded, but later added to the tribal rolls in response to the June 12, 1858 appropriation act (1859).
Dates:
1859-1895
Miami Indians annuity payrolls
Collection — Folder OBC208
Identifier: OBC208
Scope and Contents
This collection includes photostat copies of payrolls that recorded the distribution of annuity payments to the Miami Indians who were "residing East of the Mississippi" for the years 1859 and 1860. The payrolls also include separate distribution lists for the Eel River tribe members who received payments.
Dates:
1859-1860
