Guide to the Abraham Lincoln Indian Agent Appointment Document for Alfred R. Elder MS.M.046
Andre Ambrus
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Title: Abraham Lincoln Indian Agent appointment document for Alfred R. Elder
Identifier/Call Number: MS.M.046
Physical Description:
0.3 Linear Feet
(1 oversize folder)
Date (inclusive): 1863
Abstract: Collection comprises one printed
document appointing Alfred R. Elder to be Agent for the Indians in Washington Territory,
with signatures of Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, and John Palmer Usher,
Secretary of the Interior.
Language of Material:
English .
Collection open for research.
Property rights reside with the University of California. Literary rights are retained by
the creators of the records and their heirs. For permissions to reproduce or to publish,
please contact the Head of Special Collections and University Archives.
Abraham Lincoln Indian Agent appointment document for Alfred R. Elder. MS-S21. Special
Collections and Archives, The UC Irvine Libraries, Irvine, California. Date accessed.
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Processed by Andre Ambrus and description written by Ryan Hildebrand, 2005.
Processed by Andre Ambrus and description written by Ryan Hildebrand, 2005.
Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the United States, was born February 12, 1809, in Hardin
County, Kentucky. He was assassinated on April 14, 1865, at Ford's Theatre in Washington by
John Wilkes Booth.
Alfred R. Elder was born August 16, 1806 in Kentucky and moved with his wife, Martha, to
Oregon in 1848 and to Olympia in 1864. He died in Olympia in 1882.
John Palmer Usher, born in 1816 in Brookfield, New York, was the Secretary of the Interior
under Abraham Lincoln. He resigned in 1865 and became a lawyer for the Union Pacific
Railroad. In 1872, he moved to Lawrence, Kansas, where he served one term as mayor. He died
in 1889.
Collection Scope and Content Summary
Collection comprises one printed document appointing Alfred R. Elder to be Agent for the
Indians in Washington Territory, with signatures of Abraham Lincoln, President of the United
States, and John Palmer Usher, Secretary of the Interior.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Indians of North America -- Washington (State) -- Archives.
Documents -- Washington (State) -- 19th century.
Washington (State) -- History -- To 1889 -- Archives.
Elder, Alfred R.
Lincoln, Abraham
Usher, John Palmer