Guide to the Abraham Lincoln Indian Agent Appointment Document for Alfred R. Elder
Andre Ambrus
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Guide to the Abraham Lincoln Indian Agent Appointment Document for Alfred R. Elder
Collection number: MS-M046
Special Collections and ArchivesThe UCI Libraries
University of California
Irvine, California
- Processed by:
- Andre Ambrus
- Date Completed:
- 2005
- Encoded by:
- Andre Ambrus
© 2005 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Title: Abraham Lincoln Indian Agent appointment document for Alfred R. Elder
Dates: 1863
Collection number: MS-M046
Creator:
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Collection Size:
0.3 linear feet
(1 oversize folder)
Repository:
University of California, Irvine. Library.
Special Collections and Archives.
Irvine, California 92623-9557
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.
Languages:
Languages represented in the collection:
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-M046. Special Collections and Archives, The UC Irvine
Libraries, Irvine, California.
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.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in
the library's online public access catalog.
Indians of North America--Washington (State)--Archives.
Washington (State)--History--To 1889--Archives.
Documents--Washington (State)--19th century.
Index Terms Related to this Collection
Elder, Alfred R., 1806-1882.
Usher, John Palmer, 1816-1889.
Collection Contents
Box FB 59 : 3
1863 May 9.
Scope and Content Note
1 page, 14.57 x 19.75. Document includes autographs of Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, and the Secretary
of the Interior John P. Usher.