Abraham Lincoln Indian Agent appointment document for Alfred R. Elder, 1863

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Summary

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.

Extent:

0.3 Linear Feet (1 oversize folder)

Language:

English .

Preferred citation:

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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Background

Scope and content:

Biographical / historical:

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.

Acquisition information:

Processed by Andre Ambrus and description written by Ryan Hildebrand, 2005.

Processing information:

Processed by Andre Ambrus and description written by Ryan Hildebrand, 2005.

Rules or conventions:

Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Subjects:: Indians of North America -- Washington (State) -- Archives.
Documents -- Washington (State) -- 19th century.
Names:: Elder, Alfred R.
Lincoln, Abraham
Usher, John Palmer
Places:: Washington (State) -- History -- To 1889 -- Archives.

Access and use

Restrictions:: Collection open for research.
Terms of access:: 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.