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Selected manuscripts relating to the Missouri River Military Frontier, Indian Affairs, and the Fur Trade, 1818-1832.
BANC MSS P-W 16 FILM Positive Microfilm
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Selected manuscripts relating to the Missouri River Military Frontier, Indian Affairs, and the Fur Trade, 1818-1832Creator/Contributor:
United States, War Department., creatorCreator/Contributor:
Leavenworth, Henry, 1783-1834, Correspondent.Creator/Contributor:
Atkinson, Henry, 1782-1842, Correspondent.Creator/Contributor:
Long, Stephen H. (Stephen Harriman), 1784-1864, Correspondent.Creator/Contributor:
Clark, William, 1770-1838, Correspondent.Creator/Contributor:
Ashley, William Henry, 1778-1838, Correspondent.Creator/Contributor:
Astor, John Jacob, 1763-1848, Correspondent.Creator/Contributor:
O'Fallon, Benjamin, 1793-1842, Correspondent.Creator/Contributor:
Benton, Thomas Hart, 1782-1858, Correspondent.Creator/Contributor:
Hempstead, Thomas., Correspondent.Creator/Contributor:
Bell, John R., Correspondent.Creator/Contributor:
United States, Adjutant-General's Office.Creator/Contributor:
United States, War Department.Creator/Contributor:
National Archives (U.S.)Creator/Contributor:
United States, Bureau of Indian Affairs.Abstract:
The documents concern the Yellowstone Expedition, 1818-1819; Long's Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, 1820; the Arikara campaign,
1823; official intercourse with the Governor of New Mexico, 1824; the Santa Fe Trail, 1829-1830; and Forts Atkinson, St. Anthony
(or Snelling), and Smith. Letters are from Henry Atkinson, Henry Leavenworth, Stephen H. Long, John R. Bell, William Clark,
William H. Ashley, Benjamin O'Fallon, John Jacob Astor, Thomas Hart Benton, Thomas Hempstead, and others. From records of
the Adjutant General's Office and the Office of the Secretary of War in the National Archives.
Date:
1818 (issued)Subject:
United States. -- Army.Yellowstone Expedition of 1818-1819.
Long's Expedition, 1820.
Arikara Campaign, 1823.
Indians of the West
Arikara Indians
Fur trade
Governors -- New Mexico
Fortification
United States -- Discovery and exploration
Santa Fe National Historic Trail
Fort Atkinson (Neb.)
Fort Snelling (Minn.)
Fort Saint Anthony
Fort Smith (Ark.)
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See also National Archives Microfilm collection: Adjutant General's Office (RG 94); Office of the Secretary of War (RG 107);
Records of Bureau of Indian Affairs (RG 75)
Originals in: National Archives and Records Administration, records of the Adjutant General's Office and the Office of the
Secretary of War.
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Physical Description:
microfilm
1 microfilm reel : negative (Rich. 118:12) and positive.
Language:
English
Identifier:
BANC MSS P-W 16 FILM Positive Microfilm