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James Guthrie California Indians letter, 1853.
MANUSCRIPT SMCII : Box 28 : Folder 9
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Title:
James Guthrie California Indians letter, 1853Guthrie Indian letter
Creator/Contributor:
Guthrie, James, 1792-1869, creatorAbstract:
Letter dated April 14, 1853 from Secretary of the Treasury James Guthrie to R. P. Hammond introducing Edward F. Beale as agent
appointed by the President to make certain military reservations available for removal and protection of California Indians.
Date:
1853 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caBeale, Edward Fitzgerald, 1822-1893
Hammond, R.P
Indians -- Government relations
Note:
James Guthrie was born in Nelson County, Kentucky, on December 5, 1792. He served in the Kentucky General Assembly and Kentucky
Senate, and became a civic leader in Louisville. In 1853 President Franklin Pierce appointed him Secretary of the Treasury,
a position he held for four years. Guthrie was a member of the Peace Congress held in 1861 to devise ways to prevent the Civil
War, and served in the United States Senate from 1865 to 1868. He died in Louisville on March 3, 1869.
Edward F. Beale was born in the District of Columbia on February 4, 1822, and joined the United States Navy in 1837. He sailed
to California during the Mexican War, commanded a cavalry contingent, and saw much action with Captain Fremont and General
Kearney. In 1848, he journeyed back to Washington DC bringing news of the California gold discovery. On March 4, 1852, Beale
was appointed Superintendent of Indian Affairs in California, and on his trip overland mapped out a new emigration route.
In 1857 he built a wagon road from Fort Defiance, New Mexico to the Colorado River using camels, and later purchased Tejon
Ranch near Bakersfield, where he kept the camels he had bought. During 1876-77 Beale served as the United States Ambassador
to Austria-Hungary. He died in Washington , DC on April 22, 1893.
Guthrie Indian letter.
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Physical Description:
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Letter in file folder; 15 x 9 1/2 in.
Language:
English
Identifier:
MANUSCRIPT SMCII : Box 28 : Folder 9
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CaliforniaCopyright Note:
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