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Selected items relating to the fur trade and the Santa Fe Trail from records of the Secretary of War and Adjutant General's Office, 1823-1830.
BANC MSS P-W 5 FILMLOCAL
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Title:

Selected items relating to the fur trade and the Santa Fe Trail from records of the Secretary of War and Adjutant General's Office, 1823-1830

Creator/Contributor:

United States, War Department., creator

Creator/Contributor:

Clark, William, 1770-1838, Correspondent

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Ashley, William Henry, 1778-1838, Correspondent

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Talliaferro, Laurence, -1871, Correspondent

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O'Fallon, Benjamin, 1793-1842, Correspondent

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Riley, Bennett, 1787-1853, Correspondent

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Cooke, Philip St. George, 1809-1895

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Benton, Thomas Hart, 1782-1858, Correspondent

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Waldo, David., Correspondent

Creator/Contributor:

Bent, Charles.

Creator/Contributor:

Santa Fe Company

Creator/Contributor:

National Archives (U.S.)

Creator/Contributor:

United States, Adjutant-General's Office.

Abstract:

Letters, 1823-1824, from William Clark, Supt., Indian Affairs, St. Louis, and communications from W.H. Ashley, L. Talliaferro, and B. O'Fallon concerning trouble witht the Arikara Indians. Letters, reports, etc., 1829-1830, from Bennet Riley concerning military protection of the Santa Fe Trail; journal of Philip St. George Cooke; letter from Thomas Hart Benton; communications from the Santa Fe Company signed by David Waldo, Charles Bent and others.

Date:

1823 (issued)

Subject:

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Fur trade
Indians of North America -- Wars
Arikara Indians
Fourrures -- Commerce
Peuples autochtones -- Guerres -- États-Unis
Arikara
Arikara Indians
Fur trade
Indians of North America -- Wars
Santa Fe National Historic Trail
Saint Louis (Mo.)
Santa Fe National Historic Trail
Missouri -- Saint Louis
United States -- Santa Fe National Historic Trail

Note:

See also National Archives Microfilm Collection: Records of the Secretary of War (RG 107), Records of the Adjutant General's Office (RG 94).
The Bancroft Library also has, as P-W 6, a typed transcript, with notes by Dale L. Morgan, of most of the concerning Riley's command.
Originals in: National Archives and Records Administration.

Physical Description:

microfilm
1 microfilm reel : positive

Language:

English

Identifier:

BANC MSS P-W 5 FILMLOCAL

Origin:

United States