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Title Indian agency at Green-Bay to all whom it may concern---be it known, that Augustin Grignon ... is hereby licensed to reside at the Big Butte des...

Creator United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Green Bay Agency

Date 1836

Place Wisconsin--Butte des Morts, Wisconsin--Green Bay

Language English

Subjects Fur traders, Indian agents, United States

Description Title from beginning of text.
Signed: George Boyd. Indian Agent at Green Bay.
Endorsement: Oct. 2nd 1836 Licensed of A. Grignon.
Forms part of the Edward E. Ayer Manuscript Collection (Newberry Library)
For more information, consult the Special Collections Info. File.

Summary Printed form, filled in, completed on Oct. 2, 1836, by George Boyd, authorizing Augustin Grignon, a long-time trader at Butte des Morts, then a Menominee Indian village, to reside there and trade with the Indians until Sept. 19, 1837.

Biographical/Historical Note George Boyd, agent at Green Bay, was a career War Dept. employee and Indian agent. Probably a native of Maryland and related by marriage to John Quincy Adams, Boyd served as a private secretary to Secretaries of War William Eustis and John Armstrong and as a courier and special agent of the War Dept., before accepting appointments as Indian agent at Michilimackinac (1818-1832) and at Green Bay (1832-1840).

Extent 1 item (1 leaf) ; 20 x 34 cm

Format Licenses, Manuscripts, Records

Archival Collection Title Edward E. Ayer Collection

Link to Catalog View record

Call Number Ayer MS 101

BibID 135898

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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IIIF Resource Type Canvas

Size 3927px × 2220px 24.97 MB

Filename 991358988805867_Ayer_MS_101_00001.tif

Unique Identifier NL11I8RN

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