Newberry Library - Letter Arkansas, to John Breck Treat, 1808 Dec. 10

Letter Arkansas, to John Breck Treat, 1808 Dec. 10

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Open book Letter Arkansas, to John Breck Treat, 1808 Dec. 10

Title Letter Arkansas, to John Breck Treat, 1808 Dec. 10

Creator McFarlane, James, 1759-1812

Date 1808

Place Arkansas, Missouri

Language English

Subjects Indian agents, Indians of North America, United States

Description Forms part of the Edward E. Ayer Manuscript Collection (Newberry Library)
Signed: James McFarlane, Spl. agt.
For more information, consult the Special Collections Info. File.

Summary Letter written by James McFarlane on Dec. 10, 1808 to John B. Treat regarding his recent apppointment as Special Indian Agent. In this letter McFarlane includes a transcribed copy of his original instructions from Meriwether Lewis dated Oct. 9, 1808.

Biographical/Historical Note James McFarlane, army officer, was appointed in the fall of 1808 as special agent in the Indian Department for the Districts of New Madrid and Arkansas by Meriwether Lewis, Governor of the Missouri Territory.

Extent 1 item (1 leaf) ; 25 cm

Format Correspondence, Manuscripts

Archival Collection Title Edward E. Ayer Collection

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Call Number Ayer MS 544

BibID 143018

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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IIIF Resource Type Canvas

Size 2279px × 2933px 19.16 MB

Filename 991430188805867_Ayer_MS_544_00001.tif

Unique Identifier NL11IBFO