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Title
Letter Office Indian Agent, Lapwai, Idaho Territory, to Rufus Ingalls, New York N.Y., 1870 July 12
Creator
Beall, Thomas B., 1832-1921
Date
1870
Place
Idaho
,
Idaho--Lapwai
Language
English
Subjects
Indian agents
,
United States
Description
Forms part of the Edward E. Ayer Manuscript Collection (Newberry Library)
For more information, consult the Special Collections Info. File.
Summary
August 3, 1870, letter from Thomas B. Beall to Rufus Ingalls, then chief quartermaster of the Division of the Atlantic, asking Ingalls to use his influence with the President in gaining Beall an appointment to the position of agent at the Nez Percé Agency. On the verso, Ingalls appended an Aug. 3, 1870, note to the commissioner of Indian affairs, Ely Samuel Parker, supporting Beall's application. Despite Ingalls' efforts, John A. Simms was named agent, but never served, and was replaced in 1871 by John B. Monteith.
Biographical/Historical Note
Idaho pioneer. Son of Col. Benjamin L. Beall, career army officer and commander of the Dept. of the Columbia at the onset of the Civil War, Thomas B. Beall was employed in the 1850's as an army wagon master at Fort Tejon, Calif., and in Washington, where he participated in Col. Steptoe's 1858 expedition across the Snake River. Beall went to work for the Indian Dept. in 1859, building the agency for the Nez Percé at Lapwai, Idaho, under agent A.J. Cain. After an interlude as a ferry operator and miner (1862 to the late 1860's), Beall returned to the Nez Percé Agency at Lapwai as superintendent of farming and remained there until 1871.
Extent
1 item (1 leaf) ; 25 cm
Format
Correspondence
,
Manuscripts, American
,
Sources
Archival Collection Title
Edward E. Ayer Collection
Rights Status
No Copyright - United States
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The Newberry makes its collections available for any lawful purpose, commercial or non-commercial, without licensing or permission fees to the library, subject to
these terms and conditions.
Contributing Institution
Newberry Library
Link to Catalog
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Call Number
Ayer MS 61
BibID
135273
Size
2354px × 2957px 19.95 MB
IIIF Resource Type
Canvas
Filename
991352738805867_Ayer_MS_61_00001.tif
Unique Identifier
NL11I8P0
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