Newberry Library - Letter Office Indian Agent, Lapwai, Idaho Territory, to Rufus Ingalls, New York N.Y., 1870 July 12

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Open book Letter Office Indian Agent, Lapwai, Idaho Territory, to Rufus Ingalls, New York N.Y., 1870 July 12

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)
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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

Archival Collection Title Edward E. Ayer Collection

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Call Number Ayer MS 61

BibID 135273

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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IIIF Resource Type Canvas

Size 2354px × 2957px 19.95 MB

Filename 991352738805867_Ayer_MS_61_00001.tif

Unique Identifier NL11I8P0