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Open book Letters 1820-1843

Title Letters 1820-1843

Creator McKenney, Thomas Loraine, 1785-1859

Date 1820-1843

Place Arkansas, Maine, United States, Washington (D.C.), West (U.S.)

Language English

Subjects Alcohol, American Fur Company, Cherokee Indians, Indians of North America, United States

Description formerly known as Ayer MS 550-552.
Forms part of the Edward E. Ayer Manuscript Collection (Newberry Library)
is a copy.
For more information, consult the Special Collections Info. File.

Summary Small collection of four letters written by Thomas L. McKenney to various correspondents between 1820 and 1843. Concerning official government business, the correspondents in the first three letters (1820, 1826, and 1830) are Henry Thompson (Baltimore merchant), William Clark (Superintendent of Indian Affairs, St. Louis), and William B. Lewis (second auditor of the Treasury). The corresponding topics are as follows: sale of deer skins, illegal liquor trade at the trading posts of the American Fur Company, and a report regarding the Arkansas Cherokees. In the final letter (1843) to a Mr. Jackson in Brunswick, Maine, McKenney asks his help in establishing a series of lectures on American Indian history.

Biographical/Historical Note Thomas Loraine McKenney, government official and author, served as superintendent of Indian Trade from 1816-1822. In 1824 McKenney was appointed to head the newly organized Bureau of Indian Affairs. He served in that capacity until his dismissal in 1830. Later in life, McKenney wrote several works on American Indian history.

Extent 4 items (4 folders) ; 32 cm or smaller.

Format Correspondence, Records and correspondence

Archival Collection Title Edward E. Ayer Collection

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

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Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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Call Number Ayer MS 549

BibID 143023

Size 2372px × 2959px 20.11 MB

IIIF Resource Type Canvas

Filename 991430238805867_Ayer_MS_549_fol_001_00001.tif

Unique Identifier NL11IBFT