Newberry Library - Letters St. Louis, Mo., to Col. Josiah Snelling, St. Peters and Fort St. Anthony, Minn., 1823-1825

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Open book Letters St. Louis, Mo., to Col. Josiah Snelling, St. Peters and Fort St. Anthony, Minn., 1823-1825

Title Letters St. Louis, Mo., to Col. Josiah Snelling, St. Peters and Fort St. Anthony, Minn., 1823-1825

Creator Clark, William, 1770-1838

Date 1823-1825

Place United States

Language English

Subjects Alcohol, Indian agents, Indians of North America, United States

Description Forms part of the Edward E. Ayer Manuscript Collection (Newberry Library)
heavily stained, with some loss of text.
For more information, consult the Special Collections Info. File for Ayer MS 170 and 3045.

Summary Two letters (Sept. 7, 1823 and Mar. 10, 1825) from William Clark, writing in his capacity as superintendent of Indian affairs for the St. Louis Superintendency, to Col. Josiah Snelling, commander of Fort St. Anthony (later Fort Snelling), regarding jurisdiction over seized illicit whisky intended for the Indian trade, and departmental efforts to assist the military in capturing Indians implicated in the Lake Pepin murders.

Biographical/Historical Note Explorer, governor and superintendent of Indian affairs of the Missouri Territory, 1813-1820, and superintendent of Indian affairs, St. Louis Superintendency, 1822-1838.

Extent 2 items (2 folders) ; 26 cm

Format Correspondence, Manuscripts, American, 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 170

BibID 136836

Size 2346px × 2938px 19.75 MB

IIIF Resource Type Canvas

Filename 991368368805867_Ayer_MS_170_fol_001_00001.tif

Unique Identifier NL11I9ZX