Letters, 1855-1856

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Title: Letters, 1855-1856
Creator: Palmer, Joel, 1810-1881
Abstract: The letters to John Flett, special sub-Indian agent at Wapato Lake, request information about the Indians in his area and their attitude toward the hostile Indians, and give instructions on gathering the Indians in encampments. There is a letter from Berrymore Jennings, special sub-agent in Willamette Valley, and one from P. D. Blanchard. Accompanying the letters is a copy of the broadside "Regulations for the guidance of agents in the Oregon Indian Superintendency and pending existing hostilities."
Description: General Joel Palmer, first superintendent of Indian affairs for Oregon Territory.
Available on microfilm.
Provenance: Gift of William Robertson Coe.
Extent: 6 25 cm. items (11 p.);
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Resource Type: unspecified
Subject (Geographic): Oregon
Subject (Name): Blanchard, P. D.
Flett, John, 1815-1892.
Jennings, Berryman.
Palmer, Joel, 1810-1881.
Subject (Topic): Indians of North America
Government relations
Subjects: Blanchard, P. D.
Flett, John, 1815-1892
Jennings, Berryman
Palmer, Joel, 1810-1881
Indians of North America > Oregon > Government relations
Washington (State)

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Citation: Joel Palmer Letters. Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.