George LeRoy Brown correspondence and other papers relating to Pine Ridge Agency
Container / Volume:
Box 1 | Folder 21
Image Count:
3
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:
Circa thirty letters, most autograph, signed, to George LeRoy Brown, primarily concerning his term as acting Indian agent of Pine Ridge Agency in South Dakota. Brown's dispute with writer and activist Charles Eastman is particularly well documented. Brown collected letters from Indian rights activists, jurists, military officers, and friends supporting his case and congratulating him on Eastman's resignation. Also present is a copy of his letter to T. J. Morgan, Commissioner of Indian Affairs, requesting Eastman's removal. Other letters and newspaper clippings document the 1893 killing of four white cowboys at Pine Ridge by a group of Sioux who were also at the Wounded Knee Massacre in 1890. Correspondents include Richard Henry Pratt, founder of Carlisle Indian Industrial School; Herbert Welsh, founder of the Indian Rights Association; Byron M. Cutcheon, politician; William Hobart Hare, Episcopal bishop and missionary; and George Bliss Sanford, colonel in the United States Army. Other contents include correspondence and reports from Brown's time as professor of military science at Delaware College.
Description:
George LeRoy Brown (1849-1921) was acting Indian agent at the Pine Ridge Agency from 1891 to 1893, following the Wounded Knee Massacre in 1890. An 1872 graduate of West Point, Brown served as professor of military science at Delaware College, later the University of Delaware, from 1889 to 1891. At the Pine Ridge Agency, Brown was accused by Charles Eastman, a Dakota physician, of misusing agency land and embezzling reparations payments, while Brown accused Eastman of insubordination. Two investigations exonerated Brown and forced Eastman out of his position. Following his term at the Pine Ridge Agency, Brown was promoted to colonel in the United States Army, served in Cuba and the Philippines, and taught military science at American colleges. and Purchased from William Reese Co. on the Walter McClintock Memorial Fund, 2011.
Subject (Geographic):
Pine Ridge (S.D.)
Subject (Name):
Brown, George LeRoy, 1849-1921
Subject (Topic):
Dakota Indians--Government relations, Indian agents--South Dakota, and Indian reservations--South Dakota
George LeRoy Brown correspondence and other papers relating to Pine Ridge Agency
Container / Volume:
Box 1 | Folder 44
Image Count:
5
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:
Circa thirty letters, most autograph, signed, to George LeRoy Brown, primarily concerning his term as acting Indian agent of Pine Ridge Agency in South Dakota. Brown's dispute with writer and activist Charles Eastman is particularly well documented. Brown collected letters from Indian rights activists, jurists, military officers, and friends supporting his case and congratulating him on Eastman's resignation. Also present is a copy of his letter to T. J. Morgan, Commissioner of Indian Affairs, requesting Eastman's removal. Other letters and newspaper clippings document the 1893 killing of four white cowboys at Pine Ridge by a group of Sioux who were also at the Wounded Knee Massacre in 1890. Correspondents include Richard Henry Pratt, founder of Carlisle Indian Industrial School; Herbert Welsh, founder of the Indian Rights Association; Byron M. Cutcheon, politician; William Hobart Hare, Episcopal bishop and missionary; and George Bliss Sanford, colonel in the United States Army. Other contents include correspondence and reports from Brown's time as professor of military science at Delaware College.
Description:
George LeRoy Brown (1849-1921) was acting Indian agent at the Pine Ridge Agency from 1891 to 1893, following the Wounded Knee Massacre in 1890. An 1872 graduate of West Point, Brown served as professor of military science at Delaware College, later the University of Delaware, from 1889 to 1891. At the Pine Ridge Agency, Brown was accused by Charles Eastman, a Dakota physician, of misusing agency land and embezzling reparations payments, while Brown accused Eastman of insubordination. Two investigations exonerated Brown and forced Eastman out of his position. Following his term at the Pine Ridge Agency, Brown was promoted to colonel in the United States Army, served in Cuba and the Philippines, and taught military science at American colleges. and Purchased from William Reese Co. on the Walter McClintock Memorial Fund, 2011.
Subject (Geographic):
Pine Ridge (S.D.)
Subject (Name):
Brown, George LeRoy, 1849-1921
Subject (Topic):
Dakota Indians--Government relations, Indian agents--South Dakota, and Indian reservations--South Dakota
Manuscript music copied by Burney, possibly for use in his General History of Music. Music includes madrigals by Gioseffo Zarlino, Ruggiero Giovannelli, Alfonso Ferrabosco, and Luca Marenzio; motets by Johannes Lupi, and songs by John Dowland and Henry Lawes. An index written in an unidentified hand is laid in.
Description:
Binding: 19th century marbled boards., Blanks not scanned., Label on cover: A collections [sic] of Italian mss in the handwriting of Dr. Burney, many of which he introduced in his history of music., Label on spine: Madrigals, &c., 1567, &c., Page [1]: stamped signature of Charles Hackett., and Words in Italian, Latin, and English.
Subject (Name):
Burney, Charles, 1726-1814, Dowland, John, 1563?-1626, Ferrabosco, Alfonso, 1543-1588, Giovannelli, Ruggiero, ca. 1560-1625, Lawes, Henry, 1596-1662, Lupi, Johannes, d. 1539, Marenzio, Luca, 1553-1599, and Zarlino, Gioseffo, 1517-1590
Subject (Topic):
Music -- History and criticism -- Early works to 1800, Vocal music -- 16th century, and Vocal music -- 17th century
Manuscript, on paper, of music copied by Gostling, consisting of 26 anthems by John Blow, Pelham Humfrey, Henry Purcell, and William Turner, and one chant by Purcell. Laid in is an additional version of the tune for Turner's O Praise the Lord. Some anthems include corrections, performance instructions, or dates of composition.
Description:
Annotation in an unidentified hand: Lot 16 S. Ja. 26 [corrected to 31] /49., Binding: contemporary full calf, worn., Ex libris William Gostling. Purchased from J. & J. Lubrano on the James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Fund, 2006., Index of titles by Gostling on inside front cover; index and other notes of a former owner are laid in., John Gostling, English cathedral bass singer and music copyist., and Pages numbered 1-[186]; page numbers 102 and 107 are repeated.
Subject (Name):
Blow, John, -1708., Blow, John, -1708. I will hearken., Blow, John, -1708. Lord is my shepherd., Blow, John,---1708., Gostling, John,--ca. 1650-1733., Gostling, William,--1696-1777--Bookplate., Humfrey, Pelham, 1647-1674., Humfrey, Pelham, 1647-1674. By the waters of Babylon., Humfrey, Pelham, 1647-1674. I will always give thanks., Humfrey, Pelham,--1647-1674., Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695., Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. My beloved spake., Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Why do the heathen so furiously rage?, Purcell, Henry,--1659-1695., Turner, William, 1651-1740., and Turner, William,--1651-1740.
Locke proposes to shift the financial burden of colonial defense to the colonies and to unify their militias by "putting them all under one military head or Captain-General." He further proposes that the Captain-General assume the governorship of any Crown colony he occupies; the exemption of Quakers from compulsory militia service in return for militia fees; and the intensification of efforts to convert the neighboring Indians to Protestantism., Manuscript copy of a report written by Locke when serving as a Commissioner of the Board of Trade. Locke notes the decentralized nature and uncertain financing of the colonies' defenses against the French and Indians, commenting that the Americans are "crumbled into little governments." He terms the Governor of New York's claim that he can rely only on Crown-financed soldiers "almost incredible....in the middle of above 40,000 English that he has in his neighborhood.", and With: ALS from William Popple to Charles Townshend, 1st Viscount Townshend. Whitehall; 1720 Jul 22. Popple summarizes Locke's recommendations and sends this copy of his report.
Description:
For information on the source of acquisition, consult the appropriate curator.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain--Colonies--America--Administration, Great Britain--Colonies--America--Defenses, United States--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775, and United States--History--King William's War, 1689-1697
Subject (Name):
Great Britain.--Board of Trade, Popple, William,--d. 1722, and Townshend, Charles Townshend,--Viscount,--1674-1738
Subject (Topic):
Grand Alliance, War of the, 1689-1697, Militias, and Quakers