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Lewis Cass Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WHC-M-90

Scope and Contents

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Army officer and statesman. Copies of letters from General Matthew Arbuckle, Montfort Stokes and Pierre Chouteau, written from various posts in the Indian Territory to U.S. Secretary of War Lewis Cass, concerning the attempt to gather the Plains tribes at Camp Mason on the Canadian River for a peace conference, along with other detailed observations on Indian affairs.

Dates

  • Creation: 1825-1839

Restrictions on Access

On June 26, 2023, the Western History Collections began a preservation project that has made many of its collections unavailable for a period of time. This collection is among the materials temporarily unavailable. Please contact Western History Collections if you wish to be added to a contact list to be notified when this collection becomes available.

Available for public access.

Extent

.1 Cubic Feet (.1 ft.)

Language of Materials

English

Ownership and Custodial History

Gift of Frank Phillips.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Correspondence: Source of acquisition--Phillips, Frank. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1961.

Description rules
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Language of description
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Script of description
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Repository Details

Part of the Western History Collections Repository

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