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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

  • 1825-1839

Restrictions on Access

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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Script of description
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Repository Details

Part of the Western History Collections Repository

Contact:
630 Parrington Oval
Room 300
Norman Oklahoma 73019 United States