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Receipt and note signed by William Clark [Decimalized .01-.02]

GLC02475.04

[Receipt from the United States Indian Department]

Receipt from the Indian Department to Clark, Superintendent of Indian Affairs, for rental of offices between 1822 and 1828. Signed twice by Clark.

GLC02475.04.01

[Note signed by William Clark]

Clark, explorer and Superintendent of Indian Affairs, refers to a unspecified claim that "should be allowed by the government." States that the claim is supported by Colonel McKenney (possibly Thomas McKenney, the first head of the War Department)...

GLC02475.04.02

[Requirement to take an oath for public service]

Serving as Governor of the Missouri Territory, Clark discusses the requirement that oaths shall be taken, enabling individuals to serve in the post of Justice of the Peace and in other public offices. Appoints John Ruland Clark of Lincoln County to...

GLC02639

Collection of documents re: Indian agents, payments to tribes [decimalized .01-.20]

GLC02146

to Richard Graham

In order to comply with a congressional resolution passed on 27 April 1816 to make a report of all those employed in the Indian agencies (listing their names, states of origin, and compensation), Clark requests that Graham send the relevant...

GLC02146.02

to Richard Graham

Circular letter announcing that the 1824 law requiring Indian agents to live and keep their agencies near or within the tribal territory being overseen will be strictly observed.

GLC02146.05

to Richard Graham

Discusses the detrimental effects of "the introduction of spirituous liquors among the Indian Tribes" and their "duty to put a stop to this increasing evil." Instructs Graham to enforce the liquor laws among the tribes under his agency (the Illinois...

GLC02146.03

to Richard Graham

Notes that apparent strife between Indians and whites in Arkansas has dissipated. Reports a conversation with Secretary of War John C. Calhoun on the topic of establishing Indian agents, in which Calhoun asserted that he would not make any...

GLC02146.04

to Richard Graham

Complains of Graham's not writing enough. Mentions that he has written "to the Secty of War on Indn afs. in relation to the points suggested by you..." The only news from the Indians in the Illinois Territory, which Graham oversaw, was the...

GLC02146.01