Campbell, John, fl. 1827-1829 to Richard Graham

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GLC#
GLC02146.09-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
1827/08/19
Author/Creator
Campbell, John, fl. 1827-1829
Title
to Richard Graham
Place Written
James Fork, White River, Missouri
Pagination
2 p. : address ; Height: 32.5 cm, Width: 20 cm
Primary time period
National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
Sub-Era
The First Age of Reform

Campbell, a sub-Indian agent under Graham, reports on various difficulties he is encountering while dealing with Indians in Missouri: a party of Delaware Indians led by Chief William Anderson are opposing relocation to Kansas; problems related to Kickapoo annuities, horse thefts, and the lack of an interpreter; the imminent arrival of the Cherokee and their (and the Delaware) war with the Osage; and, a drunken associate that was giving him no assistance.

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