Letter signed R.A. Forsyth, Washington City, to uncle, Major Thomas Forsyth, St. Louis. The Senate rejected the nomination of S.C. Stambaugh, who was nominated Indian Agent at Green Bay in the place of Breevort. The President had reappointed him and he left this morning with the Menominies for Pennsylvania. I could not get a sight of the letter you spoke of. Mr. Hamilton, who has never seen it, told me if such a letter had been written the Secy. of War has it, and he is of the opinion he would not let me see or copy it. Col. Dougherty’s brother was here and he thinks the Colonel will not be removed., 1831 Mar 16

Item — Box: 2, Folder: 11

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Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

This collection contains papers of the related families of Michel Desravines Tesson and Thomas Forsyth. The bulk of the collection consists of correspondence, accounts, receipts, and bills relating to Thomas Forsyth's work as an Indian agent in Illinois in the early nineteenth century. The collection also contains papers relating to the genealogy of the Tesson, Forsyth, and related families; correspondence (mostly in French) of the Michel Desravines Tesson family and attorneys in France relating to the revolution in Santo Domingo and to family properties confiscated by the Haitian government after the revolution; and three daybooks of Thomas Forsyth with the Peorias, 1806-1816. This finding aid was compiled by keying in the document descriptions on the folder covers that were originally created by a Missouri Historical Society archivist in the mid twentieth century. In some cases these document descriptions contain direct quotes taken from the document; in other cases the descriptions comprise summaries or abstracts of the content of the document.