Letter signed [Dougherty], Liberty, to Col. Churchill. States they broke up in a row on the 16th inst. Account of meeting. Hopes this will be last of Bentonian Legislature. Am. Fur Co. agents have repeatedly violated all laws. Tribes suffer. Thinks [Capt. John] Gantt ought to be sub-agent. Thinks the agents will be Harrison men on March 4. Indians need control. Revd. Isaac McCoy has gone to Washington to get superintendency, he thinks. Individuals mentioned: Dr. Mitchell, Dr. McLean, Lear, Leon, Jos. Bogy, Jo. Stevens, Genl. H., Van Buren, Col. Burch, Genl. Jackson, Tip, Noland, Mr. Poinsell, and Mr. Draper. Subjects mentioned: the Ioways, the Sacks, the Democrats, and the Whigs. Places mentioned: Missouri, Washington, and Jefferson City., 1841 Feb 27

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Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

Collection consists mainly of the correspondence of Major John Dougherty in relation to sutling at Fort Kearny, Nebraska, and government transportation of freight between Fort Kearny and Fort Laramie, Wyoming, in the 1840s and 1850s. Also includes numerous bills of sale of slaves; correspondence and reports regarding Indian affairs, including a report from Leavenworth, March 9, 1832; land documents; and correspondence regarding land claims. Correspondents include Dougherty's son Lewis B. Dougherty, Robert Campbell, Henry S. Turner, A.G. Reed, Major C.F. Ruff, and Col. Thomas Swords. Collection also includes two diaries, 1869-1879, and a ledger, 1851-1852, of the medical practice of Dr. William Wallace Dougherty, a Liberty, Missouri, physician and nephew of John Dougherty. The diaries include material on the family.