Box 2
Container
Contains 1 Result:
Letter signed John Dougherty, Clay Co., to A.G. Reed, Sonora. Sending aid to get wagons and oxen in on river and help guard $13,000.00 Reed has. Heard one half returning from California who had left in spring. Individuals mentioned: O’Fallon, Delisle, Tom B., T.B. Green, George Fritzlen, and Geo. Wallis. Subjects mentioned: the Pawnees and the Otoes. Places mentioned: Jefferson City, St. Joe, Kearny, Laramie, and Arkansas [Ft. Mackay]., 1851 Feb 7
Item — Box: 2
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....
Dates:
1851 Feb 7