Cass, Lewis., 01/24/1825-01/24/1825

File — Box: 21, Folder: 22

Identifier: 80132

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Series-level Scope and Content Note

From the Series:

Contains documents comprising the personal manuscripts collection of John Gilmary Shea. This series consists of Boxes 21 and 22 and is arranged alphabetically by individual.

Dates

Creation: 01/24/1825-01/24/1825

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research use.

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Shelf Location

09/10/04

Container Summary

1 ALS dated 1/24/1825 from Henry Rowe Schoolcraft (1793-1864) to Lewis Cass (1782-1866), with discussion of Pontiac, 7 pages. Also, 1 AM extract from the "Annual Register" for 1763. Vol. 6, sent to Cass by Schoolcraft: "State of our conquests in North America. Three governments. Reasons for this arrangement. Indians commence hostilities. Causes of the war. Indians neglected. Strength of the English in North America dreaded. State of the savage nations. Revolutions amongst themselves. The Indians grow powerful. Iroquois generally quiet, " 40 pages.

Subjects and Associated Physical Materials

CASS, LEWIS - CORRESPONDENCE FROM SCHOOLCRAFT, HENRY ROWE (1825): Autographed Letter

SCHOOLCRAFT, HENRY ROWE - CORRESPONDENCE TO CASS, LEWIS (1825): Autographed Letter

NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY - MANUSCRIPTS (1763-1825): Autographed Letter

IROQUOIS INDIANS - REFERENCE (1763?): Transcript

PONTIAC - OTTAWA CHIEF - REFERENCES (1763?): Transcript