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Title: Letter from Adam Johnston to General Hitchcock, 1851
Creator: Johnston, Adam
Contributor: Hitchcock, Ethan Allen, 1798-1870
Date Created and/or Issued: 1851
1851-08-04
2008
Publication Information: County of Los Angeles Public Library
Contributing Institution: LA County Library
Collection: Letters of the Office of Indian Affairs, 1849-1880, California Superintendency
Rights Information: This material is in the public domain. COLAPL's microfilm version of this material was obtained from the National Archives. The National Archives also possesses the original material
Description: About twenty Indians left the Tuolumne River due to agressions of the whites. Fears that conflicts will remain among the Indiand and whites. Asks for few troops placed within his control to quiet matters down.
Type: image
Format: Letters
application/pdf
Identifier: MF1323.1197 Reel 32_0279.pdf
http://cdm15952.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15952coll4/id/614
Language: English
Subject: United States. Bureau of Indian Affairs
Indians of North America--California--Government relations--Sources
Indians of North America--California--Social conditions--19th century
Place: San Joaquin Valley (Calif.)
Source: 35 mm microfilm, MFL1323.1197, Reel 32
Relation: Letters Received by the Office of Indian Affairs, 1824-1881, California Superintendency, 1849-1880

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