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Letter from Jefferson Davis to Robert McClelland with enclosed letters from [J.G. Bonnycastle?] to John E. Wool, 1854

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Title: Letter from Jefferson Davis to Robert McClelland with enclosed letters from [J.G. Bonnycastle?] to John E. Wool, 1854
Creator: Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889
Contributor: McClelland, Robert, 1807-1880
Bonnycastle, J. G
Wool, John Ellis, 1784-1869
Date Created and/or Issued: 1854
1854-05-28
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 United States National Archives and Records Administration, which also possesses the original documents.
Description: Jefferson Davis enclosed a report from Bonnycastle, commander of Fort Jones, California. It reports the death of the Rogue River Chief and murder of chief Bill by the Whites. Klamath, Goodall, Rosborough, De Chute Indians. Cottonwood, and the Shastas are mentioned in the account.
Type: Image
Format: Letters
application/pdf
Identifier: MF1323.1197 Reel 33_0514.pdf
http://cdm15952.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15952coll4/id/481
Language: English
Subject: United States. Bureau of Indian Affairs
Indians of North America--California--Government relations--Sources
Source: 35 mm microfilm, MFL 323.1197, Reel 33;
Relation: Letters Received by the Office of Indian Affairs, 1824-1881, California Superintendency, 1849-1880

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