Box 1
Container
Contains 53 Results:
Abstract of disbursements made by S. H. Culver, Indian agent for the Rogue River Valley, for the quarter ending February 10, 1855, 1855
File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: Series 1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection contains papers of and relating to Joel Palmer and his family that were compiled by the Oregon Historical Society Research Library over the course of a century. The papers are a mix of original documents, typescript copies, photocopies, and photostat reproductions.The majority of the materials relate to Palmer's work as a commissary general during the Cayuse War, as superintendent of Indian Affairs for the Oregon Territory in the 1850s, and as an Indian agent on...
Dates:
1855
Abstract of disbursements by Joel Palmer (photocopy), 1856 February
File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Identifier: Series 1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection contains papers of and relating to Joel Palmer and his family that were compiled by the Oregon Historical Society Research Library over the course of a century. The papers are a mix of original documents, typescript copies, photocopies, and photostat reproductions.The majority of the materials relate to Palmer's work as a commissary general during the Cayuse War, as superintendent of Indian Affairs for the Oregon Territory in the 1850s, and as an Indian agent on...
Dates:
1856 February
Notice from Palmer regarding his visit to the land claim of Klikatat man, Dick Johnson, 1854 December 4
File — Box: 1, Folder: 11
Identifier: Series 1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection contains papers of and relating to Joel Palmer and his family that were compiled by the Oregon Historical Society Research Library over the course of a century. The papers are a mix of original documents, typescript copies, photocopies, and photostat reproductions.The majority of the materials relate to Palmer's work as a commissary general during the Cayuse War, as superintendent of Indian Affairs for the Oregon Territory in the 1850s, and as an Indian agent on...
Dates:
1854 December 4
Letter from Jesse Applegate to Palmer relating to the use of "wheat notes" in payment for supplies during the Cayuse War, 1848 April 27
File — Box: 1, Folder: 13
Identifier: Series 1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection contains papers of and relating to Joel Palmer and his family that were compiled by the Oregon Historical Society Research Library over the course of a century. The papers are a mix of original documents, typescript copies, photocopies, and photostat reproductions.The majority of the materials relate to Palmer's work as a commissary general during the Cayuse War, as superintendent of Indian Affairs for the Oregon Territory in the 1850s, and as an Indian agent on...
Dates:
1848 April 27
Letter from Benjamin Bonneville to Palmer, inviting Palmer and his guests to visit Fort Vancouver (photocopy), 1855 March 27
File — Box: 1, Folder: 14
Identifier: Series 1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection contains papers of and relating to Joel Palmer and his family that were compiled by the Oregon Historical Society Research Library over the course of a century. The papers are a mix of original documents, typescript copies, photocopies, and photostat reproductions.The majority of the materials relate to Palmer's work as a commissary general during the Cayuse War, as superintendent of Indian Affairs for the Oregon Territory in the 1850s, and as an Indian agent on...
Dates:
1855 March 27
Letter from Joseph Lane to Palmer about elections and Lane's intention to secure payment from U.S. Congress for the Cayuse War, 1851 May 26
File — Box: 1, Folder: 18
Identifier: Series 1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection contains papers of and relating to Joel Palmer and his family that were compiled by the Oregon Historical Society Research Library over the course of a century. The papers are a mix of original documents, typescript copies, photocopies, and photostat reproductions.The majority of the materials relate to Palmer's work as a commissary general during the Cayuse War, as superintendent of Indian Affairs for the Oregon Territory in the 1850s, and as an Indian agent on...
Dates:
1851 May 26
Letter from George W. Manypenny to Palmer, with enclosed handwritten copy of 1855-1856 correspondence about Palmer, 1856 April 1
File — Box: 1, Folder: 20
Identifier: Series 1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection contains papers of and relating to Joel Palmer and his family that were compiled by the Oregon Historical Society Research Library over the course of a century. The papers are a mix of original documents, typescript copies, photocopies, and photostat reproductions.The majority of the materials relate to Palmer's work as a commissary general during the Cayuse War, as superintendent of Indian Affairs for the Oregon Territory in the 1850s, and as an Indian agent on...
Dates:
1856 April 1
Letter from O. C. Pratt to Palmer about Congressional appropriations for the Bureau of Indian Affairs in the Oregon Territory (typescript copy), 1853 May 20
File — Box: 1, Folder: 22
Identifier: Series 1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection contains papers of and relating to Joel Palmer and his family that were compiled by the Oregon Historical Society Research Library over the course of a century. The papers are a mix of original documents, typescript copies, photocopies, and photostat reproductions.The majority of the materials relate to Palmer's work as a commissary general during the Cayuse War, as superintendent of Indian Affairs for the Oregon Territory in the 1850s, and as an Indian agent on...
Dates:
1853 May 20
Fragment of letter from Palmer to Samuel H. Culver discussing Euro-American violence against Native people, circa 1855
File — Box: 1, Folder: 25
Identifier: Series 1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection contains papers of and relating to Joel Palmer and his family that were compiled by the Oregon Historical Society Research Library over the course of a century. The papers are a mix of original documents, typescript copies, photocopies, and photostat reproductions.The majority of the materials relate to Palmer's work as a commissary general during the Cayuse War, as superintendent of Indian Affairs for the Oregon Territory in the 1850s, and as an Indian agent on...
Dates:
circa 1855
Letter from Palmer to William Holmes, asking him to accompany Native people being sent from Oregon City to the Grand Ronde Reservation, 1856 April 1
File — Box: 1, Folder: 26
Identifier: Series 1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection contains papers of and relating to Joel Palmer and his family that were compiled by the Oregon Historical Society Research Library over the course of a century. The papers are a mix of original documents, typescript copies, photocopies, and photostat reproductions.The majority of the materials relate to Palmer's work as a commissary general during the Cayuse War, as superintendent of Indian Affairs for the Oregon Territory in the 1850s, and as an Indian agent on...
Dates:
1856 April 1