Box 1
Container
Contains 53 Results:
Letter from Palmer to Berryman Jennings on the necessity for furnishing men and supplies in the Cayuse War (photocopy and typescript copy), 1848 April 1
File — Box: 1, Folder: 27
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 1
Letter from Palmer to George W. Manypenny concerning a treaty with the Tualatin band of Kalapuya people (written as Calipooia), 1854 March 27
File — Box: 1, Folder: 28
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 March 27
Draft of report from Palmer to George W. Manypenny regarding Indian Agent S. H. Culver, 1856 October 14
File — Box: 1, Folder: 29
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 October 14
Portion of handwritten copy of letter from Palmer to R. B. Metcalfe about removing Native people to a reservation as a means of establishing peace in southern Oregon, 1856 May 13
File — Box: 1, Folder: 30
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 May 13
Handwritten copy or draft of letter from Palmer to Nathan Olney about hostilities between Native peoples and Euro-Americans in Oregon, 1854 September 28
File — Box: 1, Folder: 31
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 September 28
Letter from Palmer to W. H. Reese, regarding supplies in the Cayuse War, 1848 January 28
File — Box: 1, Folder: 32
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 January 28
Letter from Palmer to R. R. Thompson regarding issues with Indian agents, 1855 December 10
File — Box: 1, Folder: 33
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 December 10
Letter from Palmer to an unidentified recipient regarding treaties with Native peoples and Congressional appropriations, 1855 July 3
File — Box: 1, Folder: 34
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 July 3
Correspondence (including handwritten copies and drafts), including Jesse Applegate, George W. Manypenny, and Lot Whitcomb, 1850-1853
File — Box: 1, Folder: 48-49
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:
1850-1853
Correspondence (including handwritten copies and drafts) relating to Palmer's work as Superintendent of Indian Affairs for the Oregon Territory; draft of treaty with the Kalapuya Tribe (written as Calapooia), 1854 January-June
File — Box: 1, Folder: 50
Identifier: Series 1
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include U.S. Secretary of the Interior Robert McClelland, J. L. Parrish, W. W. Raymond, and John Ellis Wool.
Dates:
1854 January-June