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Letter of Alexis Coquillard and Samuel Edsall to William Medill, December 30 1847

Item

Title

Letter of Alexis Coquillard and Samuel Edsall to William Medill, December 30 1847

Description

The two contractors lay out an apparent scheme by Osage sub-agent Vaughan to fleece them by employing Vaughan's son and issuing too many rations, thus forcing the contractors to pay his son for the work.

Alternative Title

OIA_Roll-418_0229-0233

Genre

envelopes; correspondence

Language

English

Repository

National Archives Building, Washington DC

Collection

Letters Received by the Office of Indian Affairs, 1824-81. Miami Agency Emigration, 1842-1853.

Is Part Of

Roll 418

Source

Microcopy No. 234

Type

Text

Digital Publisher

Walter Havighurst Special Collections & University Archives, Miami University.

Identifier

OIA-418-Object-80