Summary Information
Joseph Montfort Street Papers
1806-1898
- Street, Joseph Montfort, 1782-1840
Wis Mss AD
0.2 c.f. (1 archives box)
Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)
Transcripts and original papers of Joseph Montfort Street, a United States Indian agent at Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, Rock Island, Illinois, and on the Des Moines River, 1827-1840. Letters received and drafts of letters sent deal with controversies with traders and the Indian Office; with establishment of the Winnebago school at MacGregor, Iowa, by the Reverend David Lowry; with claims presented at the Treaty of Rock Island in 1832 for expenses of the Black Hawk War; and with family affairs. Included are letters from missionary Cutting Marsh and Judge Charles Dunn.
English
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Scope and Content Note
The original collection consists of letters received and drafts of letters sent, chiefly concerning Street's work as Indian agent. There are also a few papers of his sons, William B. and Joseph D. H., including two addressed to the latter in 1839 while attending the session of the territorial legislature, written by Judge Charles Dunn. Additional materials acquired later by the Archives include letters from Street's government supervisors and from others interested in Indian affairs including missionary Cutting Marsh, financial accounts, and receipts.
About two-fifths of the papers are original documents; the remainders are transcripts from the State Historical Department of Iowa.
Administrative/Restriction Information
Original collection presented by William B. and Ida L. Street, 1891-1930, and purchased. Additional materials presented by Mrs. Frank Berger, Daytona Beach, Florida, April 3, 1972. Accession Number: M72-124
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