George Boyd Papers, 1797-1858
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Summary Information

Title: George Boyd Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1797-1858

Creator:
  • Boyd, George, 1779?-1846
Call Number: Wis Mss D; Micro 2070; Green Bay Micro 60

Quantity: 1.2 c.f. (8 volumes) and 3 reels of microfilm (35mm)

Repository:
Housed at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Archives and Area Research Center; owned by the Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:
COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.
UW-Green Bay Cofrin Library / Green Bay Area Research Ctr. (Map)
Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

Abstract:
Papers consisting of letters received and copies of letters sent by Boyd as Indian agent at Mackinac, Michigan, from 1818 to 1832, and at Green Bay, Wisconsin, through the following decade. A few of the papers deal with Boyd's services as special agent entrusted with private dispatches to the peace commissioners at Ghent in 1814, and two years later as purchasing agent in Europe for the War Department.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-wis0000d
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