FORT SNELLING PAPERS:

An Inventory of Its Papers at the Minnesota Historical Society

Manuscripts Collection

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Creator: Minnesota Historical Society, compiler.
Title:Fort Snelling papers.
Dates:1801-1938.
Language:Materials in English.
Abstract:The collection consists of a consolidation of photocopies, microfilm, reproduced photographs, and originals of materials relating to the history of Fort Snelling. The materials are selected from the records in the National Archives, the Library of Congress, the Iowa State Archives, the Massachusetts Historical Society, and other selected material from the Minnesota Historical Society manuscripts collections.
Quantity:4.88 cubic feet (11 boxes); 1 microfilm reel.
Location:See Detailed Description for shelf locations.

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The bulk of the collection includes photocopies and copied photographs of materials from the following National Archives record groups:

15. Veterans Administration

49. General Land Office

77. Cartographic Records, Office of the Chief of Engineers

92. War Department, Quartermaster General's Office

94. War Department, Adjutant General's Office

98. U.S. Army Commands

99. U.S. Army, Paymaster General's Office

107. War Department, Secretary of War

111. Office of the Chief Signal Officer

112. War Department, Surgeon General

159. War Department, Inspector General's Office

217. General Accounting Office

233. U.S. House of Representatives

The collection also includes photographs copied from the papers of the Historic American Buildings Survey in the Library of Congress.

The remainder of the collection consists of correspondence and reports selected from multiple collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society related to the establishment of Fort Snelling or prominent individuals related to the Fort's history. Boundary and survey data, correspondence, letters, general orders, receipts, and historical data are also available from selected Iowa State Archives and Minnesota Historical Society manuscripts collections. Original materials include a miscellaneous set containing survey notes, general orders, a concert program, an early letter addressed to Fort St. Anthony, and various memoranda.


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Expand/CollapseADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

Availability:

The collection is open for research use.

Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Fort Snelling Papers. Minnesota Historical Society.

See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.

Location of Originals:

Originals: National Archives (Record Groups: 15, 49, 77, 92, 94, 98, 99, 107, 111, 112, 159, 217, 233); Washington, D.C.

Originals: Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record/Historic American Landscapes Survey collection, Library of Congress; Washington, D.C.

Original selected items: Massachusetts Historical Society; 1154 Boylston Street, Boston, MA 02215-3695

Original Surveyor's field notebook: Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs, State Historical Society of Iowa; 600 E. Locust Street, Des Moines, IA 50319

Accession Information:

Accession number: None; 5362; 8333; 10003; 10017a; 10084; 10089; 10094; 10098; 10142; 10144; 10202; 10389; 10390; 10391; 10392; 10393; 10394; 10395; 10406; 10472; 10545; 14284; 17621

Processing Information:

Catalog ID number: 990089620830104294


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DETAILED DESCRIPTION

Expand/CollapseU.S. WAR DEPARTMENT. QUARTERMASTER GENERAL. NATIONAL ARCHIVES RECORD GROUP 92

Alternative format available: Most of the photocopies from this unit of the Quartermaster General records are also available as part of the Consolidated correspondence file relating to Fort Snelling (microfilm M222) in the Minnesota Historical Society manuscripts collections.


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P333Box 1. Folders 1-10.Consolidated correspondence file, Fort Snelling, 1820-1853. 10 folders.
Correspondence, quarterly receipts and accounts, inspection reports, lists of food and clothing, and routine papers relating to Fort Snelling. Contains information on weather, steamboats, saw and grist mills, Indians, the post office, Joseph R. Brown's ferry, the fur trade, fires on the post grounds, the post cemetery and prison, sale of the reservation to Franklin Steele, controversy over Lawrence Taliaferro's ownership of property on the reservation, and Minnesota regiments stationed at the fort during the Civil War. There are detailed descriptions of buildings and reports on their condition and their use.
Box 2. Folders 11-16.Consolidated correspondence file, Fort Snelling, 1854-1890. 6 folders.
Box 2. Folder 17.Consolidated correspondence file, Josiah Snelling, 1822-1833.
Concerns largely financial matters and appointments.
Box 2. Folder 18.Consolidated correspondence file, St. Louis, 1819-1826.
Correspondence, reports, estimates and similar data relating to the routine supply of forts in the Mississippi and Missouri valleys, including Fort Snelling.
Box 2. Folder 19.Reports of employees, military posts and stations, selected items, 1849-1858. 4 leaves.
Lists quartermaster officers stationed at Fort Snelling, 1849-1858.
Box 2. Folder 20.Consolidated correspondence file, St. Peters, 1821.
Two letters by Josiah Snelling and one by Henry Leavenworth giving information on corn growing, livestock, and a description of a map of the area made by Joseph E. Heckle.
Box 2. Folder 21.Letters received, 1820, 1822-1823.
Report (1820) of a tour of inspection of the Northern Division made by Captain Trueman Cross, with some information on fortifications, buildings, and military roads; correspondence (1822-1823) from Josiah Snelling relating to transportation of clothing and supplies, men performing extra duties, clothing estimates, receipts and invoices, purchases of horses and mules, quarterly returns, and monthly statements.

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Expand/CollapseU.S. WAR DEPARTMENT. SURGEON GENERAL. NATIONAL ARCHIVES RECORD GROUP 112

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P333Box 3. Folders 1-5.Letters received. Selected letters relating to Fort Snelling, 1818-1858. 5 folders.

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Expand/CollapseU.S. ARMY COMMANDS. NATIONAL ARCHIVES RECORD GROUP 98

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P333Box 3. Folders 1-2.U.S. 5th Infantry. Regimental orders, pages 1-140, 1835-1837. 2 folders.
Contain regimental orders issued by the 5th Infantry from Fort Howard, Green Bay, Wisconsin (July 10, 1835-June 16, 1837) and from Fort Winnebago, Wisconsin (June 30-August 7, 1837).
Related Material: Additional 5th Infantry regimental orders are cataloged separately in the Society's manuscripts collections.
Box 3. Folder 3.U.S. 5th Infantry. Regimental orders, Company K morning reports, pages 141-183, 1835-1837.
Lists commissioned officers of Company K.
Box 4. Folders 1-2.Selected correspondence and orders relating to Fort Snelling, 1827, 1834, 1838, 1843-1845. 2 folders.
Consist of proceedings of a regimental court martial convened at Fort Snelling (February 1827); letters received, Fort Snelling (June 1, 1834, 1 item); letters received, General Edmund P. Gaines (June 20 and July 1, 1838, 2 items); letters received, Fort Snelling (1843-1845, 28 items) including 20 letters from E. Backus, Captain First Infantry. These items are selected from the correspondence of the Department of the West.
Box 4. Folder 3.Selected correspondence and orders relating to Fort Snelling, 1845-1848.
43 letters, 7 orders. Letters to and from St. Louis and Fort Snelling, including letters from Samuel W. Pond, Joseph R. Brown, Amos J. Bruce, Stephen R. Riggs, Robert Hopkins, and Seth Eastman. Many letters are addressed to Major Richard B. Lee, Commissary of Subsistence, St. Louis.
Box 4. Folders 3a-4.Post orders, Fort Snelling, January-June 1845; April 1853. 2 folders.
Box 4. Folders 5-7a.Selected orders, Fort Snelling, January 1855-January 1856; January-April 1857. 5 folders.
Box 5. Folder 8.Selected orders, Fort Snelling, May-June 1857.
Includes penciled notes for map of Fort Snelling (1857).
Box 5. Folder 8a.Special orders 33 and 34, Department of Dakota, Fort Snelling, June 15 and 17, 1867.
From volume 50, page 234, Department of the Northwest.

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Expand/Collapse U.S. BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, GENERAL LAND OFFICE. NATIONAL ARCHIVES RECORD GROUP 49

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P333Box 5. Folder 1.Minneapolis and Lower Minneapolis town site file, 1854-1856. 49 pages.
Box 5. Folders 2-4.Abandoned military reservation file, Fort Snelling, pages 1-244, undated. 3 folders.
Box 5. Folders 5-7.Register of declaratory statements, Stillwater Land Office, Minnesota Territory, 1853-1856. 3 folders.
Contain statement nos. 206-2032 (pages 1-211).

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Expand/CollapseU.S. GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE. NATIONAL ARCHIVES RECORD GROUP 217

Alternative format available: Most of the photocopies from this unit of the U.S. General Accounting Office records are also available as part of the Selected reports and accounts relating to Fort Snelling (microfilm M226) in the Minnesota Historical Society manuscripts collections.


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P333Box 6. Folder A.Third Auditor Reports and Accounts:
File 1337. Colonel Josiah Snelling, 1817.
File 2531. Colonel Josiah Snelling, 1818.
Box 6. Folder 1.File 3284. Colonel Josiah Snelling, 1818.
Box 6. Folder 2.File 7477. Lieutenant William G. Camp, 1820.
Box 6. Folder 3.File 7810. Lieutenant William G. Camp, 1820.
Box 6. Folder 4.File 8433. Lieutenant William G. Camp, 1821.
File 8693. Colonel Henry Leavenworth, 1821.
Box 6. Folder 5.File 8963. Lieutenant William G. Camp, 1821.
Box 6. Folder 6.File 9430. Colonel Henry Leavenworth, 1821.
File 9968. Lieutenant Nathan Clark?, 1821.
Box 6. Folder 7.File 448. Colonel Josiah Snelling, 1822.
File 794. Colonel Josiah Snelling, 1822.
File 10557. Captain James McGunnegle, 1822.
Box 6. Folder 8.File 10872. Lieutenant Nathan Clark, 1822.
File 11467. Lieutenant William G. Camp, 1822.
Box 6. Folder 9.File 1336. Lieutenant William G. Camp, 1823.
File 1925. Captain Joshua B. Brant, 1823.
Box 7. Folder 1.File 2565. Captain Joshua B. Brant, 1824.
File 2638. Captain Joshua B. Brant, 1824.
Box 7. Folder 2.File 3359a. Colonel Josiah Snelling, 1824.
Box 7. Folder 3.File 3359b. Colonel Josiah Snelling, 1824.
Box 7. Folder 4.File 3763. Colonel Josiah Snelling, 1824.
Box 7. Folder 5.File 4105. Colonel Josiah Snelling, 1825.
Box 7. Folder 6.File 4306 [4304?]. Colonel Josiah Snelling, 1825.
Box 7. Folder 7.File 5569. Colonel Josiah Snelling, 1826.
Box 8. Folder 1.File 5378. Colonel Josiah Snelling, 1826.
Box 8. Folder 2.File 5673. Captain Joshua B. Brant, 1826.
File 5715. Lieutenant William G. Camp, 1826.
Box 8. Folder 3.File 5846. Colonel Josiah Snelling, 1826.
Box 8. Folder 4.File 6351. Colonel Josiah Snelling, 1827.
File 7005. Colonel Josiah Snelling, 1827.
Box 8. Folder 5.File 7589. Colonel Josiah Snelling, 1828.
Box 8. Folder 6.Third Auditor miscellaneous letters sent:
Peter Hagner to Josiah Snelling, June 18, 1828.
From volume 47, page 33.
Box 8. Folder 7.Second Auditor reports and accounts:
File 3852. Lieutenant William G. Camp, 1820.
Box 8. Folder 8.File 6790a. Colonel Josiah Snelling, 1823.
Box 8. Folder 9.File 6790b. Colonel Josiah Snelling, 1823.
Box 8. Folder 10.File 8150. Colonel Josiah Snelling, 1824.
Box 8. Folder 11.File 8654. Colonel Josiah Snelling, 1825.
File 8798. Colonel Josiah Snelling, 1825.
File 8831. Colonel Josiah Snelling, 1825.
File 8951. Colonel Josiah Snelling, 1825.
Box 8. Folder 12.File 9827. Colonel Josiah Snelling, 1826.
File 9842. Colonel Josiah Snelling, 1826.
File 10112. Colonel Josiah Snelling, 1826.
File 10449. Colonel Josiah Snelling, 1827.
File 10827. Colonel Josiah Snelling, 1827.
File 11084. Colonel Josiah Snelling, 1827.
Box 9. Folder 1.Second Comptroller:
Letters received, Josiah Snelling to T.S. Jesup, Quartermaster General, July 14, 1828.
From records of the Comptroller's Office.
Box 9. Folder 2.File 7483. Pike Island claim, 1839-1858.

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Expand/CollapseU.S. VETERANS ADMINISTRATION. NATIONAL ARCHIVES RECORD GROUP 15

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P333Box 9. Folders 1-3.Pension applications, file OW27580, Abigail Hunt Snelling Chaplin, 1853-1908. 3 folders.
Chaplin obtained a pension by special act of Congress, no. 65, approved on February 5, 1873. Includes correspondence between Chaplin and officials of the pension office, letters and affidavits from members of the Hunt family and military associates of Josiah Snelling, petitions, copies of bills before Congress, and other memoranda concerning her attempts to obtain a military pension as widow of Colonel Snelling. Among the papers is a copy of the army announcement of Snelling's death; biographical data on the Snelling and Hunt families; a letter from Thomas S. Jesup, quartermaster general of the United States Army (May 31, 1860) relating to the building of Fort Snelling and to Colonel Snelling; and other data on Snelling's career in the War of 1812.

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P333Box 10. Folder 1.Miscellaneous file no. 52, undated, 1857-1938. 51 items.
Correspondence, agreements, drafts of agreements, bills, receipts, plats and other papers relating to the sale of the Fort Snelling Military Reservation. There is also similar data on Fort Ripley, Minnesota, and Fort Keogh, Montana. Letter writers include Seth Eastman, Henry Mower Rice, Henry Hastings Sibley, and Franklin Steele. Three items relating to the construction of the Round and Hexagonal towers at Fort Snelling (1938) appear to be misfiled and may have been added to this file.
Alternative format available: Maps included within this file are also included in folder 5 of the Fort Snelling map collection (C22).
Box 10. Folder 2.General information index, Fort Snelling, 1825-1934. 26 items.
Receipts and invoices for clothing and quartermaster's stores delivered to Fort Snelling (1825); a 35 mm color slide and photographic copy of a sketch of the fort by H.N. Dillon (1857); a roll of persons buried in the post cemetery (1873); a letter regarding additions to officers' quarters (1880); a view of Fort Snelling looking west (1894) and letters and articles giving historical data on the post (undated and 1923-1934).
Box 10. Folder 3.General information index, Martello towers, 1814-1815. 5 items.
Accounts of Jacob Sass and Son for models of Martello towers, Charleston, South Carolina.
Box 10. Folders 4-5.Fort Snelling Reservation file, 1848-1894.
Contains historical data and citations to documents relating to Fort Snelling; letters regarding the sale of portions of the Fort Snelling and Rock Island military reserves (1848-1850); three papers regarding the abandonment of Fort Snelling (1857-1858), a memo on personnel, improvements and transportation at Fort Snelling (1880s); correspondence and reports regarding construction and alteration of buildings on the Fort Snelling Military Reservation for use by Headquarters, Department of Dakota (1880-1881); correspondence and reports regarding the conversion of Fort Snelling into a regimental post, especially improvements to the water supply system, construction and repair of buildings, cost of maintaining soldiers, construction and cost of barracks, improvements to the rifle range, and improvements to the military reservations (1882-1890, 1894); printed descriptions and plats of Fort Snelling (1885); typescript description of Fort Snelling (1885); and correspondence regarding a proposal to erect a building for Snelling Lodge No.163, Independent Order of Odd Fellows (1894).
Box 10. Folder 6.Letters received. Selected letters relating to Fort Snelling, 1866-1870.
Most of these letters relate to the Fort Snelling Military Reservation and to a fire in 1868 that destroyed the Round Tower and the subsistence storehouse. They include the following files: 200-Q-1866; 80-D-1867; 444-H-1867; 554-A-1869; 51-M-1869 [includes 495-W-1869]; 739-P-1869 [includes 219-P-1870]; 415-B-1870; 251-M-1870 251-M-1870 [984-C-1869]; and 756-W-1870.
Box 10. Folder 22.General orders regarding court martial, dismissal, and death of Phineas Andrews, 1825-1827.
Related material: Additional records regarding Phineas Andrews court martial are available in the records of the Office of the Judge Advocate General court-martial registers and case files (microfilm M227) in the Minnesota Historical Society manuscripts collections.
Box 11. Folders 1-3.Military post records, Fort Snelling, 1855-1857, 1866-1867.
Administrative records maintained by the Post Adjutant located at Fort Snelling. Includes register that tracks orders given and orders communications disseminated and distributed through the Adjutant General's Office. Morning reports submitted to and maintained by the Post Adjutant are also included.
Orders register and communications, April 2, 1855-May 4, 1857.
Orders register and communications, April 2, 1855-May 4, 1857. Digital version
Consolidated morning reports of Fort Snelling, 1866-1867.
Morning reports submitted or maintained the Post Adjutant at Fort Snelling, 1866-1867 [1 of 2]. Digital version, Part 1
Morning reports submitted or maintained the Post Adjutant at Fort Snelling, 1866-1867 [2 of 2]. Digital version, Part 2

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Expand/Collapse U.S. WAR DEPARTMENT. SECRETARY'S OFFICE. NATIONAL ARCHIVES RECORD GROUP 107

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P333Box 10. Folder 7.Letters received. Selected letters from Henry Leavenworth to General Daniel Parker, September 10; October 25, 1819.
Two letters, one enclosing a letter of Joseph Vose, containing information on the building of Cantonment New Hope at the St. Peters River, health of the troops, supplies needed, American Indian relations, and blacksmith activities.

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Expand/CollapseU.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. NATIONAL ARCHIVES RECORD GROUP 233

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P333Box 10. Folder 8.Minnesota Territorial Papers. Letters and petitions relating to Fort Snelling, 1851-1856.
Letters and petitions to Congress relating to the disposition of lands formerly included in the Fort Snelling Military Reserve (1851, 1854) and a memorial to Congress for an appropriation to improve navigation of the Mississippi River to St. Anthony Falls (1856).

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Expand/CollapseU.S. WAR DEPARTMENT. OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL. NATIONAL ARCHIVES RECORD GROUP 159

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P333Box 10. Folder 9.Inspector General reports, Fort Snelling, 1826-1827, 1834, 1836, 1842. 5 items.
Negative photocopies of reports of inspection tours from volume 2 (pages 77-82, 127-131) and volume 3 (pages 65-68, 119-123, 237-242).
Alternative format available: A microfilm version of the Inspector General's volumes can be found on the mixed microfilm (M715) located within this collection.

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Expand/CollapseU.S. ARMY. PAYMASTER GENERAL'S OFFICE. NATIONAL ARCHIVES RECORD GROUP 99

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P333Box 10. Folder 10.Letters received. Selected letters relating to Josiah Snelling, 1828.
Five letters (June-July) regarding monies owed to or due from Snelling (files 483, 484, 489, 493/2, 2433/2) and general orders 46 (August 21) regarding Snelling's death (file 50/2).

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Expand/CollapseMIXED MICROFILM: OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL. NATIONAL ARCHIVES RECORD GROUP 159 AND OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF ENGINEERS. NATIONAL ARCHIVES RECORDS GROUP 77

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M715Office of the Inspector General. Selected reports from Volumes II and III, 1825-1829, 1830-1836, and 1842.
Alternative format available: Photocopies of the Inspector General's volumes can be found in the series U.S. War Department. Office of Inspector General. National Archives Record Group 159 series within this collection.
Office of the Inspector General. Selected reports from Volumes II and III, 1825-1829, 1830-1836, and 1842. Digital version
Office of the Chief of Engineers. Maps and plans of Fort Snelling, 1835-1890.
Alternative format available: Most of the maps and plans on this reel are also available as photographic copies and aperture cards included within the Fort Snelling map collection (C22).
Office of the Chief of Engineers. Maps and plans of Fort Snelling, 1835-1890. Digital version

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Expand/CollapseHISTORIC AMERICAN BUILDINGS SURVEY. U.S. LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

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P333Box 10. Folder 11.Photographs of magazines, undated. 20 items.
Photographs of the following powder magazines contemporary with Fort Snelling: Powder house (Milton, Massachusetts); magazine (Fort Jefferson, Florida); powder house (Fairfield, Connecticut); magazine for small arms (U.S. Arsenal, St. Louis); view in bastion toward magazine (Fort Gaines, Dauphin Island, Alabama); powder magazine (Fort Wayne, Detroit, Michigan); magazine (U.S. Arsenal, Pikeville, Maryland, 4 photos); powder magazine (Fort de Chartes, near Prairie du Rocher, Illinois, 3 photos); powder magazine (Fort Gibson, 2 photos); powder magazine (Philadelphia?); and powder magazine (Philadelphia, 4 photos).

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Expand/CollapseFORT SNELLING. PICTURES AND PHOTOGRAPHS

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P333Box 10. Folder 13.Selected photographs from the Office of the Quartermaster General, National Archives Record Group 92:
92-F-92-12. Old Round Tower and prison building.
92-F-92-29. Old Round Tower and Captains Quarters.
92-F-92-32. Old Fort Snelling, Minn. remodeled for one squadron of cavalry, 1820-1903.
Includes index.
Selected photographs from the Office of the Chief Signal Officer, National Archives Record Group 111:
111-SC-82492. Old parade ground, 1872.
111-SC-83746. Fort Snelling at Mississippi and Minnesota Rivers.
111-SC-83747. Round tower with officers of the 25th Minnesota Infantry, circa 1887.
111-SC-83749. Old Fort Snelling, circa 1885.
111-SC-83750. Part of old Fort Snelling, late 1880s.
111-SC-89862. George Catlin drawing of Fort Snelling.
111-SC-90812. Drawing prepared for Proprietor Herman Meyer.
111-SC-97891. Unidentified soldiers.
111-SC-97892. Unidentified soldiers.

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Expand/CollapseSECRETARY OF STATE. LAND OFFICE RECORDS. IOWA STATE ARCHIVES

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P333Box 10. Folder 12.Surveyor's field notebook, 1853-1854.
Surveyor's field notes made in connection with a re-survey of the Fort Snelling Military Reservation in 1853. The survey was conducted by deputy surveyor Jesse T. Jarrett on the instructions of the United States Surveyor General of Wisconsin and Iowa, headquartered in Dubuque, Iowa. Includes annotations made by Harley R. Schneider, historian of the Minnesota Land Surveyors Association.

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Expand/CollapseSELECTED ITEMS FROM THE MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY

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P333Box 10. Folder 14.Jacob Brown papers, 1815-1824. 31 items.
Includes reports and correspondence to and from the following persons: General Jacob Brown, Josiah Snelling, Henry Atkinson, Henry Leavenworth, Edmund Pendleton Gaines, John Ellis Wool, John C. Calhoun, Alex Malcomb, and Stephen H. Long. Records cover numerous topics, including: soldier labour and fatigue, supplies, recruits, inspections, American Indian affairs, officer appointments and demotions, abandonment of forts on the western frontier, and plans for establishing forts in the northwest.
Box 10. Folder 15.Boston. Report of the Committee appointed to examine the state of the Town and County Treasury, April 6, 1812.
Committee was headed by Josiah Snelling.
Box 10. Folder 16.Samuel Brown papers:
Receipt to Josiah Snelling for baking 117 barrels of flour (August 1801).
Box 10. Folder 17.Norcross papers:
Letter from Edmund Pendleton Gaines to Josiah Snelling regarding family correspondence and travel and navigation on the Mississippi River (November 1, 1822).
Box 10. Folder 18.Alexander C. and Ellen M. Washburn papers:
Letter from Josiah Snelling to John Bailey regarding Snelling's inquiry into a civil appointment in Washington, DC (February 10, 1828). From volume 21, number 188.

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Expand/CollapseMISCELLANEOUS FORT SNELLING MATERIALS

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P333Box 10. Folder 19.Fort Snelling papers, 1853-1928. 5 items in 1 folder:
Survey notes for military reservation boundaries, July 12, 1853.
Survey notes for military reservation boundaries, July 12, 1853. Digital version
General order number 28, Headquarters, Department of Dakota, Saint Paul Minnesota, May 23, 1867.
Includes survey sketch of military reservation boundary.
General order number 28, Headquarters, Department of Dakota, Saint Paul Minnesota, May 23, 1867. Digital version
General order number 13, Headquarters, Department of the Dakota, Saint Paul, Minnesota, May 12, 1880.
General order number 13, Headquarters, Department of the Dakota, Saint Paul, Minnesota, May 12, 1880. Digital version
Concert program, Fort Snelling, 21st Infantry band, June 25, 1903.
Concert program, Fort Snelling, 21st Infantry band, June 25, 1903. Digital version
Typewritten memoranda regarding history and physical description of Fort Snelling, June 5, 1928.
Typewritten memoranda regarding history and physical description of Fort Snelling, June 5, 1928 Digital version
Box 10. Folder 20.Letter signed by W. Lee, 2nd Auditor's Office, Treasury Department, to Lt. David Hunter of Company A, 5th Infantry Fort St. Anthony, July 7, 1824.
Letter signed by W. Lee, 2nd Auditor's Office, Treasury Department, to Lt. David Hunter of Company A, 5th Infantry Fort St. Anthony, July 7, 1824. Digital version
Box 10. Folder 21.The Enlisted Men, undated.
Typewritten memoranda describing culture, military life, and historical data of enlisted men at Fort Snelling in the 1820s.
The Enlisted Men, undated. Digital version

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Expand/CollapseCATALOG HEADINGS

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.

Topics:
Concert programs.
Courts-martial and courts of inquiry.
Fortification.
Land use -- Minnesota.
Martello towers.
Military bases -- United States.
Military pensions -- United States -- War of 1812.
Military reservations -- Minnesota.
Military roads -- Minnesota.
Powder magazines -- Illustrations.
Persons:
Atkinson, Henry, 1782-1842, author.
Brant, Joshua B., author.
Brown, Jacob, 1775-1828, author.
Brown, Joseph Renshaw, 1805-1870, author.
Bruce, Amos J., author.
Calhoun, John C. (John Caldwell), 1782-1850, author.
Camp, William G., author.
Cross, Truman, 1796-1846, author.
Dana, Napoleon Jackson Tecumseh, 1822-1905, author.
Eastman, Seth, 1808-1875, author.
Gaines, Edmund Pendleton, 1777-1849, author.
Hopkins, Robert, 1816-1851, author.
Hunt family.
Jesup, Thomas Sidney, 1788-1860, author.
Leavenworth, Henry, 1783-1834, author.
Lee, Richard Bland, 1797-1875, author.
Long, Stephen H. (Stephen Harriman), 1784-1864, author.
Macomb, Alexander, 1782-1841, author.
Martin, J. G. (James Green), 1819-1878, author.
McClure, James, -1838, author.
McGunnegle, James, -1822, author.
Plympton, Joseph, author.
Pond, Samuel W. (Samuel William), 1808-1891., author.
Rice, Henry M. (Henry Mower), 1816-1894, author.
Riggs, Stephen Return, 1812-1883, author.
Scott, Winfield, 1786-1866, author.
Sherman, Thomas W. (Thomas West), 1813-1879, author.
Sibley, Henry Hastings, 1811-1891, author.
Snelling family.
Snelling, Abigail Hunt, 1797-1888, author.
Snelling, Josiah, 1782-1828, author.
Steele, Franklin, 1813-1880, author.
Taliaferro, Lawrence, 1794-1871, author.
Wool, John Ellis, 1784-1869, author.
Organizations:
United States. Army. Department of Dakota.
United States. Army. Department of the West.
United States. Army. Minnesota Infantry, 21st.
United States. General Land Office. author.
United States. Army. Pay Department. author.
United States. Army. Commands. author.
United States. Congress. House. author.
United States. General Accounting Office. author.
United States. Army. Infantry Regiment, 5th (1815-1957). Company K., author.
United States. Adjutant-General's Office. author.
United States. Veterans Administration. author.
United States. War Department. Quartermaster Corps. author.
United States. War Department. Inspector General. author.
United States. War Department. Secretary's Office. author.
United States. Surgeon-General's Office. author.
United States. War Department. Subsistence Department.
United States. Surveyor General of Wisconsin and Iowa, author.
United States. Army -- Accounting.
United States. Army -- Inspection.
United States. Army -- Medical care.
United States. Army -- Officers.
United States. Army -- Personnel management.
United States. Army -- Supplies and stores.
Places:
Fort Howard (Wis.)
Fort Keogh (Mont.)
Fort Ripley (Minn.)
Fort Snelling (Minn.) -- Maps -- Surveys.
Fort Snelling (Minn.)
Fort Winnebago (Wis.)
Mississippi River -- Navigation.
Pike Island (Minn.)
Saint Anthony Falls (Minn.)
Document Types:
Muster rolls.
Photographs.
Microforms.

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