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Hardin Government Documents

Hardin Government Documents

Date1846 - 1985
Classificationslevel 2: series
Credit LineCitizen Potawatomi Nation Cultural Heritage Center Archive and Research Division
Object number2005.18.196-265
Description2005.18 Hardin Family Manuscripts
2005.18_5 Government Documents
•Copy of page from Bill S. #1628, 54th Congress, 1st Session. January 20, 1896, “A Bill Confirming the title of Mixed-blood Indians to their lands and allowing the same to be alienated under certain circumstances. 1 pg.
•Copy of letter, written at top in blue ink “234-689, Frame 224” Aug, 31, 1869 to Hon. E.S. Parker in reference to issuance of patent in fee of Theresa Hardin wife of L.R. Darling. 1 pg.
•Copy of letter to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs from Business Committee Citizen Band Potawatomi, dated August 1846, ref: George Wards to be enrolled in Citizen Band Potawatomi of Oklahoma. 1 pg.
•Copy of letter from Wagoza, Pott Nat. Ind. Territory, May 9th, 1883 to Maj. J.V. Carter U. S. Indian Agent, Sac and Fox Agency, Indian Territory, from the Citizen Band of Pottawatomies in ref: to enrolment and taking allotment and that tribal election/acceptance was avenue for non-Indian to become tribal member not marriage to tribal member. 3 pgs.
•Letter from the Department of the Interior to D.B. Dyer, U.S. Indian Agent, Quapaw Agency, Seneca Mo., April 12, 1882 ref to guardianship of two minor children Anna and Mary of Hannah and Davis Hardin, and how and why this guardianship came about. 2 pgs.
•Letter from the Department of the Interior, November 14, 1879, to John Short U.S. Indian Agent, Sac and Fox Agency, Indian Territory, ref Hannah Gooboo Hardin and her brothers circumstances as to why they did not get annuities from the Miami’s thru their guardian Joseph B. Oliver. 5pgs.
•Letter from the United States Department of the Interior, to John A. Barrett, Chairman, Citizen Band Potawatomi Business Committee, Oct. 14, (1983) referencing resolution POT# 84-26 enacted July 11, 1983, concerning disenrollment actions; copy of said resolution POT # 84-26, genealogy chart for Baptiste-Copaugh descendants with corrected blood degree. 4 pgs.
•Second copy of above group of documents, letter in these scans missing last page. Letter from the United States Department of the Interior, to John A. Barrett, Chairman, Citizen Band Potawatomi Business Committee, Oct. 14, (1983) referencing resolution POT# 84-26 enacted July 11, 1983, concerning disenrollment actions; copy of said resolution POT # 84-26, genealogy chart for Baptiste-Copaugh descendants with corrected blood degree. 3 pgs.
•Letter from the United States Department of the Interior, Shawnee Indian Agency, Shawnee, Oklahoma, June 15, 1943, ref: to whom it may concern Sadie Wall Hardin appears on Pottawatomi Census Roll dated June 31, 1929; also letter dated January 5, 1955 that Sadie Wall Hardin that June 30, 1922 she was line number 786 which shows her birth and blood degree. 1 pg.
•Letter from the United States Department of the Interior, to John A. Barrett, Chairman, Citizen Band Potawatomi Business Committee, Oct. 14, (1983) referencing resolution POT# 84-26 enacted July 11, 1983, concerning disenrollment actions; copy of said resolution POT # 84-26, genealogy chart for Baptiste-Copaugh descendants with corrected blood degree. 4 pgs.
•Letter from the Department of the Interior, February 4, 1891 to S.L. Patrick, U.S. Indian Agent, Sac and Fox Agency, O.T. from T.J. Morgan Commissioner, in reference to application of non-Indian David Bostick husband of tribal member Mary E. Bostick. 1 pg.
•Department of the Interior documents for the estate of M.B. Beaubien Shawnee Oklahoma Allottee No. 385, documents to determine heir list, testimony. 11 pgs.
•Letter from the Department of the Interior, Nov. 24, 1894 to Edward L. Thomas U. S. Indian Agent, Sac and Fox Agency Oklahoma Territory, submitting approval of seven persons for the business committee of the Pottawatomies, Stephen Ne-gahn-quet, Alexander B. Peltier, J.B. Pam-ba-go, John Anderson, Davis Hardin, Charles Rhodd, and Joseph Moose. 1 pg.
•Department of the Interior documents for the estate of M.B. Beaubien Shawnee Oklahoma Allottee No. 385, documents to determine heir list, testimony. 5 pgs.
•Letter from the Department of the Interior to Lee Patrick U.S. Indian Agent, Sac and Fox Agency, O.T. May 9, 1898 in reference to the removal of Davis Hardin from his position as a member of the business committee. 1 pg.
•Handwritten letter/note from probate judge W.T. Ruggles(?) Sept.16 1895 referencing the guardian of Winnemack a minor as Davis Hardin. 1 pg.
•Letter from the Department of the Interior to S. L. Patrick U.S. Indian Agent, Sac and Fox Agency, Oklahoma, Oct. 28, 1890, references the allotment applications of Anthony Bourbonnais, Thomas Hardin, and Davis Hardin under the Act of May 23, 1872. 1 pg.
•Letter from the Department of the Interior to S. L. Patrick U.S. Indian Agent, Sac and Fox Agency, O.T. , April 13, 1898, referencing prosecution of Wakazo and others in the alleged fraud in collecting money belonging to Mexican Pottawatomie Indians. (1 page letter but 2 copies scanned) 2 pg.
•Letter from the Office of the United States Attorney, April 7, 1898, to U.S. Indian Agent, Sac and Fox Agency, O.T. reference to case of United States vs Wakazo. 1 pg.
•Letter from the United States Indian Service, Ponca Agency, June 23rd, 1879 to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, Washington, D. C., in reference to complaint of Hanna (Goodboo) Hardin against actions of guardian of her and her bothers. 2 pgs.
•Letter from Hanna (Goodboo) Hardin asking for help with her case against her guardian Mr. Oliver who was not forwarding payments to her or her brothers. 1 pg.
•Letter from the United States Indian Service, St Louis April 21, 1879 to Joseph Hartford, Sac and Fox Agency I. T. in reference to Hannah (Goodboo) Hardin’s claims against guardian Joseph Oliver. 2 pgs.
•Letter from the Department of the Interior, Nov. 14, 1879, to John Theorb U. S. Indian Agent, Sac and Fox Agency, Indian Territory in reference to Hannah (Goodboo) Hardin claim against her guardian J. Oliver. 5 pgs.
•Copy of record of marriage for L. R. Darling and Theras Elizabeth Hardin, July 6, 186? (1862); microcopy notes 234-689, frame 318. 2 pgs.
•Copy of delayed certificate of birth for David C. Hardin, with handwritten notes at bottom. 1 pg.
•Letter to Davis Hardin, Shawnee O.T. Feb 13, 1900, from brother John Anderson Washington D.C., in reference to patent applications for mentioned allottees. 1 pg.
•Copy of the U. S. Criminal Appearance Docket in the case United States vs Wah-Ka-Zo, John Anderson, David Hardin, Thomas Lazelle, showing charges dismissed, date Nov. 1897. 1 pg.
•Letter from W.D. Hardin City Assessor, Council Bluffs, Iowa, Jan. 14, 1896 to Davis Hardin Shawnee, OK. in reference to legality of shooting or hunting quail in the months of January and February, with personal notation. 1 pg.
•Typed transcription of letter from Council Bluffs Sub Agency April 2, 1844 to T. Hartley Crawford, Commissioner of Indian Affairs, Washington D. C. in reference to claim of Davis Hardin for compensation of farming services for Chippewas, Otowas, and Pottawatamis at this sub agency. 2 pgs.
•Copy of letter from Wagoza, Pott Nat. Ind. Territory, May 9th, 1883 to Maj. J.V. Carter U. S. Indian Agent, Sac and Fox Agency, Indian Territory, from the citizen Band of Pottawatomies in ref: to enrolment and taking allotment and that tribal election/acceptance was avenue for non-Indian to become tribal member not marriage to tribal member. 3 pgs.
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