Box 1

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This file contains statements and depositions taken at hearings regarding Wilbur’s temporary displacement as agent by Lieutenant James Smith in 1869-1870 and the agency inspection of William Pollock, among other issues.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The James H. Wilbur papers consist of his travel journal, correspondence, and legal and financial papers dating from 1850 to 1887. The bulk of the material is from the 1880s and pertains to his career as Indian Agent for the Yakama Reservation at Fort Simcoe in the Washington Territory. The collection includes: correspondence relating to the day-to-day business of running the agency; accounting ledgers, vouchers, reports, and correspondence relating to the government grants that funded the...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The James H. Wilbur papers consist of his travel journal, correspondence, and legal and financial papers dating from 1850 to 1887. The bulk of the material is from the 1880s and pertains to his career as Indian Agent for the Yakama Reservation at Fort Simcoe in the Washington Territory. The collection includes: correspondence relating to the day-to-day business of running the agency; accounting ledgers, vouchers, reports, and correspondence relating to the government grants that funded the...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The James H. Wilbur papers consist of his travel journal, correspondence, and legal and financial papers dating from 1850 to 1887. The bulk of the material is from the 1880s and pertains to his career as Indian Agent for the Yakama Reservation at Fort Simcoe in the Washington Territory. The collection includes: correspondence relating to the day-to-day business of running the agency; accounting ledgers, vouchers, reports, and correspondence relating to the government grants that funded the...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The James H. Wilbur papers consist of his travel journal, correspondence, and legal and financial papers dating from 1850 to 1887. The bulk of the material is from the 1880s and pertains to his career as Indian Agent for the Yakama Reservation at Fort Simcoe in the Washington Territory. The collection includes: correspondence relating to the day-to-day business of running the agency; accounting ledgers, vouchers, reports, and correspondence relating to the government grants that funded the...

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Contains accounting paperwork generated in the course of Wilbur's duties as Indian agent, including ledger pages.

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Contains accounting paperwork generated in the course of Wilbur's duties as Indian agent, including receipts and vouchers for purchases and payments.

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Contains paperwork generated in the course of Wilbur's duties as Indian agent, including official communications between the Agent and the Department of the Treasury regarding the disposal of government bonds.

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Contains official and unofficial documents pertaining to Wilbur’s personal real estate holdings and those he oversaw on behalf of the Office of Indian Affairs and the Methodist Episcopal Conference.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The James H. Wilbur papers consist of his travel journal, correspondence, and legal and financial papers dating from 1850 to 1887. The bulk of the material is from the 1880s and pertains to his career as Indian Agent for the Yakama Reservation at Fort Simcoe in the Washington Territory. The collection includes: correspondence relating to the day-to-day business of running the agency; accounting ledgers, vouchers, reports, and correspondence relating to the government grants that funded the...