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Fort Wayne Indian Agency

1824 Fort Wayne Indian Agency

1824 Fort Wayne Indian Agency
Glenn Black Lab
> Glenn A. Black Laboratory of Archaeology Ethnohistory Map Collection in the Image Collections Online at Indiana University Bloomington. Discussed June 5, 2024 on True Fort Wayne Indiana History on Facebook

  1. In 1828, the Indian agency was moved from Fort Wayne to the Logansport area. From The early history of Fort Wayne (Originally published as a special Mini-Page edition for young people) by Richard Battin in the Summit City History Notes in the Cityscapes - People & Places series of articles from the archives of The News-Sentinel newspaper.
  2. Fort Wayne Indian Agency collection, 1801-1815 The Fort Wayne Indian Agency collection consists of a letterbook kept by Indian agents John Johnston and Benjamin Franklin Stickney; an English to Ottawa dictionary, likely written by Stickney; and a memorandum book kept by Johnston during his time at Fort Wayne. At the University of Michigan.
  3. Fort Wayne Agency notes, 1824 - 1850 at Ball State University.
  4. Fort Wayne Indian Agency search results at the Indiana Memory digital library at IN.gov.
  5. Fort Wayne Indian Agency (Indiana) at FamilySearch.org.
  6. August 14, 2023 post by Indiana Jewish Historical Society on Faceook:

    #hoosierjewishhistory

    Jewish Federation of Fort Wayne

    On this day in Indiana Jewish History 1820: John Jacob Hays, the grandson of Solomon Hays, a member of the early Sephardic Jewish Community of New York, arrived today in Fort Wayne, where he began serving as an Indian agent for the Potawatomi and Miami tribes making him the first known Jew to settle in the Indiana city. Hays was known for his level-headedness, sobriety, and calmness.

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    John Hays and the Fort Wayne Indian Agency in Volume 39, Issue 3, September 1943 of the Indiana Magazine of History journal in the archives at Indiana University Scholarworks. Robertson, N. A. (1943). John Hays and the Fort Wayne Indian Agency. Indiana Magazine of History. Retrieved from https://scholarworks.iu.edu/journals/index.php/imh/article/view/7437.

    John Hays collection Collection — Folder: S1820Identifier: S1820 at the Indiana State Library Manuscripts Library

    John Hays (sheriff) at Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia.

  7. Outpost in the Wilderness: Fort Wayne, 1706-1828

    Outpost in the Wilderness: Fort Wayne, 1706-1828, by Charles Poinsatte EBook at The Project Gutenberg

John Tipton Collection

John Tipton Collection at the Indiana State Library Digital Collection

John Tipton (1786-1839) was a militia officer, politician, Indian agent and land speculator.  He was an officer in the Indiana Militia, serving at the Battle of Tippecanoe and in engagements against the Shawnee people under the leadership of Tecumseh and Tenskwatawa  during the War of 1812. As Indian agent, he oversaw the forced removal of the Potawatomi people from Indiana in 1838.  Tipton also served as a U.S. senator from 1831 to 1839. 

Digitization of these materials was made possible through funding from a Library Services and Technology Act grant with funding from the Institute for Museum and Library Services and administered by the Indiana State Library.  The Indiana Historical Bureau partnered with the Indiana State Library to make these items available.

PLEASE NOTE: This digital collection of about 700 items represents only a tenth of the manuscripts in the John Tipton Collection.  Visit the Indiana State Library to use the entire collection.

 

Fort Wayne, gateway of the West, 1802-1813: Garrison orderly books, Indian Agency account book by Griswold, B. J. (Bert Joseph), 1873-1927, Publication date 1973 on Archive.org.

Letter book of the Indian Agency at Fort Wayne, 1809-1815. Edited by Gayle Thornbrough v.21 1961 at HaithiTrust

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