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This letter was written to express sympathy to Janes Jones. It was probably related to the raid in August 1856 which resulted in the destruction of the Jones home and belongings. (Geary was governor of Kansas territory from September 1856 through…

This envelope is from the Department of the Interior. It is addressed to "Mr. J. T. Jones, Washington City." Written in pencil in different handwriting it says "Concerning the 1872 law", "Delano's position", "Beard (OU Atty) argument." The envelope…

This 1862 letter was sent to Kansas Senator James H. Lane by William P. Dole who was commissioner of the Office of Indian Affairs. It refers to two letters which were included.

B. A. James, Indian agent, sent this letter to Tauy Jones asking him to see Col. A. Cummings when Jones passed through St. Louis. He also sent him copies of two letters he had written to Col. Cummings. James suggests that the three Meeker daughters…

A letter to Tauy Jones setting a place and date to investigate his claims against the government. The superintendent of Indian affairs is expected to attend. The letter was sent by the Sac & Fox agent.

E. A. Rollins, as acting commissioner of the Treasury Department, wrote a letter in response to one written by Tauy Jones. This letter explains that no mention was made in the new excise law about taxing members of the Native American Reservations in…

Charles Mix, of the Department of the Interior Office of Indian Affairs, writes to Tauy Jones about the land given to Pe-nem-chis in the treaty of October, 1832. The land appears to have been sold to Hiram Todd in 1851. Mix says his department has no…

Tauy Jones bought the debts of several Ottawa tribal members. This lists who he bought the debt from, who owed it, what the amount of the debt was, and what he paid for it. He usually paid about fifty percent of the face value of the debt.

This aerial shot of the Ottawa University campus was taken in 1900 from the standpipe. It shows the administration building and Tauy Jones Hall (old Science Hall). The bare trees show there were few other buildings in the area.

Letter from John T. Jones when he arrived in Hamilton, Madison County, New York at a Baptist College in 1826. He mentions Mrs. McCoy and "sister Fanney.