Title

Letter to Indian Agent Mallet to Acting Commission of Indian Affairs

Files

Identified Persons

Major Edmond Mallet; S.A. Galpin; W.H.Bell

Identified Places

Tulalip Agency; Washington Territory

Author

S.A. Galpin

Recipient

Major Edmond Mallet

Approximate Date

October 3, 1876

Original Item Medium

Correspondence

Accession Number

2013.001.097

Folder Name

Tulalip_Agency,_Washington_Territory

Language

English

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Transcription

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Office of Indian Affairs

Washington, Oct. 3, 1876

The U.S. Indian Agent

Tulalip Agency Wash. Ter.

Sir: I have to advise you that Captain William H. Bell,

C.S.U.S.A. stationed at Portland, Oregon has been

designated as Purchasing Officer and Inspector of Supplies

required for the Indian service in Oregon and Washington

for the present fiscal year.

You are directed to communicate with Captain

Bell, who has been advised as to the amount of funds

Applicable for the purchase of supplies for your

agency; and if estimates of supplies have not been forwarded

to this office, you will send one to him immediately

for proper action.

Very respectfully,

(signed) S.A. Galpin

Acting Commissioner

Recommended Citation

Edmond J. Mallet Collection. Emmanuel d'Alzon Library Manuscript and Photograph Collection. Assumption University, Worcester, Massachusetts.