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Title Ely Samuel Parker's note requesting approval of sale of unused domestic appliances at Galena Custom House
Archival Reference Mss.497.3.P223
Sub-collection Ely Samuel Parker Papers  
Author Parker, Ely Samuel (Hasanoanda) (1828-1895)  
Date 6 Apr 1860
Document Type Notes; Correspondence
Contents Note requesting approval of sale of an unused furnace, stove, etc. at Galena Custom House.
Sub-collection Information A Sachem and Civil War adjutant to Ulysses Grant, Ely Samuel Parker was an important figure in the Seneca Indian nation during the first half of the nineteenth century. Trained as an engineer, Parker was deeply involved in the Senecas' land disputes with the Ogden Land Company and he played an important role in interpreting Seneca culture for a white audience, most notably as a consultant for Lewis Henry Morgan.

Collected by Arthur C. Parker, the Ely Samuel Parker Papers include correspondence, manuscripts, and printed materials relating primarily to Seneca affairs, history, language, and culture, as well as politics, education, engineering, and the Civil War. Among Parker's correspondents were Henry Clay, Millard Fillmore, Henry M. Flagler, Lewis Henry Morgan, Henry Rowe Schoolcraft, Daniel Webster, and Asher Wright. Several letters relate to Parker's service as engineer of public buildings in Galena, Illinois, and to his Masonic activities. Among the noteworthy items in the collection are several essays on Seneca history and culture, a fragment of Parker's diary, 1847, and a significant quantity of material on the Seneca language assembled by Asher Wright.
Region American Midwest  
Subjects Banking and Finance  Commerce and Trade  Public Utilities  
Places Galena; Illinois; Washington
People Parker, Ely Samuel (Hasanoanda) (1828-1895)  Cobb, Howell  
Themes Business, Trade & Commerce
Library American Philosophical Society  
Copyright American Philosophical Society