Sold For $756
*Includes Buyers Premium
American civil servant (1810–1878) who served as chief clerk of the Bureau of Indian Affairs from 1850 to 1869, with a stint as commissioner in 1858. LS signed “Charles E. Mix,” two pages on two adjoining sheets, 7.75 x 9.75, February 11, 1858. Letter to his predecessor, James W. Denver (the famed namesake of Denver, Colorado), then governor of the Kansas Territory, regarding the acquisition of Indian lands in the American West. In part: "The demands arising upon the appropriation for 'Extinguishing title of Indian lands west of the Missouri and Iowa,' being greater than the amount now to the credit thereof; and as at present advised the Secretary of the Interior is of opinion that there will not be any occasion for some time to come to use any portion of this fund in Kansas; I have to request that under these circumstances you will deposite the amount in your hand, under this appropriation remitted to you on the 3d December last, or as much thereof as may be unexpended, to the credit of the Treasurer of the United States with the Depository the most convenient, and forward to this office certificates in duplicate of said deposite." In fine condition. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope, free franked by Charles E. Mix as Acting Commissioner of Indian Affairs.
James W. Denver had resigned as Commissioner of Indian Affairs upon his appointment as governor of the Kansas Territory by President James Buchanan. He was succeeded in the role by longtime Bureau clerk Charles Mix, who here writes to Denver about the American settlement of Indian lands in Kansas.
