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LS signed “Charles E. Mix,” one page, 7.75 x 9.75, December 3, 1857. Letter to his predecessor, James W. Denver (the famed namesake of Denver, Colorado), then governor of the Kansas Territory, regarding funds for the acquisition of Indian lands in the American West. In part: "I have to inform you that a requisition has this day been issued in favor of the Assistant Treasurer at Saint Louis for the sum of five thousand dollars, which amount will be placed to your credit, and for which you will be held accountable under the appropriation for 'Extinguishing title of Indian titles to lands west of Missouri and Iowa." 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.
