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Scope and Contents Letter from Lucy E. Abbot of the Department of the Interior, Office of Indian Affairs, Washington D.C. to Margaret Blackbird Boyd of Harbor Springs, Michigan, dated November 9, 1882. Abbot advises Boyd to write a clear statement of facts about the stealing of land from Odawa Indians at the hands of white settlers in Harbor Springs and send it to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs in Washington D.C., as well as to General Charles Ewing, Catholic Commissioner in Washington, D.C. Abbot also...

Scope and Contents Letter from Lucy E. Abbot of the Department of the Interior, Office of Indian Affairs, Washington D.C. to Margaret Blackbird Boyd of Harbor Springs, Michigan, dated May 16, 1885. Abbot confirms that she recently received a letter from Boyd regarding the stealing of Odawa land at the hands of white settlers in Harbor Springs, and that she gave the letter to Father Stephan, who is in charge of the Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions in Washington D.C. Abbot relays that Father Stephan said he...

Scope and Contents Letter from Lucy E. Abbot of the Department of the Interior, Office of Indian Affairs, Washington D.C. to Margaret Blackbird Boyd of Harbor Springs, Michigan, dated September 26, 1885. Abbot encourages Boyd to gather a delegation of her Odawa people to come to Washington D.C. to visit the President [Grover Cleveland] about the stealing of their land at the hands of white settlers in Harbor Springs. Abbot expresses that President Cleveland seems to wish to do justice to the Indians. Abbot...

Scope and Contents Letter from Lucy E. Abbot of the Department of the Interior, Office of Indian Affairs, Washington D.C. to Margaret Blackbird Boyd of Harbor Springs, Michigan, dated September 29, 1886. Abbot makes arrangements for Boyd to sell sweet grass to a friend names Mrs. Fuller. Abbot says she is sorry that she cannot do anything to help Boyd regarding a village tax, as Boyd’s property is subject to taxes now that she is no longer living in tribal relations to the government. Boyd says she has...

Scope and Contents Letter from Lucy E. Abbot of Washington D.C. [formerly of the Department of the Interior, Office of Indian Affairs] to Margaret Blackbird Boyd of Harbor Springs, Michigan, dated April 25, 1887. Abbot expresses her sympathies to hear that Boyd has lost her husband and has been sick and unhappy. Abbot responds to Boyd’s complaints about taxes by explaining that the Office of Indian Affairs no longer has care of Boyd’s property, and as such, Boyd is now subject to the same property tax as white...