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 relays that a man named Mr. Tallmadge recently visited the Office of Indian Affairs and said he met Boyd that summer at Petoskey, and said he would look up the men who have been selling Boyd’s artwork in Washington D.C. and see about Boyd’s money from the sales [Boyd was an accomplished basket maker, beadworker, and quillworker]. Abbot names the men who are selling Boyd’s artwork as Charles Lusk, Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions, and James J. Chapman, both of Washington D.C. Abbot says she hopes Boyd can come to Washington, as she would be glad to see her again.