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 followed up with Mr. Chapman and Mr. Lusk regarding sending money to Boyd from the sale of her “pretty articles” in Washington D.C. [Boyd was an accomplished basket maker, beadworker, and quillworker]. Abbot relays that Father Stephan sent Boyd’s last letter to the President [Grover Cleveland] with a strong letter from himself, asking the President to help the Odawa people in Harbor Springs. Abbot also encourages Boyd to write to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs or even directly to the President about the exploitation of the Odawa people at the hands of white settlers.