Documents Relating to the Transfer of the Carlisle Barracks to the Interior Department

Date
August 25, 1879 - January 7, 1880

Secretary of War Alex Ramsey transmits to Secretary of the Interior Carl Schurz a report from Lieutenant E. T. C. Richmond indicating that the transfer of the Carlisle Barracks from the War Department to the Interior was completed on January 6, 1880 and correspondence regarding said transfer. Also attached is an official order from Major General Hancock ordering the transfer and for Lieutenant Richmond to take charge.

Note: This item was copied from U.S. National Archives microfilm reels (M234), which were filmed from the original documents found in Record Group 75, Entry 79, "Letters Received by the Office of Indian Affairs, 1824-80."

Time Period
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Repository
National Archives and Records Administration
Location
RG 75, M234, roll 486, frames 829-838
Documents Relating to the Transfer of the Carlisle Barracks to the Interior Department