Collection # M 0085 OMB 0093 BV 1074–1082, 3470
DEAN FAMILY PAPERS 1788–CA. 1920
Collection Information 1
Biographical Sketch 2
Scope and Content Note 4
Series Contents 5
Processed by
Betty Alberty, Sr. Rachel West, and Robert Smith Paul Brockman, Supervisor 8 July 2003
Manuscript and Visual Collections Department William Henry Smith Memorial Library Indiana Historical Society 450 West Ohio Street Indianapolis, IN 46202-3269
www.indianahistory.org
COLLECTION INFORMATION
VOLUME OF 14 document cases, 1 oversize box, 11 bound volumes, 1 visual COLLECTION: image.
COLLECTION 1788– ca. 1920 DATES:
PROVENANCE: Noble Dean Jr., Dean Brothers Pump Works, 6040 Guion Road, Indianapolis, Indiana, May 1972, August 1973.
RESTRICTIONS: None
COPYRIGHT:
REPRODUCTION Permission to reproduce or publish material in this collection RIGHTS: must be obtained from the Indiana Historical Society.
ALTERNATE FORMATS:
RELATED HOLDINGS:
ACCESSION 1972.0506, 1973.0807 NUMBER:
NOTES: Originally processed by Charles Latham, May 1985
Indiana Historical Society Dean Family Papers Page 1 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
This collection concerns four generations of the Dean family, centered first in New York State, then in Indianapolis.
In 1798 John Dean, a Quaker, moved from Westchester to Brothertown, New York, to work for fifty pounds a year on behalf of the Friends in New York City and Elizabeth, New Jersey. The Friends had sent him to the Indians at Brothertown, who were comprised of remnants of the Pequot, Stonington, Narragansett, Mohican, and Niantic tribes of New England. Removed from New England by the Treaty of Fort Stanwix in 1753, they had purchased land from the Oneida Indians in 1774. John Dean was soon joined by his son Thomas, who succeeded him as Indian Agent and served in that capacity for over thirty years. Their goal was an assimilationist one: to teach the Indians to read and write, to wear European-style shoes, to raise certain crops and build barns, to run a sawmill, and to avoid liquor. The Deans established a boarding school for children, a “Moral Society” for men, and a “Moral Society” and spinning school for women. It should be noted that unlike some government-run schools for Native American children, the Brothertown school was not compulsory.
As early as 1810, some acquaintances of the Indians were talking about their moving west. By 1817 Thomas Dean was urging the Brothertown people to move. Securing land proved difficult, however, due to the US government’s desire for land and their relentless program of treaties that pushed native tribes west. In that year, with seven Indian companions in a home-made boat, he made a journey to Indiana to see about buying land on the White River. The purchase fell through, however, when the Indians from whom they were buying moved west of the Mississippi. In 1821, arrangements were made to buy land from the Menominee Indians at Green Bay, Wisconsin. The Menominee, however, sold their land to the US government in 1824 and moved west, again leaving the Brothertown Indians landless. It took a decade, and at least ten trips by Thomas Dean to Green Bay and two to Washington, DC to get the Brothertown clear title to some land. Finally, in 1832 a treaty was signed giving them land on the east shore of Lake Winnebago, together with an annuity. This whole story, well documented in the collection, gives a good sampling both of pressures on the Indians and of government policy toward them. Though the Brothertown group had learned the white man's ways and language, even to the point of taking English names and surnames, the government still wished to force them west of the Mississippi. Thomas Dean died in 1843.
In 1830, after the Indians had gone west, Brothertown became known as Deansville, and Thomas Dean was appointed postmaster. Thomas Dean's son John attended Hamilton College and became a lawyer. He became involved with Democratic politics, and served a term in the New York state legislature in 1847–49. In 1850 he moved his legal practice to New York City. He began with an office on Broadway, and then in 1851 moved his home and practice to the Williamsburgh (now Williamsburg) area of Brooklyn.
In 1860, John Dean went to Washington to try to obtain a position in the Treasury department, relying on his friend John C. Underwood’s influence with Treasury Secretary
Indiana Historical Society Dean Family Papers Page 2 Chase. This quest for office took two years, during which he supported himself by legal work. He had come to sympathize with the Radical Republicans in Congress, regarded President Lincoln's policy on emancipation as weak and timid, and spent a great deal of his time working on behalf of formerly enslaved people who had escaped captivity. In 1862 he obtained a clerkship in the Treasury department at $2,000 a year. This work did not occupy much of his time, and he kept busy working for those who had escaped bondage, visiting wounded solders in hospitals, getting his son Thomas a furlough so that he could go back to New York to recruit troops, and trying to get two of his other sons positions as engineers in the Navy. He died in October 1863.
John Dean's sons all seem to have had a mechanical bent. They worked at a foundry in Willowvale, New York, where the family for some time established a home. They then set up a works at Rome, New York. Finally, at the urging of young Thomas Dean, they decided in 1871 to move to Indianapolis. Borrowing capital from a relative in Chicago, they established the Dean Brothers Pump Works, which remained in the family for over 100 years. John C. Dean (18451928), who entered the foundry business in 1867, was the company’s president and treasurer. Dean also was an astronomer and author of Life of Count Rumford, Astronomical Superstitions, and Mysteries of Matter.
Sources: Collection materials. Who Was Who, Chicago: A. N. Marquis Co., 1943 (E 176 .W64), Vol. 1, p. 308.
Indiana Historical Society Dean Family Papers Page 3 SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE
This collection, spanning the years 1788 to ca. 1920, contains family and business letters, deeds, Indian treaties, and a number of notebooks describing early trips from New York to Green Bay, Wisconsin. Among the more interesting topics covered in the collection are the history of the Brothertown Indians from 1800 to 1840 and the political climate of Washington during the first two years of the Civil War.
The collection begins at approximately the same time as the appointment of John Dean to work with the Indians at Brothertown in 1798. Of particular note are documents pertaining to the work of Thomas Dean as Indian Agent (ca. 1805 to ca. 1840). The purpose of the agency is shown by correspondence from Dean's Quaker sponsors in New York and New Jersey. Its operation is shown both by correspondence and by the minutes and other papers of the Moral Society. Thomas Dean's long effort to find a secure home for the Brothertown Indians, first in Indiana and then in Wisconsin, is documented by journals of each of his trips, including those to Washington; by copies of treaties, government surveys, and reports; and by correspondence. Documents through 1825 have been calendared, and the materials from this period contain many mentions of particular members of the Brothertown tribe. Documents after 1834 dealing with the Indians have been copied, and are in two folders.
The papers of the second John Dean (1813–63) contain a considerable amount of his early legal work. After that, there is mainly correspondence which occurs when John Dean is separated from his family: when he is setting up practice in New York; when the family is visiting upstate; when he is in Washington seeking an appointment, and also visiting wounded soldiers and working on behalf of people who had escaped enslavement. Descriptions of scenes and buildings in Washington, written for his children, are of more than passing interest. Also included are several of his rather brief diaries for 1852 and for 1860–63.
The collection also contains family correspondence centered largely on Mary Dean, the elder daughter of the fourth generation, and ong Emma, the younger, who married a lawyer and remained in Williamsburgh while the rest of the family moved west. These letters contain mainly family news exchanged between Emma in Brooklyn and the rest of the family in Indianapolis. Trips to Europe by Mary Dean in the summer of 1892 and by Wilfred Dean and Besse Taylor in 1900 are described in detail.
Other materials in the collection include family Bibles, with some genealogical material in the pages between the Old and New Testaments; and Volume II of Clarkson's Portraiture of Quakerism (1806) and daybooks and account books of Thomas Dean, 1807–47; and oversized parchment treaties of 1821 and 1822 involving the Stockbridge and other Indian tribes and lands at Green Bay, Michigan Territory (later Wisconsin).
Indiana Historical Society Dean Family Papers Page 4 Calendar of Documents from Box 1
This calendar of documents was created by Megan Fulopp, a Brothertown Indian of Narragansett descent (Hammer/Hammar), 2019.
Box 1 Folder 1:
Pp. 1-2 Aug. 12, 1799 letter; Thomas Eddy to John Dean; wants to hear from Dean.
P. 3 Oct. 22, 1799 letter; Thomas Eddy to John Dean; many people out of town due to the “sickness”; hopes to have Indians build barns, houses, etc; letter is from Old Fort Schuyler; also sent 120 pairs of shoes.
Pp. 4-8 Indenture of mortgage? Signed by Thomas, Daniel and Peter Dean.
Pp. 9-11 July 6, 1801 indenture between George Paul of Brothertown and “the New England Indians and their brethren consisting of the Tribes called the Mohegan, ‘Montauge,’ Stonington, and ‘Narraganset’ Indians and the Pequots of Groton and Nehanticks of Farmington and their posterity of the town, county, and state aforesa…”; Signed by George Paul (deeding land back to the Brothertown people?).
Pp. 11-14 July 6, 1801 indenture between Thomas Isaacs and the town of Brothertown…like previous but made his mark; no signature.
Pp. 15-16 Feb. 16, 1804 letter Thomas Eddy to John Dean; Committee requests report on the Indian improvements in “civilization, agriculture, and moral rectitudes of life.” Asks about the Stockbridge, Oneida, Tuscarora, and Onondaga as well.
Pp. 17-18 Oct. 10, 1806 letter John Dean and Henry (McNeil??).
Pp. 19-22 Aug. 24, 1807 letter Thomas Eddy to John Dean; instructs that no money should be handed to the Indians/wait til have enough for a boarding school.
Pp. 23-25 Dec. 10, 1807 letter from a son at boarding school to the Deans.
Box 1 Folder 2:
Indiana Historical Society Dean Family Papers Page 5 Pp. 1-2 Jan. 7, 1808 letter John Murray Jr to John Dean; discusses Oneida, teaching females domestic concerns, the three “Friends” sent to the Indians.
Pp. 3-4 Letter from boarding school to Deans; son wants to come back home.
Pp. 5-7 Feb. 4, 1808 typed copy of letter to John Sergeant from Capt. Hendrick Aupaumut (includes note to see letter of Jan 3, 1809—believe typed pages were done by John Candee Dean circa 1950’s). Original letter follows typed (p 6-7).
Pp. 8-10 Mar. 9, 1808 letter Thomas Eddy(?) to Dean; Glad that Dean established a [Moral] Society; gives input on who to receive and suggests not fining misconduct but instead booting them out.
Pp. 11-12 Apr. 3, 1808 letter--Gideon Mullemire?
Pp. 13-14 Letter from Thomas and Elizabeth Skidmore to John and Phoebe Dean.
Pp. 15-16 June 11, 1808 letter from John Murray.
Pp. 17-18 June 17, 1808 letter from T. Eddy to Thomas Dean; glad to hear new building is going up; thinks best way to improve the Indians is to educate the children “separated as much as possible from the influence and control of their parents.”
Pp. 19-20 July 5, 1808 letter from John Murray.
Pp. 21-25 Oct. 7, 1808 letter from Charles Webb to John Dean.
P. 26 June 6, 1808; state of Funds of the “female Morrel Society” in Brothertown.
Box 1 Folder 3:
Pp. 1-24 Feb. 1808. Men’s “Morrel Society” instituted in Brothertown Feb. 1, 1808; names Isaac Wobby, Thomas Dick, T. Dean, John Johnson (Treasurer), Joseph Wobby, Paul Dick, Jacob Dick, James Fowler, John Sector, Benjamin Fowler, Jacob Fowler… signatures on p. 2; James Niles and John Tuhy made their mark and Aaron Poquintop is crossed through. Lists articles, committee members, etc. Next they will meet at the schoolhouse in Brothertown. Feb 9, 1808 Thomas Dick and Isaac Wobby say they have a prospect of going on a journey. John Tuhy and Eliphlet [Eliphalet] Mathers/Marthers request membership and ok’d. P. 21 Joseph Wobby called out and fined.
P. 25 Dec. 5, 1808; Women’s Society. Names Hannah Dick, Hannah Sepit, Sarah Isaac,
Indiana Historical Society Dean Family Papers Page 6 Mary Brushel, Barbary Niles, Betssey Marthers, Lucy Seketor, Nabby Brushel, Abigail and Lydia Brushel (clerk).
Box 1 Folder 4:
Pp. 1-13 1809 minutes of the Men’s Moral Society; Jacob Dick causes trouble. Note: p. 3 is suddenly the Women’s Society minutes (Mary Wobby becomes a member) and then back to the Men’s.
Pp. 14-34 More men’s minutes; T. Isaacs talks about John Seketor.
Box 1 Folder 5:
Pp. 1-12 1808-1809 Receipts of the Morrel Society…monies paid with interest?; same names as previously.
Box 1 Folder 6:
Pp. 1-5 Typed letter with notes and commentary (probably by John Candee Dean?) followed by original letter…from Hendrick Apatawmut or maybe Isaac Wobby???.
Pp. 6-9 Jan. 24, 1809 John Dean to John Murray? Mentions Henry or Harvey McNeil and Thos. Eddy; describes home where a number of orphaned Indian children are now living; boarding school; land and providing for the children of a particular widow.
Pp. 10-11 Feb. 10, 1809; Receipt to Female Moral Society signed by Isaac Wobby, Joseph Wobby, Thomas Dick, B.G.(?) Fowler.
Pp. 12-13 Mr. Sergeant’s statement concerning the parish lot given by the Stockbridge Indians.
Pp. 14-15 Mar. 9, 1809 letter Henry McNeil to Thomas Dean; “I wish you would inform Isaac Wobby…”
Indiana Historical Society Dean Family Papers Page 7 Pp. 15-17 Apr. 13, 1809 letter from Linus Chandler; “Dear Uncle.”
Pp. 18-19 Apr. 20, 1809 letter from Henry McNeil; mentions the sawmill.
Pp. 20-21 Letter from McNeil?
Pp. 22-23 Oct. 27, 1809 letter from John Murray to Thomas Dean. “I rec’d thy letter by Benjamin Fowler and am pleased to hear of your health; annuity; Widow Wampy [possibly Elijah Wampy’s wife] asked for $12 to be taken out of her rent (via Benjamin Fowler); B Fowler is on his way to East end of Long Island; pleased the BT school is progressing. Gave Absolom Hatfield a wagon, horse and cows; mentions David Thomas of Utica.
Pp. 24-31 Dec. 15, 1809 letter; pleased to learn Absolom was correct in the info he gave respecting the advance “thou” was willing to make for the sawmill. Also another copy of the same letter.
Pp. 32-33 Letter to Henry McNeil about settling Betty Wampy’s account; large pieces are missing from this letter.
Box 1 Folder 7:
Pp. 1-6 Mar. 7, 1810 letter to John Murray.
Pp. 7-8 John Murray’s reply to T. Dean’s letter.
P. 9 June 7, 1810 letter from John Murray; mentions governor and Elijah Wampy; “I wrote thee from Albany and enclose the governor’s instruction related to Elijah Wampy. I presume that letter got to hand thou I have not received any information on the subject—as by the sworn statement of Guy Johnson, the Indians at Brothertown cannot dispose of their lands—it may be a means of getting their minds as to the idea of a remove or also to show the propriety of the governor’s instruction in the case of Elijah Wampy—I thought it might be useful for them to know the tenure by which they hold their land and have therefore forwarded a copy of the instrument of writing issued by Guy Johnson relative to that matter. I have executed a lease to John Dean for some land which he says was agreed to when I was last at Brothertown if he is correct therein—I presume he is, thou will be re (?) obliging as to put thy signature thereto.”
Pp. 10-11 Enclosure by Guy Johnson (same as the Oct. 4, 1774 document) gives Brothertown land description; rec’d Feb. 4, 1783 and here recorded...a true copy
Indiana Historical Society Dean Family Papers Page 8 from the public record of the state of Connecticut; examined Sept. 17, 1794 by George Willy’s secretary.
Pp. 12-15 May 6, 1810 letter to John Dean from Henry McNeil; a second copy of same follows.
Pp. 16-18 Names Brushels, Dean, Wobby, etc.
Pp. 19-22 1810 letter to John Murray about account.
Pp. 23-24 1810 letter from Henry Knowles to Thomas Dean.
Pp. 25-26 1810 letter from John Murray to T. Dean saying he isn’t surprised at his remarks as to the “civilization” of the Indians going slow; he encourages Dean; Benjamin Fowler came with a letter from Elizabeth Wampy in east end of Long Island requesting to receive $40 as a draw from her rent.
Pp. 27-30 1811 legal notice about manufacturing.
Box 1, Folder 8
Pp. 1-5 Mar. 22, 1811; begins with a repeat of Folder 7—another copy of “an Act relative to incorporation for manufacturing purposes”; talks about stockholders.
Pp. 6-7 Apr. 6, 1811 letter to T. Dean from John Murray; says rec’d letter from Henry McNeil and that superintendents removed him (McNeil); you and your dad have “long evidenced your attachment to the Indians pray now be very careful what steps you may take…”
Pp. 8-9 Apr. 17, 1811 letter from Hallock Thorne to T. Dean (cousin).
Pp. 10-14 June 16, 1811 typed copy of “Leter I writ to White River” followed by actual copy of same.
Pp. 15-16 Various letters…can’t read much but writer asked to be remembered to Thomas Dick.
Pp. 17-20 July 29, 1812 letter J. Talcott?? to John Dean; Letter to Mr Cord for ?? Doolittle.
Pp. 21-22 “The Friendly Woolen and Button Manufacturing Company”—T. Dean is one of the persons forming this company.
Indiana Historical Society Dean Family Papers Page 9 Pp. 23-26 Sept. 11, 1813…letter seems to be written by Thomas Dean??? to Robert Caton(?) and mentions his father’s (John Dean’s) last written words; no appetite, too much haste on his four-day excursion and it was hot.
Box 1 Folder 9:
Pp. 1-3 1815 letter from Stockbridge about the character of Mary Doxtater.
Pp. 4-6 1816 letter to John Dean from ?? Mosher (Note: Moshers are Brothertown members, such as Belva Mosher in Wisconsin).
Pp. 7-8 More about Mary Doxtater (Note: Doxtaters are Stockbridge).
Pp. 9-10 Apr. 21, 1817 letter confirming Brothertown and Stockbridge have chosen T. Dean to accompany them to White River, Indiana Territory, signed by John Taylor of Albany.
Pp. 11-13 Thomas Dean letter to his family July 3,1817 while on the trip to White River…he’s hurrying as the rest of the company is waiting on him to leave.
Pp. 14-16 Copy of Mr Irwin’s (?) letter to Col John Bowyers from Green Bay about people being hostile to the US and exciting Indians to pick up arms.
Pp. 17-18 Stockbridge/Onondaga…constitution from their society.
Box 1 Folder 10:
Pp. 1-2 1818 letter to T. Dean from John Sergeant.
Pp. 3-6 Address to school children by Benjamin Daughty (copy); at bottom mentions Phebe Hick and Mary Dostator (Doxtator).
Pp. 7-9 Field notes of the Mico lot?
Pp. 10-12 Deed of land from Thomas Isaacs to his wife (Brothertown).
Pp. 13-16 Oct. 8, 1818 letter from St. Mary’s written by Isaac Wobby—speaks of being on White River which is in Tigua(?), Miami County, OH. He and wife and nephew Orville are well as is Jacob Dick and family since Thomas left them at Fr
Indiana Historical Society Dean Family Papers Page 10 Harrison. P. 5 notes “…we have obtained in some measure our request as to the land-our friends in your county need not request? any land favors from the Delaware unless they will consent to accompany them and go beyond the Mississippi. If any wish to purchase in this country there will soon be a favorable opportunity to purchase on the White River.” (Note: Despite their discussions with the Stockbridge and Brothertown people, the Delaware Indians sold all of their land to the US government before the rest of the tribe could travel to Indiana. Those who had traveled to Indiana already—Isaacs, Wobby, and Tindells—received individual lots through the St. Mary’s Treaty.)
Pp. 17-20 July 7, 1819 letter from Thomas Isaacs in Illinois. His wife died at 10 a.m. July 1, 1819. Several times he speaks of the “Brothertown people” and about the land where he is being good and that they’ll be making a contract w/ the US.
Pp. 21-23 Typed letter from Hendrick Aupaumeut-Stockbridge followed by actual copy of same.
Pp. 24-27 Friends of Mary Doxtator attest to her character—she’d been instructing her people for seven years in making clothes.
Pp. 28-29 T. Dean? Letter to cousin E.H. Thorn?
Box 1 Folder 11
Pp. 1-2 July 20, 1828? Letter from Alex Collins of Louisville to T. Dean; writes of how spent anniversary of America’s independence.
Pp. 3-4 Sept. 2, 1822 letter to Dean from Isaac McCoy about the Brothertown people who were living with him as part of his Baptist mission in Fort Wayne Indiana—Thomas Isaacs and stepdaughter Betsey Plummer; Charles Dick, son or stepson of Jacob Dick—previous to his father’s death and Dick Charles previous to his mother’s death. Plus Jacob Rowkapst???. Mentions John Metoxen one of your chiefs from White River and his forty ???, Mary Ann and Betsey daughters of Thomas Isaacs both live at Ft Harrison. Something about guy T. Isaacs was dealing with not so great and doesn’t expect the girls to end up with much so asks Dean to see after any land they have there (in Brothertown) til come of age. Also says Metoxen thinks Charles Dick ought to have Jacob Dick’s land but heard he’s not actually Jacob’s son—but he and writer think Charles should have it as was one of the 40 that came.
Indiana Historical Society Dean Family Papers Page 11 Pp. 5-7 Curtis to Dean.
Pp. 8-12 “We the Peacemakers of Brothertown…”; last page includes signatures of Eliphalet Marthers, Randal Abner, J. Johnson, William Dick. Joseph Skeesuck added a P.S. leaving Joseph Freeman?? the gristmill Apr. 1813 and more copies and lots of details of what Freeman had to do.
Pp. 13-14 Oct. 9, 1823 copy of letter Green Bay says some mistakes and kept squaws??...gave names of squaws long dead. H. B. Brevourts? letter.
Pp. 15-16 Oct. 26, 1828, Albany; “Dear Brother” Thomas Hamdrer?/ Thomas H. Flannonese?? to T. Dean says raised $600.
Box 1 Folder 12
Pp. 1-3 Letter from T. Dean to governor and land commissioners concerning Stockbridge.
P. 4 Letter from and signed by Stockbridge…an Abraham Occum signed.
Pp. 7-9 Purchase of Indian Lands at Green Bay w/ Stockbridge.
Pp. 10-13 Oct. 1824 letter from cousin EH Thorne.
Pp. 11-21? May 11, 1824 Dean to Jeffrey Parish, Esq., US agent for the 6 Nations mentions that the Brothertown want to buy land from Stockbridge in Green Bay (and the Oneida, Tuscarora, etc.) agreed to do it for $950; 12-14 mi wide x about 20 miles long.
Pp. 22-25 Aug. 26, 1824 Doxtator and Albany, NY; Stockbridge and Brothertown purchase of land Green Bay (copy of treaty w/ Oneida-looks like Stockbridge) $950 paid to Menominee by William Dick, George Samson, Paul Dick, George Scipio, Daniel Dick, and David???. References Sept. 23, 1822 treaty, also Aug 18, 1821.
Pp. 26-28 Jan. 13, 1825 letter from Stockbridge to chiefs of St. Regis Tribe (signed by a Baldwin and a Quinney); “ample space to spread our blankets, smoke our pipes and promote each other’s welfare and thereby be enables to have our children after us to enjoy the same to latest generations”; then start asking for the Brothertown tribe to join them, saying Brothertown paid $950 to the Menominee “last fall.”
Indiana Historical Society Dean Family Papers Page 12 Pp. 29-30 Jan. 18, 1825 letter and signatures of the Stockbridge.
P. 31 Notarized Feb. 9, 1825.
Pp. 32-33 Feb. 25, 1825 Office of Indian Affairs/War Department to T. Dean, agent for the Brothertown Indians; president doesn’t care and won’t give it any special sanction; menacing sounding…the Menominee will be punished if they take up arms.
Pp. 34-38 Draft of letter to Gov. DeWitt Clinton, NY. Is this drafted by PMs or Dean? Sticking up for Brothertown???? Honesty, agriculture, “fraudulent intentions”?? (pp 35-36 mentions lands purchased by the Brothertown Indians)...does he call out Sergeant as defrauding??? Says inconvenient to travel to to get their (our) annuity; leaves space for PM’s to sign.
Pp. 39-40 Mar. 18, 1825 from Detroit. A later copy of previous? Treaty of St. Mary’s in 1818; calls Brothertown “half-breeds” and doesn’t agree to Dean’s proposal that Dick and Wobby purchase two half tracts of land—wouldn’t give Jane Wobby Isaac Wobby’s land because she was his widow, not his heir.
P. 41 Apr. 1825; Department of War Office of Indian Affairs—denies application of Jane Wobby and Thomas Dick.
Pp. 42-43 May 6, 1825. Sawmill Thomas and Mary Dean to Asa Dick $60; describes land, highway, bridge, canals, and Oriskany.
Pp. 44-46 T. Dean writes to Peter Hagner…auditor of War Department in Washington…on behalf of a veteran blind three years, wants to know if any payment for his service (may be Stockbridge). Mr. John M Dittman?
Indiana Historical Society Dean Family Papers Page 13 SERIES CONTENTS
Series 1: Papers, 1799–ca. 1920
CONTENTS CONTAINER Papers, 1799–1807 Box 1, Folder 1
Papers, 1808 Box 1, Folder 2
Institution of the Moral Society, 1808 Box 1, Folder 3
Moral Society Minutes, 1809–10 Box 1, Folder 4
Notes to Treasurer of Moral Society, 1808–09 Box 1, Folder 5
Papers, 1809 Box 1, Folder 6
Papers, 1810 Box 1, Folder 7
Papers, 1811–13 Box 1, Folder 8
Papers, 1815–17 Box 1, Folder 9
Papers, 1818–21 Box 1, Folder 10
Treaty with Menominee Tribe, 18 Aug. 1821 Flat Files: FF 11-f, Folder 2
Treaty with Menominee Tribe, 23 Sept. 1822 Flat Files: FF 11-f, Folder 2
Plot of Lots on Reverse of Cropped Treaty Made Flat Files: FF 11-f, Folder Between Stockbridge and Brothertown Tribes after 2 1821
Papers, 1822–23 Box 1, Folder 11
Papers, 1824–25 Box 1, Folder 12
Papers, 1826–28 Box 2, Folder 1
Papers, n.d. Box 2, Folder 2
Papers, 1829 Box 2, Folder 3
Papers, 1830 Box 2, Folder 4
Indiana Historical Society Dean Family Papers Page 14 Handwritten Literary Passages “Selections,” ca. 1830 Box 2, Folder 5
Papers, 1831 Box 2, Folder 6
Papers, 1832 Box 2, Folder 7
Papers, 1833–34 Box 2, Folder 8
Indenture, 1834 OMB 0093, Folder 3
Papers, 1835 Box 2, Folder 9
Papers, Jan.–April 1836 Box 2, Folder 10
Papers, May–Dec. 1836 Box 3, Folder 1
Indenture, 1836 OMB 0093, Folder 4
Photocopies, 1835–39 (Indian Affairs) Box 3, Folder 2
Photocopies, 1840–45 (Indian Affairs) Box 3, Folder 3
Papers, Jan.–May, 1837 Box 3, Folder 4
Papers, June–Dec. 1837 Box 3, Folder 5
Papers, 1837–38 Box 3, Folder 6
Papers, Jan.–March 1838 Box 3, Folder 7
Papers, April–July 1838 Box 3, Folder 8
Papers, Aug.–Sept. 1838 Box 3, Folder 9
Papers, Oct.–Nov. 1838 Box 3, Folder 10
Papers, Dec. 1838 Box 3, Folder 11
Papers, Jan. 1839 Box 3, Folder 12
Papers, July 1839–May 1840 Box 4, Folder 1
Papers, Aug.–Dec. 1839 Box 4, Folder 2
Papers, Nov. 1839–Sept. 1840 Box 4, Folder 3
Papers, Jan.–May 1840 Box 4, Folder 4
Indiana Historical Society Dean Family Papers Page 15 Papers, June–Dec. 1840 Box 4, Folder 5
Papers, Jan.–Aug. 1841 Box 4, Folder 6
Papers, Jan.–June 1841 Box 4, Folder 7
Papers, July–Dec. 1841 Box 4, Folder 8
Papers, Jan.–June 1842 Box 4, Folder 9
Papers, July–Dec. 1842 Box 4, Folder 10
Estate of Thomas Dean, 1842 Box 4, Folder 11
Deansville Band, Feb. 1842–March 1843 Box 5, Folder 1
Papers, 1843–44 Box 5, Folder 2
Papers, Jan.–Feb. 1845 Box 5, Folder 3
Papers, March 1845 Box 5, Folder 4
Papers, April–June 1845 Box 5, Folder 5
Papers, July–Oct. 1845 Box 5, Folder 6
Papers, Nov.–Dec. 1845 Box 5, Folder 7
Papers, 1846 Box 5, Folder 8
Papers, Jan. 1847 Box 6, Folder 1
Papers, Feb. 1847 Box 6, Folder 2
Papers, March 1847 Box 6, Folder 3
Papers, April 1847 Box 6, Folder 4
Papers, May–Aug. 1847 Box 6, Folder 5
Papers, Sept.–Dec. 1847 Box 6, Folder 6
Papers, 1848 Box 6, Folder 7
Notes and Clippings on 1848 Campaign Box 14, Folder 2
Papers, 1849 Box 6, Folder 8
Indiana Historical Society Dean Family Papers Page 16 Papers, Jan.–July 1850 Box 6, Folder 9
Papers, Aug.–Dec. 1850 Box 6, Folder 10
Legal Briefs, 1850 Box 7, Folder 1
Democratic Party Politics, 1850 Box 7, Folder 2
Papers, Jan.–March 1851 Box 7, Folder 3
Papers, April–Dec. 1851 Box 7, Folder 4
Papers, 1852 Box 7, Folder 5
Papers, 1853 Box 7, Folder 6
Papers, 1854–56 Box 7, Folder 7
Papers, 1857–59 Box 7, Folder 8
Papers, 1860–61 Box 7, Folder 9
Visiting Cards and Invitations, 1850–65 Box 7, Folder 10
Papers, Jan.–March 1862 Box 8, Folder 1
Papers, April 1862 Box 8, Folder 2
Papers, May–June 1862 Box 8, Folder 3
Papers, July–Sept. 1862 Box 8, Folder 4
Papers, Oct.–Nov. 1862 Box 8, Folder 5
Papers, Dec. 1862 Box 8, Folder 6
Papers, Jan.–Feb. 1863 Box 8, Folder 7
Papers, March–May 1863 Box 8, Folder 8
Papers, June 1863 Box 8, Folder 9
Papers, July–Aug. 1863 Box 8, Folder 10
Papers, Sept.–Dec. 1863 and n.d. Box 9, Folder 1
Papers, 1864, 1867 Box 9, Folder 2
Indiana Historical Society Dean Family Papers Page 17 Papers, 1870–71 Box 9, Folder 4
Papers, 1872–73 Box 9, Folder 5
Papers, 1874–75 Box 9, Folder 6
Papers, 1876–77 Box 9, Folder 7
Papers, 1878–79 Box 9, Folder 8
Papers, 1880, 1883, 1887 Box 9, Folder 9
Papers, 1888 Box 9, Folder 10
Papers, 1889 Box 9, Folder 11
Papers, 1890 Box 9, Folder 12
Papers, 1891 Box 10, Folder 1
Papers, Jan.–July 1892 Box 10, Folder 2
Papers, Aug.–Dec. 1892 Box 10, Folder 3
Papers, 1893 Box 10, Folder 4
Papers, 1894 Box 10, Folder 5
Papers, 1895 Box 10, Folder 6
Papers, 1896–97 Box 10, Folder 7
Papers, 1900–02 Box 10, Folder 8
Papers, 1917 Box 10, Folder 9
Morris Street House, 1878 Visual Collections: Photographs, Folder 1
Specifications for John C. Dean House, n.d. Box 10, Folder 10
Printed materials and newsclippings, n.d. Box 10, Folder 11
Dean Family Genealogical Chart and Photocopies Box 10, Folder 12 from Family Bibles
Memos of John C. Dean (family history), ca. 1920 Box 13, Folder 6
Indiana Historical Society Dean Family Papers Page 18 Series 2: Accounts and Journals, 1802–69
CONTENTS CONTAINER Thomas Dean, Account Book, 1802–21 Box 11, Folder 2
Thomas Dean, Account Book, 1810–1836 BV 1079
Thomas Dean, Account Book, 1807–10, 1824 BV 1080
Thomas Dean, Account Book, June–Sept. 1827 Box 11, Folder 3
Thomas Dean, Account Book, 1827–28 BV 1081a
Thomas Dean, Account Book, 1836–47 BV 1082
Thomas Dean, Account Book, 1831–34 BV 1081
Thomas Dean, Account Book, 1843–44 Box 12, Folder 4
Sheets from Account Book, 1867–69 Box 9, Folder 3
Thomas Dean, Journal of Trip to Indiana, 1817 Box 11, Folder 2
Thomas Dean, Journal of Trip to Wisconsin, July– Box 11, Folder 5 Sept. 1826
Thomas Dean, Memorandum Book for Washington, Box 11, Folder 5 D.C. , Nov.–Dec. 1827
Thomas Dean, Memo Book, Trip from New York to Box 12, Folder 2 Wisconsin, June–Sept. 1833
Thomas Dean, Daybook of Trip, June–Sept. 1836 Box 12, Folder 3
Thomas Dean, Daybook of Trip to Green Bay, 1839 Box 12, Folder 4
Map of Green Bay, ca. 1820s OMB 0093, Folder 1
Thomas Dean, Daybook, 1824–25 BV 1075
Thomas Dean, Daybook, 1825–26 BV 1076
Thomas Dean, Daybook, 1826–27 BV 1077
Thomas Dean, Daybook, 1828–31 BV1078
Thomas Dean, Daybook, 1835 Box 12, Folder 3
Indiana Historical Society Dean Family Papers Page 19 Thomas Dean, Field Notes on Survey of Land Laid off Box 12, Folder 1 for Brothertown Indians, Winnebago Lake, ca. 1831
Thomas Dean, Surveying Field Notes, 1833 Box 12, Folder 2
Record of Division of Public Monies at Deansburgh, Box 12, Folder 3 16 Sept. 1837
Thomas Dean, Journal of Marshall Town Box 12, Folder 5 Commissioners, 1840–45
John Dean, Diary, 1851 Box 12, Folder 5
John Dean, Diary, 1852 Box 13, Folder 1
John Dean, Diary, Feb. 1860–March 1862 Box 13, Folder 1
John Dean, Diary, March–July 1862 Box 13, Folder 1
John Dean, Diary, July 1862–July 1863 Box 13, Folder 2
John Dean, Diary, Aug.–Oct. 1863 Box 13, Folder 2
Mrs. John Dean, Household Account Book, 1862–65 Box 13, Folder 3
Series 3: Publications, 1788–1915
CONTENTS CONTAINER Phipps, Joseph, The Origin and Present State of Man, Box 11, Folder 1 New York: 1788.
Roberts, Daniel, Some Remarks on Arianism. New Box 11, Folder 1 York: 1802.
Clarkson, Thomas, A Portraiture of Quakerism, vol. BV 1074 II. Samuel Stansbury: 1806.
The Justice’s Directory or Points on Certiorari, n. p.: Box 11, Folder 2 1813.
Watts, Isaac, Psalms of David, New Haven: 1832. Box 12, Folder 1
Mechanics Labor Meeting, Utica, New York, 21 OMB 0093, Folder 2 March 1834
Indiana Historical Society Dean Family Papers Page 20 Memorial, Chenango, New York, 1838 OMB 0093, Folder 5
Revival Melodies or Songs of Zion, n. p. 1842. Box 12, Folder 4
Family Bible, 1790 BV 3470
Family Bible, 1845 Box 14, Folder 1
Peck, Ada Marie, A History of Hanover Society, n. p.: Box 13, Folder 4 1902.
Dean, John Candee, “Mysteries of Matter,” Popular Box 13, Folder 5 Astronomy, November 1915.
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