Secretary of War

The Bureau of Indian Affairs was created within the War Department in 1824 and operated there until 1849 when it was transferred to the Department of Interior.

 Publications

Title Location
Message from the President of the United States to the Two Houses of Congress, Report of the Secretary of War, 1854-1855, 1857, 1860-1862, 1865-1890, 1892. UA24. A11
Indian Treaties, and Laws and Regulations Relating to Indian Affairs: To which is added an appendix, containing the proceedings of the old Congress, and other important state papers, in relation to Indian Affairs/ Comp. and pub. under orders of the Department of War of the 9th February and 6th October, 1825. Washington City: Way & Gideon, printers, 1826. E95. U6 1827
Report of the Secretary of War; Being part of the Message and Documents Communicated to the Two Houses of Congress at the Beginning of the Third Session of the Forty-Fifth congress, vol. 2, part 3. Report of the Chief of Engineers, vol. 5, part 3. Washington, D.C.: GPO, 1878. F595. U54
United States. Commissioners Appointed to Treat with the Indian Tribes beyond the Mississippi. Expedition up the Missouri. Letter from the Secretary of War, Transmitting the information required by a Resolution of the House of Representatives of the 1st inst. respecting the movements of the expedition which lately ascended the Missouri River, & c. Washington, D.C.: Gales & Seaton, 1826. F598. A875 1826

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