Finding aid for the Benjamin Franklin Stickney Papers
Title:
Benjamin Franklin Stickney Papers
Repository:
Western Reserve Historical Society
Phone: 216-721-5722
http://www.wrhs.org
Creator:
Stickney, Benjamin Franklin
Dates:
1788-1892
Quantity:
0.10 linear feet (1 container)
Abstract:
 Benjamin Franklin Stickney (1775-1857) was a resident of New Hampshire, Fort Wayne, Indiana, and Toledo, Ohio, and postmaster and agent for Indian affairs Northwest of the Ohio River, Port Lawrence, Michigan Territory. The collection consists of primarily correspondence of Stickney. Includes letters from Lewis Bond, J.L. Comstock, Paul Hamilton (U.S. Secretary of the Navy), Henry Hart, Samuel Mitchill, Anthony Shane, Amos Spafford, Caleb Stark, and Two Stickney, and a declaration to the Delaware Tribe (1812) by William Henry Harrison, Governor of the Indiana Territory.
Identification:
MS 3450
Location:
closed stacks
Language:
The records are in English

Biography of Benjamin Franklin Stickney

Benjamin Franklin Stickney (1775-1857), was a native of New Hampshire, was at different times a resident of Fort Wayne, Indiana, and Toledo, Ohio. He served as Postmaster in Cincinnati, Ohio, before going on to Fort Wayne to become Agent for Indian Affairs in the Indiana Territory. In that capacity, he advocated a policy in which relocation and appeasement would be used to remove the Native Americans from problem areas. By 1821 he was the prominent figure in the Swan Creek Settlement, and argued for that community's position as part of Michigan, rather than Ohio, prefiguring the Toledo War. Later, he was active in civic affairs in the emerging city of Toledo.

Scope and Content

The Benjamin Franklin Stickney Papers, 1788-1892 and undated, consist of primarily correspondence of Stickney. Includes letters from Lewis Bond, J.L. Comstock, Paul Hamilton (United States Secretary of the Navy), Henry Hart, Samuel Mitchill, Anthony Shane, Amos Spafford, Caleb Stark, and Two Stickney, and a declaration to the Delaware Tribe (1812) by William Henry Harrison, Governor of the Indiana Territory. The collection also includes correspondence of Stickney, and also correspondence to Charles E. Blevin by genealogists researching the Stickney family.

Statement of Arrangement

The collection is arranged by document type and then chronologically. It is maintained in one folder.

Restrictions on Access

While there are no access restrictions on this collection, researchers will be asked to use the microfilm of this collection.

Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.

Subjects:

Delaware Indians -- Government relations.
Indian agents -- Northwest, Old.
Indians of North America -- Government relations.
Indians of North America -- Northwest, Old.
Stickney, Benjamin Franklin, 1775-1857.

Preferred Citation

[Container ___, Folder ___ ] MS 3450 Benjamin Franklin Stickney Papers, Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio

Acquisition Information

Gift of Charles E. Bliven in 1892.

Processing Information

Processed by Ralph H. Wroblewski in 1988.


Detailed Description of The Collection



Benjamin Franklin Stickney Papers, 1788-1892; undated

Box 1 / Folder 1
Benjamin F. Stickney, correspondence, 1803-1835




Box 1 / Folder 1
Charles E. Bliven, letters to, 1885




Box 1 / Folder 1
Charles E. Bliven, miscellaneous papers, including a copy of the first speech celebrating Independence Day in the Northwest Territory, 1788, and of William Henry Harrison's speech to the Delaware Indians, May 4, 1812, 1788