This is another William Steele letter book, but is not quite complete.  In point of time covered, it succeeds no. 270 and is itself succeeded by no. 267.

Chap. 2, no. 267, Letters Sent, September 28, 1863 to June 17, 1864.

Pages 3 to 6, inclusive, are missing and there are no letters after page 119.

Chap. 2, no. 259, Inspector General’s Letters and Reports, from April 23, 1864, to May 15, 1865.

The cover has this as title:  Letter Book A:  Insp’t Gen’l’s Office—­Dis’t of Indian Ter’y From April 23rd, 1864 to May 15, 1865.  On the inside of the front cover, appears this in pencil:  “Received from Gen’l M.J.  Wright, Oct. 16/79.”  Some pages at the beginning of the book have been cut out.  Between pages 145 and 196, are reports, variously signed, some by E.E.  Portlock, some by N.W.  Battle, and some by James Patteson.

Chap. 2, no. 260, District of the Indian Territory, Inspector General’s Letter Book, April 23, 1864 to January 7, 1865.

“Received from Gen’l M.J.  Wright, Oct. 16/79.”  From a comparison of nos. 259 and 260, it is seen that no. 259 is a rough letter and report book and that no. 260 is a finished product.  The 1864 material in no. 259 is duplicated by that in no. 260.

Chap. 7, no. 36.  Indian Treaties.

Chap. 7, no. 48.  Regulations adopted by the War Department, on the 15th of April 1862, for carrying into effect the Acts of Congress of the Confederate States, Relating to Indian Affairs, etc. (Richmond, 1862).

On page 1, is to be found, “Regulations for Carrying into effect, the Act of Congress of the Confederate States, approved May 21, 1861, entitled An Act for the protection of certain Indian Tribes, and of other Acts relating to Indian Affairs.”

FORT SMITH PAPERS.  See Abel, The American Indian as Slaveholder and Secessionist, p. 361.

GREELEY, HORACE.  The American conflict (Hartford, 1864-1867), 2 vols.

INDIAN BRIGADE, Inspection Reports of, for 1864 and 1865.  These were loaned for perusal by Luke F. Parsons, who was brigade inspector under Colonel William A. Phillips.

KAPPLER, CHARLES J., compiler and editor.  Indian Affairs:  Laws and Treaties.  United States Senate Documents, 58th congress, second session, no. 319, 2 vols.  Supplementary volume, United States Senate Documents, 62nd congress, second session, no. 719.

LEEPER PAPERS.  See Abel, The American Indian as Slaveholder and Secessionist, pp. 360, 362.

LINCOLN, ABRAHAM.  Complete Works, edited by John G. Nicolay and John Hay (New York, 1890), 10 vols.

MCPHERSON, EDWARD.  Political History of the United States of America during the Great Rebellion (Washington, D.C., 1864).

MISSIONARY HERALD, containing the proceeding of the American Board for Foreign Missions (Boston), vols. 56, 57, 60.

MOORE, FRANK, editor.  Rebellion Record:  Diary of American Events (New York, 1868), 11 vols. and a supplementary volume for 1861-1864.