SCHOOLCRAFT, Henry Rowe (1793-1864). Historical and Statistical Information Respecting the History, Condition and Prospects of the Indian Tribes of the United States.... Philadelphia: Lippincott, Grambo & Co., 1851.  

Volume I only (of 6), 4to. 75 lithographed plates, including 65 chromolithographed, after Captain S. Eastman. Original blue cloth decorated in gilt and blind (rebacked preserving original spine, some scuffing and soiling). Provenance: Charles E. Mix (1810-1878), chief clerk of the Bureau of Indian Affairs (gift inscription to); Josiah Minot (1818-1891), American jurist (presentation inscription).  

FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY CHARLED E. MIX: "Hon. Josiah Minot, with respects of Charles E. Mix, Acting Commissioner of Indian Affairs."   Josiah Minot, once the law partner of President Franklin Pierce, served as a judge in Concord, New Hampshire. Charles Mix served a brief term as commissioner of Indian Affairs in 1858, during which time he oversaw the signing of a treaty with the Yankton Sioux Tribe in Dakota Territory and oversaw the Treaty of Washington, which was ratified by the United States Senate on 16 February 1859.  


Property from the Collection of Dorothy and Richard Fitch