Lawrence Taliaferro hand puppet

Lawrence Taliaferro hand puppet

Hand puppet used to portray Lawrence Taliaferro in educational puppet shows. Made by artist Deborah Swanson around 1969.

Historical marker recognizing Lawrence Taliaferro

Historical marker recognizing Lawrence Taliaferro

Marker recognizing the service of Lawrence Taliaferro at Fort Snelling. Photograph by Lee Brothers, 1929.

Elizabeth Dillon Taliaferro

Oil-on-canvas portrait of Elizabeth Dillon Taliaferro, wife of Lawrence Taliaferro, ca. 1850s. Artist unknown.

List of enslaved people owned by Lawrence Taliaferro

List of enslaved people owned by Lawrence Taliaferro

List of enslaved people owned by Lawrence Taliaferro, ca. 1830s and 1840s. The list was written by Taliaferro himself and includes the note “21 freed from slavery 1839-40-43.”

English-French-Dakota Dictionary, 1835

English-French-Dakota Dictionary, 1835

Partially trilingual English‒French‒Dakota dictionary written by Lawrence Taliaferro’s brother-in-law, H. N. Dillon, in 1835.

Hand-drawn map of Fort Snelling area

Hand-drawn map of Fort Snelling area

Map of the Fort Snelling area drawn by Lawrence Taliaferro in 1835.

Letter from Lawrence Taliaferro to Alexis Bailly, March 2, 1829

Letter from Lawrence Taliaferro to Alexis Bailly, March 2, 1829

Letter from Lawrence Taliaferro to Alexis Bailly dated March 2, 1829. Taliaferro addresses Bailly's concerns about unfair trading practices and assures Bailly that he treats all of the fur traders in the area equally.

St. Peters Indian Agency seal used by Lawrence Taliaferro

St. Peters Indian Agency seal used by Lawrence Taliaferro

Wood and metal seal used by Lawrence Taliaferro in his capacity as Indian Agent at the St. Peters Indian Agency, 1820‒1839.

Elizabeth Dillon Taliaferro

Elizabeth Dillon Taliaferro

Oil-on-canvas portrait of Elizabeth Dillon Taliaferro, wife of Lawrence Taliaferro, ca. 1850s. Artist unknown.

Taliaferro, Lawrence (1794‒1871)

Lawrence Taliaferro, the wealthy scion of a politically connected, slave-owning Virginia family, was the US government’s main agent to the Native people of the upper Mississippi in the 1820s and 1830s. He earned the trust of Dakota, Ojibwe, Ho-Chunk (Winnebago), Menominee, Sauk (Sac), and Meskwaki (Fox) leaders through lavish gifts, intermarriage, and his zeal for battling predatory fur traders. In a series of treaties, he persuaded these leaders to cede tracts of land in exchange for promises that the government would later break.

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