Samuel O'Connell letter to Franklin Linfield, June 28, 1905

Overview of the Collection

Creator
O'Connell, Samuel, 1850-
Title
Samuel O'Connell letter to Franklin Linfield
Dates
June 28, 1905
Quantity
1 item
Collection Number
Collection 1184, MtBC, us (collection)
Summary
The Samuel O'Connell letter to Franklin Linfield describes the arrest of the Lakota warrior Rain-in-the-Face by Captain Thomas Custer in 1874.
Repository
Montana State University Library, Merrill G. Burlingame Special Collections
Montana State University-Bozeman Library
Merrill G Burlingame Special Collections
P.O. Box 173320
Bozeman, MT
59717-3320
Telephone: 4069944242
Fax: 4069942851
Access Restrictions

This collection is open for research.

Languages
English

Biographical NoteReturn to Top

Samuel O'Connell was born in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1850, the son of Samuel and Mary O'Connell. At the end of the Civil War he went to work as a clerk for Brigadier General Myers. In 1869 he began working as a bookkeeper for A.C. Leighton in Omaha, Neb. He also served as a bookkeeper on the Yellowstone Expedition of 1873 and the Black Hills Expedition of 1875. He served as a bookkeeper for Leighton and Jordan, which operated the Juneaux trading post at the junction of Frenchman Creek with the Milk River. O'Connell left the service of the post in 1876. He built a hotel in Miles City which burned in 1883, and later had a ranch and hotel near Rosebud, Montana.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

Letter, written by Samuel O’Connell to Frederick Linfield, in Bozeman, Montana, that describes the arrest of the Lakota warrior Rain-in-the-Face by Captain Thomas Custer in 1874. In the letter, O’Connell also points out inaccuracies of an accompanying newspaper clipping regarding the topic.

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Acquisition Information

An original letter from Samuel O'Connell of Rosebud, Montana was transferred to Special Collections in 1977 from Collection 172 and assigned collection number 1184.

Processing Note

This collection was processed 2017 July 12

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