Charles Cavaleer, Territorial Librarian, 1849-1850

Minnesota archaeologist. Vol. 3, nos. 6 & 7 (June-July 1937).
"An address delivered before a meeting of the Old Settlers at Grand Forks, N.D., Dec. 10, 1891."
Available at the Minnesota Historical Society's Gale Family Library.

1849-1929. Papers of Charles Cavileer, first territorial librarian, first collector of customs for the district of Minnesota, and first settler of Pembina, Dakota Territory.
Folder 1. Certificates of appointment (1849, 1850) signed by Alexander Ramsey and Millard Fillmore (oversize).
Folder 2. Includes a letter (1849) from Henry H. Sibley as delegate in Congress, concerning the bill to organize Minnesota Territory; photostats of a letter from Cavileer to H. A. Haskell; correspondence from Norman W. Kittson, James J. Hill, Alexander Ramsey, August L. Larpenteur, Edmund Rice and others; a speech (1891) on the Red River Valley, Pembina, and Joseph Rolette in 1851; papers relating to positions held by Cavileer in Minnesota Territory and to his early life at Pembina; a reminiscent sketch of William R. Brown; and family correspondence including a photograph of his daughter Lulah.

Papers consist of diaries relating to family affairs, letters from Charles Cavileer, A. L. Larpenteur, Mary T. Hill, Louis B. Hanna, Tracy R. Bangs, W. C. Wardwell, and George B. Winship relating to personal and business affairs, newspaper clippings relating to the death of Charles Cavileer, notes, and a speech by Charles Cavileer.