Correspondence between the United States, General Land Office and the U. S. House of Representatives [constructed title], 1909.

Letter from Ralph H. Cameron (U.S. House of Representatives) to Samuel E. Day, Sr. (Department of the Interior, General Land Office signed by S. V. Proudfit)regarding land patents.BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE The Day Family were anglo Indian traders, on the Navajo Reservation in eastern Arizona. The patriarch of the family, Sam Day, Sr.(1845-1925) moved to Arizona in 1880 to survey extensions to the southern and eastern boundaries of the Navajo reservation. He established a trading post on the reservation and later became an Arizona Territorial Legislator and United States Indian Commissioner. His family included wife, Anna Day (1872-1932) and their children, Charles L. Day (1879-1918), Samuel Day, Jr. (1889-1944), and William Day. All were involved in Indian trading on the Navajo Reservation. In addition Sam Day Jr., became a United States Deputy Marshall.