2 August 1854

Pamphlet

Title: Treaty Between the United States and the Menomonee Indians

Concerns the cession of Menomonie land in Wisconsin, their removal, and the remuneration they will receive. Authorized by President Franklin Pierce. Treaty arranged by Francis Huebschmann, Superintendent of Indian Affairs, and the leaders of the Menomonee on 11 February 1856 (and ratified on 24 April 1856).

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22 December 1837

Pamphlet

Title: Treaty Between the United States of America and the Miami Tribe of Indians

Concerns the cession of Miami land in Indiana, their removal, and the remuneration they will receive. Authorized by President Martin Van Buren. Treaty arranged by William Marshall, Commissioner on the part of the United States, and the Miami leaders on 23 October 1834 (and ratified on 22 December 1837).

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28 March 1867

Pamphlet

Title: Supplemental Treaty Between the United States of America and the Confederated Tribes and Bands of Indians of Middle Oregon

Rescinds hunting, fishing, root and berry gathering, and pasturing rights provided by an earlier treaty and outlines remuneration they will receive. Authorized by President Andrew Johnson. Treaty arranged by J.W. Perit Huntington, Oregon Superintendent of Indian Affairs, and the leaders of the Confederated Indians on 15 November 1865 (and ratified on 28 March 1867).

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February 15, 1837

Pamphlet

Title: Treaty Between the United States of America and the Otoes, Missouries, Omahaws, and Yankton and Santee Bands of Sioux

Concerns the cession of Menomonie land in Wisconsin and the remuneration they will receive. Authorized by President Andrew Jackson. Treaty arranged by John Dougherty, United States agent for Indian Affairs, Joshua Pilcher, United States Indian sub-agent, and the leaders of the Otoes, Missouries, Omahaws, and Yankton and Santee Bands of Sioux on 15 October 1836 (and ratified on 15 February 1837).

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12 April 1834

Pamphlet

Title: Treaty Between the United States of America and the United Bands of the Otoes and Missourias

Concerns the cession of Menomonie land in Wisconsin and the remuneration they will receive. Authorized by President Andrew Jackson. Treaty arranged by Henry L. Ellsworth, Commissioner on the part of the United States, and the leaders of the Otoes and Missourias on 21 September 1834 (and ratified on 12 April 1834).

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21 June 1854

Pamphlet

Title: Treaty Between the United States and the Ottoe and Missouria

Concerns the cession of lands west of Missouri River, their removal, and the remuneration they will receive. Authorized by President Franklin Pierce. Treaty arranged by George W. Manypenny, Commissioner on the part of the United States, and the leaders of the Otoes and Missourias on 15 March 1854 (and ratified on 21 June 1854).

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12 April 1834

Pamphlet

Title: Treaty Between the United States of America and the Four Confederated Bands of Pawnees

Concerns the cession of Pawnee land south of the Platte River, their removal, and the remuneration they will receive. Authorized by President Andrew Jackson. Treaty arranged by Henry L. Ellsworth, Commissioner on the part of the United States, and the leaders of the Pawnees on 9 October 1833 (and ratified on 12 April 1834).

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16 March 1835

Pamphlet

Title: Treaty Between the United States of America and the Chiefs, Headmen, and Warriors, of the Pottawatamie Indians; Mota, a Pottawatamie Chief, and his Band; Comoza, a Pottawatamie Chief, and his Band; and Muck Rose, a Pottawatamie Chief, and his Band

Concerns the cession of Pottawatamie reservation land in Indiana and the remuneration they will receive. Authorized by President Andrew Jackson. Treaty arranged by William Marshall, Commissioner on the part of the United States, and the leaders of the Pottawatamie on 4, 10, 16, and 17 December 1834 (and ratified on 16 March 1835).

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25 May 1836

Pamphlet

Title: Treaty Between the United States of America and the Chiefs and Delegates of the Pottawatamie Tribe of Indians

Concerns the cession of Pottawatamie reservation land in Indiana and the remuneration they will receive. Authorized by President Andrew Jackson. Treaty arranged by Abel C. Pepper, Commissioner on the part of the United States, and the leaders of the Pottawatamie on 22 April 1836 (and ratified on 25 May 1836).

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20 May 1836

Pamphlet

Title: Treaty Between the United States of America and the Chiefs and Delegates of the Pottawatamie Tribe of Indians

Concerns the cession of Pottawatamie reservation land in Indiana and the remuneration they will receive. Authorized by President Andrew Jackson. Treaty arranged by Abel C. Pepper, Commissioner on the part of the United States, and the leaders of the Pottawatamie on 22 April 1836 (and ratified on 20 May 1836).

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4 June 1836

Pamphlet

Title: Treaty Between the United States of America and Mes-Quaw-Buck, a Chief of the Pottawatamie Tribe of Indians, and his Band

Concerns the cession of Pottawatamie reservation land in Indiana, their removal, and the remuneration they will receive. Authorized by President Andrew Jackson. Treaty arranged by Abel C. Pepper, Commissioner on the part of the United States, and the leaders of the Pottawatamie on 26 March 1836 (and ratified on 4 June 1836).

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4 June 1836

Pamphlet

Title: Treaty Between the United States of America and Waw-Ke-Wa, a Chief of the Pottawatamie Tribe of Indians, and his Band

Concerns the cession of Pottawatamie reservation land in Indiana, their removal, and the remuneration they will receive. Authorized by President Andrew Jackson. Treaty arranged by Abel C. Pepper, Commissioner on the part of the United States, and the leaders of the Pottawatamie on 29 March 1836 (and ratified on 4 June 1836).

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April 7, 1798

Morris, Robert, 1734-1806

Autograph letter signed

Title: to William Walton Morris

Robert Morris warns of attempt to plunder the North American Land Company. Advises William not to provide information concerning the company, unless requested in writing. Letter written from debtor's prison after the collapse of the company. With a rare copy of the original prospectus from 1795 (see GLC01528.02).

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February 1795

North American Land Company

Pamphlet

Title: Plan of Association of the North American Land Company

Copy of the original prospectus of the company, established February 1795. Lists the articles of agreement and the location and acreage of the company's land holdings comprised of a total of six million acres. Printed in Philadelphia by R. Aitken and Son.

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17 June 1854

Pease, Elisha M., 1812-1883

Printed document signed

Title: [Texas land grant to "Benjamin Bacus assignee of Willis H. Landrum"]

Signed by Pease as governor and countersigned by Robert M. Elgin, chief clerk and acting commissioner of the General Land Office. Partially printed grant of 325 acres in Hunt County, Texas. Specifies the precise location and boundaries of the tract. A partially printed note on the verso certifies the document.

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16 August 1855

Pease, Elisha M., 1812-1883

Printed document signed

Title: [Texas land grant to "John S Boucher assignee of Hoard Claybrook"]

Signed by Pease as governor and countersigned by J. Crosby (possibly Josiah Frazier Crosby), commissioner of the General Land Office. Partially printed grant of 320 acres in Hunt County, Texas. Specifies the precise location and boundaries of the tract. A note on the verso certifies the document.

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23 October 1855

Pease, Elisha M., 1812-1883

Printed document signed

Title: [Texas land grant to "Stephen D. Barker assignee of Thomas R. Jennison"]

Signed by Pease as governor and countersigned by J. Crosby (possibly Josiah Frazier Crosby), commissioner of the General Land Office. Partially printed grant of 320 acres in Hunt County, Texas. Specifies the precise location and boundaries of the tract. A note on the verso certifies the document.

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18 September 1856

Pease, Elisha M., 1812-1883

Printed document signed

Title: [Texas land grant to "the School Commissioners of Hunt County, and their Successors"]

Signed by Pease as governor and countersigned by J. Crosby (possibly Josiah Frazier Crosby), commissioner of the General Land Office. Partially printed grant of "One League" in "Cooke District, Wise and Cooke Counties," Texas. Specifies the precise location and boundaries of the tract.

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28 June 1856

Pease, Elisha M., 1812-1883

Printed document signed

Title: [Texas land grant to "Leonidas Wilson, Assignee of Jones Whittaker"]

Signed by Pease as governor and countersigned by J. Crosby (possibly Josiah Frazier Crosby), commissioner of the General Land Office. Partially printed grant of 284 acres in Collin County, Texas. Specifies the precise location and boundaries of the tract. A partially printed note on the verso certifies the document.

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13 July 1857

Pease, Elisha M., 1812-1883

Printed document signed

Title: [Texas land grant to "Esther Gooding Assignee of James J. Stephens"]

Signed by Pease as governor and countersigned by Robert M. Elgin, chief clerk and acting commissioner of the General Land Office. Partially printed grant of 160 acres in Hunt County, Texas. Specifies the precise location and boundaries of the tract. A note on the verso certifies the document.

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21 October 1837

Pinckney, John Townsend, 1802-?

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Thomas C. Pinckney

Writes to his brother after returning from Houston, where the Texas legislature was in session. Discusses the activities of the General Land Office and plans for surveying and opening lands. Also discusses the removal of several Native American tribes from their fertile land, an activity that "has occupied my attention ever since I first came to the cuntry [sic]." Indicates that he has finally "got the Government to act on the subject." Comments on the quality of the Indian land, the white settlement that will follow their removal, and the increase in land value that Pinckney will reap…

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1838-1848

Richardson, Stephen, 1794-1860

Autograph document signed

Title: [Certification of a deed signed by Thomas Davis and Richardson selling land to Robert Wilson and Walter C. White]

Certifies that a deed was given to Wilson and White for land then located in Harrisburg, Texas. The deed had been lost. Date approximated from the period in which Richardson lived in Harrisburg.

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2 June 1839

Richardson, Stephen, 1794-1860

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Texas land deed of sale]

Certifies the sale of one quarter of a league of land "on the Trinity River near Cashatta Village" from Richardson to Edward Hall of Houston, Texas, for $1,000. The land had been granted to Richardson on 20 November 1835. Witnessed by George R. Robertson. An autograph and signed note by J.H. Griffin on the second page indicates that the sale was recorded in the Liberty County records on 2 May 1841.

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5 August 1841

Roberts, Samuel A., 1809-1872

Autograph letter signed

Title: to B.C. Franklin

Discusses issues related to a land survey.

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6 August 1850

Smyth, George Washington, 1803-1866

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Certificate of Mary Smith's right to Texas land and her transfer of that land to A.J. Brightwell]

Certified, on 7 August 1843, that Mary Smith, a widow who came to Texas in August 1842, was entitled to a conditional grant of 640 acres in San Augustine County, Texas (accordance with a Texas congressional act passed 15 January 1842). Beneath it is a transfer of Smith's certificate to A.J. Brightwell dated 6 March 1850 and a attestation to the transfer by the clerk, P.M. Graham dated 18 March 1850. At the bottom of page two, George W. Smyth, the commissioner of the General Land Office, certified on 6 August 1850 that this document was a true copy.

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