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Graham, Richard, 1786-1858 [Receipt for annuity payment of $800 from Richard Graham to the Piankishaw Indians]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02146.13 Author/Creator: Graham, Richard, 1786-1858 Place Written: Shawanoe agency, Kansas Type: Document signed Date: 1829/05/17 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 31 cm, Width: 19 cm Order a Copy

Witnessed by J.B. Wells, A. Shane, and Neil Dagenet, and signed with "X" by four Witnessed by Piankishaw chiefs and headmen: Non-do-qua-shin-go, Paseca-sha, La-pin-gha, Man-zan-gha, La-Man-ya. Payment made for the annuity due for 1829 in accord with acts of Congress from 6 May 1796 and 3 March 1807. Signed docket on verso by Graham, who labeled the receipt No. 4.

Graham, Richard, 1786-1858

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