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Graham, Richard, 1786-1858 [Receipt for annuity payment of $5600 from Richard Graham to the Delaware Indians]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02146.16 Author/Creator: Graham, Richard, 1786-1858 Place Written: Delaware agency Type: Document signed Date: 1829/05/17 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 30 x 19 cm. Order a Copy

Witnessed by William Myers, Jr., James Comier, Joseph Philbert, Jr., and William Gittiss, and signed with "X' by eight Delaware chiefs and headman: William Anderson, Patters an, Pushes, Shawnach, Simon Girty, Capt. Peipe, Jan a quick, and Capt. Beaver. Payment made for the annuity due for 1829 in accord with acts of Congress from 6 May 1797, 1 May 1810, and 3 March 1819. Signed docket on verso by Graham, who labeled the receipt No. 1.

Graham, Richard, 1786-1858

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