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Treaty Between the United States of America and the Delaware Indians

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08055.18 Author/Creator: Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Pamphlet Date: 17 July 1854 Pagination: 8 p. : Height: 31 cm, Width: 19.5 cm Order a Copy

Concerns the cession of Delaware land at the fork of the Missouri and Kansas Rivers, 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 Delaware leaders on 6 May 1854 (and ratified on 17 July 1854).

Pierce, Franklin, 1804-1869
Manypenny, George Washington, 1809-1893

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