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Graham, Richard, 1786-1858 [Receipt for annuity payment of $300 from Richard Graham to the Peoria Indians]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02146.11 Author/Creator: Graham, Richard, 1786-1858 Place Written: Shawanoe agency, Kansas Type: Document signed Date: 1829/05/17 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 31 x 19.5 cm. Order a Copy

Witnessed by J.B. Wells, A. Shane, and Neil Dagenet, and signed with "X" by four Peoria chiefs and headmen: Wape-sha-ha-na, Kemansa, Kemaranea, and Little Harry. Payment made for the annuity due for 1829 in accord with an act of Congress from 3 March 1819. Signed docket on verso by Graham, who labeled the receipt No. 2.

Graham, Richard, 1786-1858

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