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Wade, B.F., 1800-1878 to Henry C. Whitney

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02448.17 Author/Creator: Wade, B.F., 1800-1878 Place Written: Jefferson, Ohio Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1868/08/01 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 14 x 22 cm. Order a Copy

States that the Osage treaty was not ratified before Congress recessed. Vows to not let the treaty ever be ratified, until it is just "to the Government, the State of Kansas, and the people."

Wade, B. F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1800-1878
Whitney, Henry G., fl. 1868

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