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Contract, Lucy B. Armstrong et. al. and Munsee Indians

 Digital Work
Call Number: ku-kansascollection:2257

Dates

  • Creation: 1858-01-06

Summary

This contract, an agreement made between one party, Lucy Armstrong, William McLaughlin, and Mordecai Bartley, and another, Jacob Moonhouse and Gideon Williams, both Munsee Indians. The body of the document states that the party which includes Lucy Armstrong intends to recover from the United States government sums of money which are owed to the Munsee Indians, as promised to them in treaties of 1805,1839, 1848. In return for obtaining these sums, totaling more than 70,000 USD for the Munsee Indians, Armstrong and her party would receive 20 percent.

Extent

1 item

Repository Details

Part of the University of Kansas. Kenneth Spencer Research Library Repository

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