Raynors HCA 2014-11
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This is the original, official Printed Text of a Treaty with the Indians concluded May 7, 1864 and ratified by the Senate in February 1865. The Chiefs of Three Native American Indian Chippewa tribes agree to give up six reservations, in exchange for three different sections of land, one section being for each of the Indian Chiefs. This document has 8 pages, measures 12.5" x 8" being the official Printed Document which opens with the introduction, and in part, reading: "Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States of America to All and Singular to Whom these Presents shall Come, Greeting..." - and contains the Printed Signatures of W.P. Dole, Commissioner of Indian Affairs, Clark W. Thompson, Superintendent of Indian Affairs, [Chief] Hole-In-The-Day, and [Chief] Turtle, as well as that of Abraham Lincoln. Fine condition. The tribes specified in this Treaty are the "Chippewas of the Mississippi, the Pillager and Lake Winnebagoshish Bands of Chippewa Indians in Minnesota." This was a rare and little known Treaty that was concluded during the Civil War period, as authorized by President Abraham Lincoln.
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