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- GLC#
- GLC01993.01-View header record
- Type
- Documents
- Date
- 14 November 1865
- Author/Creator
- Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875
- Title
- [Andrew Johnson bestows an award on two members of the Blackfoot tribe]
- Place Written
- Washington, District of Columbia
- Pagination
- 1 p. : vellum Height: 54.4 cm, Width: 39.3 cm
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- The American Civil War
Countersigned by James Harlan as Secretary of Interior. Serving as President of the Unied States, Johnson awards Nootay-u-hah (or Short Gun) and his brother (both of the Blackfoot tribe) money and a silver medal for exchanging their horses for two white women held captive by their enemies. Document features a gold paper seal from the Department of the Interior, and a red-white-and-blue ribbon border.
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