Seneca chieftains [Petition to New York Governor William H. Seward signed by 58 chieftains of the Seneca Tribe]

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GLC#
GLC05487
Type
Documents
Date
28 October 1841
Author/Creator
Seneca chieftains
Title
[Petition to New York Governor William H. Seward signed by 58 chieftains of the Seneca Tribe]
Place Written
Gowanda, New York
Pagination
3 p. : address : docket ; Height: 31 cm, Width: 20.5 cm
Primary time period
National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
Sub-Era
Age of Jackson

Requests that the $500 annuity paid by the state, be paid only to the trusted chiefs listed. The annuity had been misused by chiefs favorable to the Ogden Land Company, and the money embezzled by the man to whom it had been paid. Endorsed by Seward with his initials.

Written at Cattaraugus Reservation.

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