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Unknown Treaty Between the United States of America and the Chippewa Nation of Indians

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08055.05 Author/Creator: Unknown Place Written: Washington, D.C. Type: Pamphlet Date: 2 July 1838 Pagination: 7 p. ; 31 x 19 cm. Order a Copy

Concerns the cession Michigan land owned by the Saganaw tribe of the Chippewa nation, their removal, and the remuneration they will receive. Authorized by President Martin Van Buren. Treaty arranged by Henry R. Schoolcraft, Commissioner on the part of the United States, and the Chippewa leaders on 14 January 1837 (and ratified on 2 July 1838).

Van Buren, Martin, 1782-1862
Schoolcraft, Henry Rowe, 1793-1864

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