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Unknown Treaty Between the United States of America and the Pottawatamie Tribe of Indians

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08055.35 Author/Creator: Unknown Place Written: Washington, D.C. Type: Pamphlet Date: 22 July 1846 Pagination: 6 p. ; 31.5 x 19 cm. Order a Copy

Concerns the cession of Pottawatamie reservation land in the Iowa Territory, their removal, and the remuneration they will receive. Authorized by President James K. Polk. Treaty arranged by T.P. Andrews, Thomas H. Harvey, Gideon C. Matlock, Commissioners on the part of the United States, and the leaders of the Pottawatamie on 5 June 1846 (and ratified on 22 July 1846).

Polk, James Knox, 1795-1849
Andrews, T.P., fl. 1846
Harvey, Thomas H., fl. 1846
Matlock, Gideon C., fl. 1846

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