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Documents relating to the Delaware and Seneca Indians, holographic copies

 Collection — Huntington box 8 - folder 1
Identifier: 9030
Scope and content The handwritten documents are all copied from existing documents. They include a short biographical sketch about Chief Cornplanter and his sons; a letter written by John Langdale to Benjamin Franklin in 1764 about the nobility of character among the American Indians; a letter describing an incident involving a drunk Delaware Chief at a council meeting; a document about Chief Teedyuscung; extracts from a pamphlet entitled Some Observations on the Situation, Disposition, and Character of the...
Dates: 1763-1784.

Stockbridge Indian papers

 Collection
Identifier: 9185
Abstract Collection includes correspondence, government publications, bills and acts related to the Stockbridge Indians. Includes copies of treaties; petitions to New York State and the federal governments; tribal rolls; lists of payments to Stockbridge and Munsee individuals; powers of attorney from Stockbridge leaders to particular individuals; government documents; and annuity claims. The documents range from correspondence about relocating to sites in Indiana and Wisconsin to receipts for small...
Dates: 1739-1915.

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Delaware Indians -- Religion. 1
Delaware Indians. 1
Federal aid to Indians. 1
Hohokam culture. 1
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