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Resolutions Of The Legislature Of Missouri, In Favor Of A Grant Of Lands To Aid In The Construction Of A Railroad From Kansas City, Connecting Northwest Missouri With Galveston, Texas; Also, A Grant Of Lands To Aid In The Construction Of The Southwest Branch Of The Pacific Railroad From The Western Boundary Of That State To The Pacific Ocean.

American Indian and Alaskan Native Documents in the Congressional Serial Set: 1817-1899

Resol. of the Missouri Legis. 31 Jan. SMD 46, 39-1, v1, 2p. [1239] Land grants for a railroad from Kansas City to Galveston, Texas; through Indian Territory.

Petition Of Redick Mckee, Late Commissioner And Indian Agent For California, Praying To Be Indemnified For Expenses Incurred And Disbursements Made By Him, As He Alleges, While Acting As Disbursing Agent Of The Board Of Commissioners To Arrange The Difficulties Between The Whites And The Indians In California In The Years 1851, 1852, And 1853.

American Indian and Alaskan Native Documents in the Congressional Serial Set: 1817-1899

Petition of R. McKee. 15 Jan. SMD 37, 39-1, v1, 4p. [1239] Asks indemnification for expenses incurred while disbursing agent for the California Indian treaty commission of 1851-1853.

Memorial Of The Legislative Assembly Of Dakota, Asking For The Establishment Of A Mail Route From Fort Randall, Dakota Territory, To Fort Sully, In The Same Territory.

American Indian and Alaskan Native Documents in the Congressional Serial Set: 1817-1899

Memorial of the Dakota Legis. [1270] Mail route from Fort Sully to Fort Randall; Minnesota Sioux Indian Agency.

Memorial Of The Legislative Assembly Of Dakota, Asking For A Geological Survey Of The Black Hill Country And Bad Lands In Dakota Territory.

American Indian and Alaskan Native Documents in the Congressional Serial Set: 1817-1899

Memorial of the Dakota Legis. [1270] Ask for a survey of the Black Hills; Indian hostilities have prevented this to date.

Law And Lawyers In Society: An Address Delivered Before The Graduating Class Of The Law Department Of The University Of Michigan, March 28, 1866, James V. Campbell

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"We have spent some pleasant time together in searching out the foundations of the law. In studying its principles, you have acquired, I trust, a creditable amount of knowledge upon the special topics which are most likely to claim the attention of active lawyers ...."

"You need never fear to aim to high. The arrow never gravitates upward. The great danger among lawyers is, that they sometimes aim to low...."

Report : Mr. Pomeroy

American Indian and Alaskan Native Documents in the Congressional Serial Set: 1817-1899

Resol. of Sen. Pomeroy. 6 Dec. SMD 7, 39-1, v1, 1p. [1239] The government should stop being conciliatory towards Indians committing hostilities on the western frontier; the Indians should be whipped into submission.

Report Of The Secretary Of The Treasury On The State Of The Finances For The Year 1865.

American Indian and Alaskan Native Documents in the Congressional Serial Set: 1817-1899

Annual Report of the Sec. of the Treasury. [1254] Year ending 30 June 1865; Indian expenses.

Message Of The President Of The United States, And Accompanying Documents, To The Two Houses Of Congress, At The Commencement Of The First Session Of The Thirty-Ninth Congress, 1865.

American Indian and Alaskan Native Documents in the Congressional Serial Set: 1817-1899

Annual Message to Congress with Documents; Pres. Johnson. [1244-1254] Annual report of the Sec. of War (Serials 1249-12520; annual report of the Sec. of Interior (Serial 1248); annual report of the Gen. Land Office (Serial 1248); annual report of the CIA (Serial 1248), including trust lands, trust funds, populations, council proceedings with the Arapahoes, Cheyennes, Apaches, Kiowas, and Comanches, and reports of Supts., agents, and schools; etc.

Message Of The President Of The United States, And Accompanying Documents, To The Two Houses Of Congress, At The Commencement Of The First Session Of The Thirty-Ninth Congress : Report Of The Secretary Of The Interior, 1865

American Indian and Alaskan Native Documents in the Congressional Serial Set: 1817-1899

Annual Message to Congress with Documents; Pres. Johnson. [1244-54] Annual report of the Sec. of War (Serials 1249-1252); annual report of the Sec. of Interior (Serial 1248); annual report of the Gen. Land Office (Serial 1248); annual report of the CIA (Serial 1248), including trust lands, trust funds, populations, council proceedings with the Arapahoes, Cheyennes, Apaches, Kiowas, and Comanches, and report of Supts., agents, and schools; etc.

Letters From The Secretary Of The Treasury, Transmitting Estimates Of Additional Appropriations Required For The Service Of The Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1866, And Previous Years; And Also Estimates Of Appropriations Required For The Service Of The Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1867.

American Indian and Alaskan Native Documents in the Congressional Serial Set: 1817-1899

Estimates of Appropriations. [1254] Year ending 30 June 1867; Indian expenes.

Message Of The President Of The United States, And Accompanying Documents, To The Two Houses Of Congress, At The Commencement Of The First Session Of The Thirty-Ninth Congress : Report Of The Commissioner Of Indian Affairs, 1865

American Indian and Alaskan Native Documents in the Congressional Serial Set: 1817-1899

Annual Message to Congress with Documents; Pres. Johnson. [1244-54] Annual report of the Sec. of War (Serials 1249-1252); annual report of the Sec. of Interior (Serial 1248); annual report of the Gen. Land Office (Serial 1248); annual report of the CIA (Serial 1248), including trust lands, trust funds, populations, council proceedings with the Arapahoes, Cheyennes, Apaches, Kiowas, and Comanches, and report of Supts., agents, and schools; etc.

Message Of The President Of The United States, And Accompanying Documents, To The Two Houses Of Congress, At The Commencement Of The First Session Of The Thirty-Ninth Congress : Report Of The Secretary Of War, 1865.

American Indian and Alaskan Native Documents in the Congressional Serial Set: 1817-1899

Annual Message to Congress with Documents; Pres. Johnson. [1244-1254] Annual report of the Sec. of War (Serials 1249-1252; annual report of the Sec. of Interior (Serial 1248); annual report of the Gen. Land Office (Serial 1248); annual report of the CIA (Serial 1248), including trust lands, trust funds, populations, council proceedings with the Arapahoes, Cheyennes, Apaches, Kiowas, and Comanches, and reports of Supts., agents, and schools; etc.

Message Of The President Of The United States, And Accompanying Documents, To The Two Houses Of Congress, At The Commencement Of The First Session Of The Thirty-Ninth Congress : Report Of The Commissioner Of The General Land Office, 1865

American Indian and Alaskan Native Documents in the Congressional Serial Set: 1817-1899

Annual Message to Congress with Documents; Pres. Johnson. [1244-54] Annual report of the Sec. of War (Serials 1249-1252); annual report of the Sec. of Interior (Serial 1248); annual report of the Gen. Land Office (Serial 1248); annual report of the CIA (Serial 1248), including trust lands, trust funds, populations, council proceedings with the Arapahoes, Cheyennes, Apaches, Kiowas, and Comanches, and report of Supts., agents, and schools; etc.

Letter Written By Judge David Mcdonald To President Andrew Johnson, David Mcdonald

David McDonald (1842-1853)

Handwritten draft letter written by Judge David McDonald to President Andrew Johnson, dated May 10, 1865. The letter discusses the treason case against William Bowles, Lambdin P. Milligan, and Stephen Horsey. McDonald urges President Johnson to set aside the scheduled execution of the three men until the United States Supreme Court had a chance to review the case. The Supreme Court ultimately set aside the convictions in the case titled Ex parte Milligan.

Annual Report Of The Secretary Of War, At The Second Session Of The Thirty-Eighth Congress.

American Indian and Alaskan Native Documents in the Congressional Serial Set: 1817-1899

Annual Report of the Sec. of War.2 Mar.HED 83, 38-2, v14, 235p. [1230] During 1864.

Consolidation Of The Indian Tribes. Protest Of The Cherokee Nation Against Senate Bill 459, Entitled "A Bill To Provide For The Consolidation Of The Indian Tribes, And To Establish Civil Government In The Indian Territory."

American Indian and Alaskan Native Documents in the Congressional Serial Set: 1817-1899

Protest of the Cherokee Nation. [1232] Against a bill to consolidate Indian tribes and to establish civil government in Indian Territory.

General Law Concerning Indians

American Indian and Alaskan Native Documents in the Congressional Serial Set: 1817-1899

Report on British Policy Towards Indians. 1 Mar. SR 138, 38-2, v1, 16p. [1211] Information to be used in reshaping U.S. Indian policy; British reliance on the Hudson's Bay Company to administer Indian affairs; etc.

Annual Report Of The Board Of Regents Of The Smithsonian Institution, Showing The Operations, Expenditures, And Condition Of The Institution For The Year 1864

American Indian and Alaskan Native Documents in the Congressional Serial Set: 1817-1899

Annual Report of the Smithsonian Institution. [1233] Research related to the American Indian; aboriginal inhabitants of the California peninsula; explorations of upper California and western Missouri; etc.

Kaskaskia, Peoria, Wea, And Piankeshaw Indians. Letter From The Secretary Of The Interior, Recommending The Payment Of A Sum Of Money To The Confederated Bands Of Kaskaskia, Peoria, Wea, And Piankeshaw Indians, To Be Reimbursed To The Treasury Upon The Sale Of The Trust Lands Of The Said Indians.

American Indian and Alaskan Native Documents in the Congressional Serial Set: 1817-1899

Payments to Indian Tribes. [1229] Balance due the confederated tribes of the Weas, Kaskaskias, Peorias, and Piankeshaws for sale of trust lands.

Letter Of The Secretary Of The Interior, Transmitting A Communication And Accompanying Estimate Of The Commissioner Of Indian Affairs For An Appropriation To Carry Into Effect The Provisions Of The Treaty Made With The Great And Little Osages In Kansas, August 29, 1863, And Senate Amendments Thereto Of July 2, 1864.

American Indian and Alaskan Native Documents in the Congressional Serial Set: 1817-1899

Letter on an Appropriation to Carry Into Effect an Indian Treaty. 24 Feb. SED 25, 38-2, v1 , 2p. [1209] Treaty of 29 Aug. 1863 (and Senate amendments of 2 July 1864) with the Great and Little Osages of Kansas.

Indian Trust Bonds. Letter From The Secretary Of The Interior, Stating The Amount Of Bonds Of The State Of Virginia, And Bonds Of Other Corporations Guaranteed By The State Of Virginia, Held By The United States In Trust For Certain Indian Tribes, And Asking For Authority To Dispose Of The Same.

American Indian and Alaskan Native Documents in the Congressional Serial Set: 1817-1899

Indian Trust Bonds. [1229] Payment by West Virginia of interest due Indian tribes holding bonds of the State of Virginia.

Receipts And Expenditures. Letter From The Secretary Of The Treasury, Transmitting A Statement Of The Receipts And Expenditures Of The Government For The Year Ending June 30, 1864.

American Indian and Alaskan Native Documents in the Congressional Serial Set: 1817-1899

Receipts and Expenditures. [1229] Year ending 30 June 1864; Indian expenses.

William Nicholls

American Indian and Alaskan Native Documents in the Congressional Serial Set: 1817-1899

R-P of W. Nicholls. 22 Feb. SR 131, 38-2, v1, 2p. [1211] Spy during the War of 1812; British and Indian forces.

Deficiencies Of Appropriations For Chippewas Of Pembina And Red Lake. Letter From The Secretary Of The Interior, Transmitting Estimates To Supply Deficiencies For The Chippewas Of Pembina And Red Lake Under Treaty Of 2d October, 1863.

American Indian and Alaskan Native Documents in the Congressional Serial Set: 1817-1899

Deficiencies of Appropriations for Certain Indians. [1229] Estimates to supply deficiencies for the Chippewas of Pembina and Red Lake under the treaty of 2 Oct. 1863.

Cherokee Indians. Memorial Of The Principal Chief And Others Of The Cherokee Nation, Asking For The Payment Of Interest, &C

American Indian and Alaskan Native Documents in the Congressional Serial Set: 1817-1899

Memorial of Cherokee Indians. [1232] Loyal Cherokees, driven from their homes by rebels, ask relief; treaties of 28 Nov. 1785, 2 July 1791, 1835, and 1846.

Estimates For Appropriations For The Chippewas Of The Mississippi, And Pillager And Lake Winne-Bagoshish Bands Of Chippewas Of Minnesota. Letter From The Secretary Of The Interior, Transmitting Estimates For Appropriations To Fulfil Treaty Stipulations With The Chippewa Indians Of The Mississippi, And The Pillager And Lake Winnebagoshish Bands Of Chippewas Of Minnesota, Under The Treaty Of May 7, 1864.

American Indian and Alaskan Native Documents in the Congressional Serial Set: 1817-1899

Appropriations of Certain Indians. [1229] To fulfill stipulations of the treaty of 7 May 1864 with the Chippewa of the Mississippi, and the Pillager and Lake Winnebagoshish bands of Chippewas of Minnesota.

Report Of The Joint Committee On The Conduct Of The War, At The Second Session Thirty-Eighth Congress. Sherman--Johnston. Light-Draught Monitors. Massacre Of The Cheyenne Indians. Ice Contracts. Rosecrans's Campaigns. Miscellaneous.

American Indian and Alaskan Native Documents in the Congressional Serial Set: 1817-1899

Report on Conduct of the War. [1212-1214] Volume 3 (Serial 2014) contains testimony concerning the massacre of over 100 Cheyenne and Arapahoe Indians at Sand Creek, Colorado Territory, by U.S. troops under Col. Chivington and Maj. Anthony.

Report On The Joint Committee On The Conduct Of The War, At The Second Session Thirty-Eight Congress. Army Of The Potomac. Battle Of Petersburg.

American Indian and Alaskan Native Documents in the Congressional Serial Set: 1817-1899

Report on Conduct of the War. [1212-1214] Volume 3 (Serial 2014) contains testimony concerning the massacre of over 100 Cheyenne and Arapahoe Indians at Sand Creek, Colorado Territory, by U.S. troops under Col. Chivington and Maj. Anthony.

Report Of The Joint Committee On The Conduct Of The War, At The Second Session Thirty-Eighth Congress. Red River Expedition. Fort Fisher Expedition. Heavy Ordinance.

American Indian and Alaskan Native Documents in the Congressional Serial Set: 1817-1899

Report on Conduct of the War. [1212-1214] Volume 3 (Serial 2014) contains testimony concerning the massacre of over 100 Cheyenne and Arapahoe Indians at Sand Creek, Colorado Territory, by U.S. troops under Col. Chivington and Maj. Anthony.

Charles Taylor

American Indian and Alaskan Native Documents in the Congressional Serial Set: 1817-1899

R-P of C. Taylor. 17 Feb. SR 124, 38-2, v1, 2p. [1211] Supplies advanced to the U.S. during the Black Hawk war of 1832.