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Providence Independent, V. 2, No. 19, Thursday, October 19, 1876, Providence Independent

Providence Independent Newspaper, 1875-1898

[4] p. “Independent in all Things – Neutral in Nothing.” Newspaper published in Trappe, Pa. Weekly. Contains local, national and international news, fiction and advertisements.

Providence Independent, V. 2, No. 18, Thursday, October 12, 1876, Providence Independent

Providence Independent Newspaper, 1875-1898

[4] p. “Independent in all Things – Neutral in Nothing.” Newspaper published in Trappe, Pa. Weekly. Contains local, national and international news, fiction and advertisements.

Providence Independent, V. 2, No. 17, Thursday, October 5, 1876, Providence Independent

Providence Independent Newspaper, 1875-1898

[4] p. “Independent in all Things – Neutral in Nothing.” Newspaper published in Trappe, Pa. Weekly. Contains local, national and international news, fiction and advertisements.

Providence Independent, V. 2, No. 15, Thursday, September 21, 1876, Providence Independent

Providence Independent Newspaper, 1875-1898

[4] p. “Independent in all Things – Neutral in Nothing.” Newspaper published in Trappe, Pa. Weekly. Contains local, national and international news, fiction and advertisements.

Providence Independent, V. 2, No. 14, Thursday, September 14, 1876, Providence Independent

Providence Independent Newspaper, 1875-1898

[4] p. “Independent in all Things – Neutral in Nothing.” Newspaper published in Trappe, Pa. Weekly. Contains local, national and international news, fiction and advertisements.

Providence Independent, V. 2, No. 13, Thursday, September 7, 1876, Providence Independent

Providence Independent Newspaper, 1875-1898

[4] p. “Independent in all Things – Neutral in Nothing.” Newspaper published in Trappe, Pa. Weekly. Contains local, national and international news, fiction and advertisements.

Providence Independent, V. 2, No. 12, Thursday, August 31, 1876, Providence Independent

Providence Independent Newspaper, 1875-1898

[4] p. “Independent in all Things – Neutral in Nothing.” Newspaper published in Trappe, Pa. Weekly. Contains local, national and international news, fiction and advertisements.

Providence Independent, V. 2, No. 11, Thursday, August 24, 1876, Providence Independent

Providence Independent Newspaper, 1875-1898

[4] p. “Independent in all Things – Neutral in Nothing.” Newspaper published in Trappe, Pa. Weekly. Contains local, national and international news, fiction and advertisements.

Providence Independent, V. 2, No. 10, Thursday, August 17, 1876, Providence Independent

Providence Independent Newspaper, 1875-1898

[4] p. “Independent in all Things – Neutral in Nothing.” Newspaper published in Trappe, Pa. Weekly. Contains local, national and international news, fiction and advertisements.

Providence Independent, V. 2, No. 9, Thursday, August 10, 1876, Providence Independent

Providence Independent Newspaper, 1875-1898

[4] p. “Independent in all Things – Neutral in Nothing.” Newspaper published in Trappe, Pa. Weekly. Contains local, national and international news, fiction and advertisements.

Providence Independent, V. 2, No. 9, Thursday, August 3, 1876, Providence Independent

Providence Independent Newspaper, 1875-1898

[4] p. “Independent in all Things – Neutral in Nothing.” Newspaper published in Trappe, Pa. Weekly. Contains local, national and international news, fiction and advertisements.

Providence Independent, V. 2, No. 8, Thursday, July 27, 1876, Providence Independent

Providence Independent Newspaper, 1875-1898

[4] p. “Independent in all Things – Neutral in Nothing.” Newspaper published in Trappe, Pa. Weekly. Contains local, national and international news, fiction and advertisements.

Providence Independent, V. 2, No. 7, Thursday, July 20, 1876, Providence Independent

Providence Independent Newspaper, 1875-1898

[4] p. “Independent in all Things – Neutral in Nothing.” Newspaper published in Trappe, Pa. Weekly. Contains local, national and international news, fiction and advertisements.

Providence Independent, V. 2, No. 6, Thursday, July 13, 1876, Providence Independent

Providence Independent Newspaper, 1875-1898

[4] p. “Independent in all Things – Neutral in Nothing.” Newspaper published in Trappe, Pa. Weekly. Contains local, national and international news, fiction and advertisements.

Providence Independent, V. 2, No. 5, Thursday, July 6, 1876, Providence Independent

Providence Independent Newspaper, 1875-1898

[4] p. “Independent in all Things – Neutral in Nothing.” Newspaper published in Trappe, Pa. Weekly. Contains local, national and international news, fiction and advertisements.

Providence Independent, V. 2, No. 4, Thursday, June 29, 1876, Providence Independent

Providence Independent Newspaper, 1875-1898

[4] p. “Independent in all Things – Neutral in Nothing.” Newspaper published in Trappe, Pa. Weekly. Contains local, national and international news, fiction and advertisements.

Providence Independent, V. 2, No. 3, Thursday, June 22, 1876, Providence Independent

Providence Independent Newspaper, 1875-1898

[4] p. “Independent in all Things – Neutral in Nothing.” Newspaper published in Trappe, Pa. Weekly. Contains local, national and international news, fiction and advertisements.

Providence Independent, V. 2, No. 2, Thursday, June 15, 1876, Providence Independent

Providence Independent Newspaper, 1875-1898

[4] p. “Independent in all Things – Neutral in Nothing.” Newspaper published in Trappe, Pa. Weekly. Contains local, national and international news, fiction and advertisements.

Providence Independent, V. 2, No. 1, Thursday, June 8, 1876, Providence Independent

Providence Independent Newspaper, 1875-1898

[4] p. “Independent in all Things – Neutral in Nothing.” Newspaper published in Trappe, Pa. Weekly. Contains local, national and international news, fiction and advertisements.

Providence Independent, V. 1, No. 1, Thursday, June 3, 1875, Providence Independent

Providence Independent Newspaper, 1875-1898

[4] p. “Independent in all Things – Neutral in Nothing.” Newspaper published in Trappe, Pa. Weekly. Contains local, national and international news, fiction and advertisements.

Durfee & Peck. Letter From The Secretary Of The Interior, Inclosing An Account Of Messrs. Durfee & Peck, For Rent Of Agency Buildings At Fort Berthold. February 11, 1871, United States Congress, Us House Of Representatives, Us Department Of The Interior, Us Department Of The Interior, Office Of Indian Affairs

US Government Documents Related to Indigenous Nations

This letter, dated February 11, 1871 from United States (US) Secretary of the Interior Columbus Delano to Speaker of the US House of Representatives James G. Blaine, also known as US House of Representatives Executive Document 115, transmits communications from US Commissioner of Indian Affairs Ely S. Parker, Dakota Territory Governor and ex-officio Superintendent of Indian Affairs John A. Burbank, and D. W. Marsh, agent for the Leavenworth, Kansas firm of Durfee & Peck, from whom the Upper Missouri Indian Agency has been renting the Fort Berthold Agency buildings for the sum of $3,500 per year. The agent for Durfee …

Executive Order Of 1870, Ulysses S. Grant, George L. Hartstuff, Samuel A. Wainwright, Ely S. Parker, Jacob D. Cox

US Government Documents Related to Indigenous Nations

This Executive Order, issued by President Ulysses S. Grant on April 12, 1870, established the Fort Berthold Reservation. In addition to Grant’s Executive Order, this document includes a series of letters, proposals, and endorsements for the creation of a reservation for the Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara. Importantly, this document also contains the original map outlining the proposed boundaries and the president’s diagram which significantly reducing the size of the reservation.

Appropriations Indian Service -- Fort Berthold Agency. Letter From The Secretary Of The Interior Recommending An Appropriation To Pay Outstanding Indebtedness On Account Of The Indian Service At Fort Berthold Indian Agency. February 18, 1870. -- Referred To The Committee On Appropriations And Ordered To Be Printed, United States Congress

US Government Documents Related to Indigenous Nations

This Executive Document, dated February 18, 1870 consists of a letter from the United States Secretary of the Interior J. D. Cox recommending "An appropriation to pay outstanding indebtedness on account of the Indian Service at Fort Berthold Indian agency." The letter includes a communication from Commissioner of Indian Affairs Ely. S. Parker detailing "services rendered and supplies furnished for and on account of the Indian service at the Fort Berthold agency, Dakota Territory" totaling $63,203.05.

Also included is the text of two letters from US Indian Agent Mahlon Wilkinson in which he explains that, due to frequent attacks from …

Treaty Of Fort Laramie 1868, Nathaniel G. Taylor, William T. Sherman, William S. Harney, John B. Sanborn, Samuel F. Tappan, Christopher C. Augur, Alfred H. Terry, John B. Henderson, Andrew Johnson

US Government Documents Related to Indigenous Nations

This treaty, signed on April 29, 1868, between the United States government and the Sioux and Arapaho Nations, established the Great Sioux Reservation, promised the Sioux would own the Black Hills in perpetuity, and set aside the country north of the North Platte River and east of the summits of the Big Horn Mountains as unceded Indian territory. Furthermore, the U.S. government pledged to close the Bozeman Trail forts and provide food, clothing, and annuities to the tribes, given that they agreed to relinquish all rights to live outside the reservation.

Indian Affairs In Dakota. Memorial And Resolution Of The Legislative Assembly Of The Territory Of Dakota Relative To Indian Affairs In Said Territory, United States House Of Representatives, Territory Of Dakota Legislative Assembly, Geo. I. Foster, A. J. Faulk, Enos Stutsman, P. H. Halnan

US Government Documents Related to Indigenous Nations

This "Memorial and Resolution" of the legislature of the Territory of Dakota, referred to the United States (US) House of Representatives Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed January 28, 1868, states the position of the Legislative Assembly of Dakota Territory regarding several matters involving relations and bureaucratic arrangement between the US government and local tribes and Dakota Territory and those tribes, and argues for Dakota Territory playing a greater role in the management of the tribal affairs and the administration of US obligations, including procurement and transportation of "Indian goods."

Among changes argued for in the document …

An Act To Secure Homesteads To Actual Settlers On The Public Domain, United States Congess

US Government Documents Related to Indigenous Nations

This Act, dated May 20, 1862 also known as United States (US) Public Law 37-64 and popularly known as the Homestead Act, the Homestead Act of 1862, and the Homestead Act of May 20, 1862, provides for adults who fulfill certain requirements to acquire title of up to a quarter section (160 acres) land from the public domain by registering and making certain "improvements" to the land.

Report Of The Secretary Of War: Wagon Road Routes In Utah Territory, John B. Floyd, J. C. Breckinridge, J. C. Woodruff, U.S. Senate, Bureau Of Toppographical Engineers

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Report of the secretary of war, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, Captain Simpson's report and map of wagon road routes in Utah Territory.

Indians On The Upper Missouri. Message From The President Of The United States, Transmitting A Report In Regard To The Expedition Among The Indians On The Upper Missouri. March 24, 1856. -- Referred To The Committee On Indian Affairs And Ordered To Be Printed., United States Congress, Us House Of Representatives, President Of The United States, Department Of The Interior, Office Of Indian Affairs, Alfred Cumming, Franklin Pierce

US Government Documents Related to Indigenous Nations

This Executive Document, dated March 24, 1856, also known as United States (US) House of Representatives Executive Document No. 65, consists of a message from US President Franklin Pierce, in which Pierce transmits, "in obedience to [the US House of Representatives'] resolution of the 17th instant, a communication from the Secretary of the Interior, accompanied by a copy of the report of Superintendent [Alfred] Cumming, in regard to his late expedition among the tribes of the Indians on the Upper Missouri."

In his report, Cummings reports on his trip up the Missouri for the purpose of distributing "annuities" to local …

Treaty Of Fort Laramie With The Sioux, Etc., 1851, David D. Mitchell, Thomas Fitzpatrick

US Government Documents Related to Indigenous Nations

This treaty, signed on September 17, 1851, was an essential agreement between the United States government and representatives of the Lakota, Dakota, Cheyenne, Arapaho, Crow, Assiniboine, Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara Nations. In this treaty, the United States acknowledged that the area surveyed by the treaty was Indigenous land and recognized each nation's exclusive territorial rights over a portion defined by geographical boundaries. Equally, the tribes agreed that the US government had the right to establish roads and posts—military and other—within their territories. They also promised to abstain from hostilities against other tribes, pay for any wrongs committed by their people, …

Our Army At Monterey, Thomas Bangs Thorpe

Rare Books and Manuscripts

Our Army at Monterey is an account of the proceedings and events which occurred to the "Army of Occupation" under the command of Major General Taylor, from the time of leaving Matamoros to the surrender of Monterey. It includes a description of the three days' battle and the storming of Monterey, and the ceremonies attending the surrender together with the particulars of the capitulation. It is an illustrated account that contains a view of the city.