Box 24

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[see also the papers in AA44 and AA45, to which these papers related]

ca. 19 items, includes: Reports on the Buffalo Treaty situation, 1838-1872 Reports related to the estate settlement among the heirs of Cornplanter, 1846-1871 Report of the committee on legislation, 1875, 1895 Reports related to the Indians leasing their land at Salamanca, N.Y. Report of committee to advise the Councillors, 1892 Report on Ogden Land Company situation, 1915

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Includes:

"Digest of opinions of the U.S. Supreme court relating to the Indian Tribes by the National Defence Association" - 38 p. typed ms.

Scope and Contents Includes:Extract from the will of John Pemberton, 1795 Extract from treaty of 1795Minutes of articles of agreement with the Oneida people, 1796Petition of on behalf of Half Town and George Brothers of Big Tree re: an island in the Allegheny River, 1799Copy of confirmation to First Nations lands in New York by Secretary of War, Henry Dearborn, 1802Contract between Thomas Stewardson and Joseph Ellicott re: tract of land...

Scope and Contents papers re: Buffalo Treaty of 1838 - Petitions from First Nations - Copy of the treaty - Memorials made by Friends on behalf of First Nations peoples - Testimony of witnesses - Copies of affidavits sent to Senate re: Buffalo Treaty - Memorial of PYMIC against ratification of the treaty - Address to the committee on Indian affairs in the Senate, protest of the Seneca delegation against the treaty - "Copy of the remonstrance presented and signed by 64 chiefs in council at Buffalo against the...

Scope and Contents Includes: - Deed, John Paul and others to Thomas Evans and others, in trust, 1842 - "Deed, George Williams to Thomas Evans, et al., for a tract of land in the county of Niagara in the state of New York", 1843 - "The Mental Elevator", no. 10, Cattaraugus Reservation [printed at the Mission Press in English and Seneca], 6/3/1846 - "Assignment, etc. C. Obail and others, 10 mo. 1847" - "Briefs prepared by D. Sharman", ca. 1855 - Papers related to Cornplanter's land being divided...

Scope and Contents - Constitution of the Seneca Nation, 1862 - Deed, Abraham Silverheels to Marsh Pierce, 1862 - Quit-claim deed, William Obail to Samuel and Polly Titus, 1866 - "Brief of title, to show how the present title to the Cornplanter Reservation as it appears on the records of Venango County", 1865 - Notes on treaties with the Six Nations - Copy of amended constitution of the Seneca Nation adopted 10 mo. 22, 1868 - Treaty, 1868 - "Friends the New York Indian Treaty", 1868, 1869 - Draft of proposed...

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These are essays written for the Temperance Society, the Society for General Improvement, commencement, etc.