Box 25

Scope and Contents Includes:- Papers found together with note from George J. Scattergood "relating to the division of the Corn Planter tract by Commissioners appointed by the Orphans Court of Warren Co. Penna. - under authority of the Act of the Legislature of Penna. passed 1871 deposited here by George J. Scattergood 11 mo. 10, 1891" - Pamphlet "The report of the Commissioners appointed by the Orphans' Court of Warren Co., Pa., to make partition and allotment of the Real Estate late of John...

Scope and Contents Includes:- letter [copy?] from Samuel D. Haines to Joseph Elkinton giving his opinion on the rights of Seneca people to their lands, ca. 1875 - typed version of the above titled "Chas. E. Mix's statement of the claim of the New York Indians to land in Kansas, copied on the typewriter by J.W. Bain", 7/5/1877 - "Copy of the Act as passed by the Senate and House to authorise the Cattaraugus and Allegheny Indians in New York to lease lands and confirm leases...", 1873 - "Minutes of...

Scope and Contents Includes:- "Remonctrance of Seneca Indians against the transfer of the care of the Indians to the War Department", 1879 - "Copy of an 'oil lease' made to E.A. Nash and E.B. Manly by the Councillors of the Seneca Nation 6 mo. 7, 1877" - Petition from the Seneca Nation - "Official copy of the treaty of 1826" ["referred to in minute 9/19/1879"] - "A thrilling record" printed pamphlet [U.S. government and treaties], 5/1880 - Notes on the treaty of 1826 by George J. Scattergood dated...

Scope and Contents Includes:- "Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, trasmitting information relating to the Ogden Land Company..." [2 printed copies], 1895 - "Papers in reference to a claim by Romanzo and Ida S. Foskit that the land purchased by them did not contain 75 acres" [correspondence, surveys, etc.] - "Account of the proceedings in Congress relating to the purchase of the claim of the Ogden Land Co. 2 mo. and 3 mo. 1895" [clippings from the Congressional Record] - "Opinion of J.R....

Scope and Contents Includes:- Pages from the Congressional Record re: Seneca Oil Company and Senator Quay charges of corruption - "Financial statement of the Seneca Nation of New York Indians, 1898" - Papers "in reference to S.B. 2888 - passed by the Senate 3.15'98 after amending it to appropriate $1000 to the Seneca Council of the lease money collected by the Indian Agent authorizing him to distribute the balance among the Indians per capita" - "Statement of the claims of the Indian Committee for...