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Letters 1906-1907

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Open book Letters 1906-1907

Title Letters 1906-1907

Creator Decker, George P. (George Palmer), 1861-1936

Date 1906-1907

Place New York (State)

Language English

Subjects Cayuga Indians, Indian land transfers, Indians of North America, Journalists, Lawyers

Description formerly known as Ayer MS 223.
Forms part of the Edward E. Ayer Manuscript Collection (Newberry Library)
For more information, consult the Special Collections Info. File.

Summary Correspondence, 1906-1907, with William Holland Samson (Rochester journalist and historian particularly interested in western New York and its Indian tribes) and Charles Van Voorhis, providing details regarding the Cayuga claim against the state of New York to and for Samson in hopes that he would support the Cayuga case editorially.

Biographical/Historical Note Rochester, N.Y., attorney who together with the firm of John Van Voorhis' Sons (Charles and Eugene Van Voorhis) represented the Cayuga Nation in their claims against the state of New York. In 1906, the attorneys filed a memorial to the state which was heard by the Commissioners of the Land Office, asking that cash profits realized by the state on sale of Cayuga land cessions dating from the treaty of 1789 be paid to the Nation, or that the state's indebtedness to the tribe be acknowledged.

Extent 2 items (2 folders) ; 28 cm

Format Correspondence

Archival Collection Title Edward E. Ayer Collection

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Call Number Ayer MS 222

BibID 137394

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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IIIF Resource Type Canvas

Size 2382px × 3053px 20.84 MB

Filename 991373948805867_Ayer_MS_222_00001.tif

Unique Identifier NL11I949