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We the Onondaga Nation do acknowledge to have received from the people of the state of New York by the hands of Jasper Parrish the sum of one thousand...

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Title We the Onondaga Nation do acknowledge to have received from the people of the state of New York by the hands of Jasper Parrish the sum of one thousand...

Creator Onondaga Nation

Date 1821

Place New York (State), New York (State)--Buffalo, New York (State)--Onondaga County, New York--Onondaga County

Language English

Subjects Indian land transfers, Indians of North America, New York (State), Onondaga Nation

Description Title from beginning of text.
Forms part of the Edward E. Ayer Manuscript Collection (Newberry Library)

Summary Receipt, May 28, 1821, signed with the marks of the chiefs of the Onondaga Nation (Captain Cole, Silver Smith, Big John, Samuel Jackson, Colonel Smith, Captain Crow), acknowledging that the Nation had received $1,000 from the state of New York via Jasper Parrish. This amount was payment in full of half the annuities due the tribe according to the provisions of the 1795 treaty at Cayuga Ferry.

Biographical/Historical Note In 1795 at Cayuga Ferry the Onondaga Nation signed a treaty with the state of New York, selling property in Onondaga County, including Salt Lake (Onondaga Lake) and the land around it, which had been reserved to the tribe in the treaties of 1788 and 1793.

Extent 1 item (1 leaf) ; 33 cm

Format Manuscripts, Receipts, Records

Archival Collection Title Edward E. Ayer Collection

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Call Number Ayer MS 665

BibID 145299

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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IIIF Resource Type Canvas

Size 2147px × 3520px 21.65 MB

Filename 991452998805867_Ayer_MS_665_00001.tif

Unique Identifier NL11ICJ6