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Title Before the Commissioners of the Land Office of the state of New York in the matter of the memorial of the Cayuga Nation of Indians report, 1906 Mar....

Creator New York (State). Attorney General's Office

Date 1906

Place New York (State)

Language English

Subjects Cayuga Indians, Cayuga Nation of New York, Indian land transfers, Indians of North America

Summary Contemporary typescript copy of the opinion (March 29, 1906) of New York attorney general Julius Mayer, regarding the memorial of the Cayuga Nation. Opinion concludes that the Commissioners of the Land Office have no authority to hear the case without the approval of the governor, that the Cayuga Indians were and are wards of the state, that their claim is equitable, that the title ceded by the Indians was only possessory, that the state sold both possessory and in fee titles, and that the claim is public, not private. Also cover letter (Apr. 10, 1906) from Horace McGuire, deputy attorney general and author of the opinion, to William Holland Samson, a Rochester journalist and historian, forwarding the document and a newspaper clipping regarding the case.

Biographical/Historical Note In 1906, attorneys for the Cayuga Nation (George P. Decker and John Van Voorhis' Sons) filed a memorial with the Commissioners of the Land Office of the state of New York, requesting that cash profits realized by the state in the 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 1 item (12 leaves) ; 28 cm + cover letter (1 leaf ; 28 cm) and newspaper clipping.

Format Correspondence, Manuscripts, American, Reports

Archival Collection Title Edward E. Ayer Collection

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

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Call Number Ayer MS 640

BibID 144622

Size 650px × 2163px 4.05 MB

IIIF Resource Type Canvas

Filename 991446228805867_Ayer_MS_640_00001.tif

Unique Identifier NL11ICBE