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Title United States of America, to all to whom these presents shall come, greeting whereas under the nineteenth article of the treaty entered unto at...

Creator United States. President (1841-1845 : Tyler)

Date 1841

Place Mississippi

Language English

Subjects Choctaw Indians, Indian land transfers, Indians of North America, Land titles, Real property

Description Written and signed by J. Williamson, recorder of the General Land Office, and affixed with the seal of that office.
Formerly known as Ayer MS 437a.

Summary Letters patent, Oct. 6, 1841, signed by President John Tyler, granting, in accordance with the provisions of the Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek, to Reuben H. Grant and Jefferson Clement, and their heirs, a 323+ acre land reservation in Mississippi. The tract had previously been granted to Tishoshe-le-ta, a Choctaw Indian, in fulfillment of the treaty provisions, and its sale by Tishoshe-le-ta to Grant and Clements had already been approved by President Tyler. On the document's verso are endorsements regarding its use as an exhibit in a later court case.

Biographical/Historical Note Among the articles of the 1830 Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek, which provided for the removal of the Choctaw Nation from Mississippi to lands west of the Mississippi River, was the provision of land reservations for members of the tribe who wished to remain in the state. About 5,000 Choctaws stayed in Mississippi and received allotments as stipulated by the treaty.

Extent 1 item (1 leaf) : vellum ; 40 cm

Format Autographs, Letters patent, Seals, Treaties

Archival Collection Title Edward E. Ayer Collection

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Call Number Ayer MS 3107

BibID 130617

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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IIIF Resource Type Canvas

Size 3924px × 4482px 50.35 MB

File Created 11/12/2013

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Unique Identifier NL11HZVJ