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Title

Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting proceedings, under joint resolution of Congress of the 13th of February last, in relation to the purchase of the island at the confluence of the St. Peter's and Mississippi Rivers

Authors

Johnson Annotation

Letter on Purchase of an Island. [365] Based upon treaty with certain Sioux Indians on 9 Aug. 1820; records do not show Col. Leavenworth authorized to conclude such a treaty; title to the island already claimed by the U.S.

Johnson's Bibliographic Reference

1840-30

Serial Set Citation

365 H.doc.82

Subjects

Sioux Indians - Lands * Sioux Indians - Treaties * Sioux Indians - Treaty of 1820

Congress-Session

26-1

Document Type

House Document

Congressional Document Number

82

Publication Date

2-12-1840

Recommended Citation

H.R. Doc. No. 82, 26th Cong., 1st Sess. (1840)

Number of Pages

20