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American Indian and Alaskan Native Documents in the Congressional Serial Set: 1817-1899

American Indian and Alaskan Native Documents in the Congressional Serial Set: 1817-1899

The Serial Set is a compilation of U.S. Congressional publications published by the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives about the bills and resolutions involved in lawmaking. It also includes reports of executive departments, government-funded institutions, and other independent organizations. Documents in the Serial Set are arranged in numeric series chronologically (not topically). This collection offers detailed contemporaneous documentation of political, military, and governmental activities related to indigenous peoples of the continental United States and Alaskan territory during the 19th century. These government documents were scanned from the print collections of the Oklahoma Department of Libraries and the University of Oklahoma Libraries. They were identified using Steven L. Johnson’s bibliography, Guide to American Indian Documents in the Congressional Serial Set: 1817-1899, published by Clearwater Publishing Company in 1977. Permission for use of descriptive subject annotations was granted by ProQuest LLC as successor in title to ownership of this publication. Individuals responsible for creating the database are Marilyn K. Nicely, Retired Law Librarian for Native American Digitization at the University of Oklahoma Donald E. Pray Law Library; Steve Beleu, retired librarian, Oklahoma Department of Libraries; Jeffrey Wilhite, Documents Librarian at the University of Oklahoma Libraries; Elaine B. Bradshaw, Librarian and Digital Repository Manager, University of Oklahoma Donald E. Pray Law Library; and student workers, Sarah K. Capps and Jared Johnson.

Submissions from 1840 1840

James W. Andersons

John H. Robinson

John P. Baldwin

Joseph P. and George W. Johnson

Joseph W. Knipe

Land to soldiers -- old fourth regiment

Letter from the Second Auditor of the Treasury, transmitting the accounts of persons charged with the disbursement of moneys, goods, &c., for the benefit of the Indians, for the year ending September 30, 1839, together with the names of sub-agents, &c..

Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the House of Representatives of the United States, calling for information concerning the inland trade with Mexico.

Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report of the Commissioner of the General Land Office, in answer to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 10th instant, calling for statements of the quantity of public lands which have been sold, and remaining unsold since 1830, which have been in market for periods of 10, 15, 20, 25, and 30 years

Letter from the Secretary of War, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives of 24th ult., in relation to troops employed to guard the payment of annuities to Indians on the Des Moines River

Letter from the Secretary of War, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives of 9th instant, respecting the progress which has been made in the settlement of claims for horses lost in the Creek and Seminole Wars

Letter from the Secretary of War, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 23d ult., in relation to horses lost by the Tennessee volunteers in the Florida War, &c..

Letter from the Secretary of War, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 9th instant, in relation to claims growing out of the Florida war

Letter from the Secretary of War, in reply to the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 23d ultimo, respecting the interference of any officer or agent of the government with the Cherokee Indians in the formation of a government for the regulation of their own internal affairs, &c..

Letter from the Secretary of War, in reply to the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 24th ultimo, relative to the plan proposed for the defence of the western frontier; also, what tribes of Indians inhabit the country immediately west of Arkansas and Missouri.

Letter from the Secretary of War, to the Chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs, recommending an appropriation for the removal and subsistence of a number of Stockbridge and Munsee Indians.

Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a plan for the reorganization of the Indian Department, in compliance with the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 2d of March last

Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement of the appropriations and expenditures for the year 1839, and of the balances unexpended

Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement of the names, &c., of persons employed in the service of the Indian Department during the year 1839

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

Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the information required by the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 23d of March last, respecting the progress which has been made in effecting a treaty with the Wyandot Indians, for the purchase of their lands in Crawford County, &c., &c..

Letter from the Secretary of War, upon the subject of the claim of the State of Georgia for services of the militia and volunteers of said state during the years 1835 and 1836, &c., &c..

Lieutenant John Allison

Lorenzo N. Clarke

Madison Collins

Matthew Irwin Keith

Memorial of Richard K. Call

Memorial of Stephen R. Riggs et al

Memorial of the Delegates and Representatives of the Cherokee Nation, West.

Memorial of the Delegation of the Cherokee Nation

Memorial of the General Assembly of Alabama, praying the creation of a new land district in that state

Memorial of the Legislature of Alabama, asking Congress to compensate certain citizens of Alabama for depredations by the Creek Indians

Memorial of the Legislature of Mississippi, praying the payment to that state of the value of the sixteenth sections in the Chickasaw cession, and a donation of the unappropriated lands in that state, for purposes of internal improvement

Memorial of the Legislature of Wiskonsin, in relation to a military road from Fort Howard to Fort Snelling

Message from the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, copies of the correspondence between the War Department and Governor Call, concerning the war in Florida

Message from the President of the United States, in relation to lands sold which lie within the Chickasaw cession, &c..

Message from the President of the United States, showing the operations of the Topographical Bureau during the year 1839.

Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, in relation to the military and naval defences of the country

Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a statement of amounts paid to persons concerned in negotiating Indian treaties since 1829, &c..

Message from the President of the United States, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, a statement showing the purchases of Indian lands since the establishment of the present Federal Government

Message from the President of the United States, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, the proceedings of the Court of Inquiry, in the case of Lieutenant Colonel Brant

Message from the President of the United States, transmitting information of the assemblage of Indians on the northwestern frontier, &c..

Military road in Iowa. Memorial of the Legislature of Iowa, praying for an appropriation to construct a military road from Bloomington to Iowa City.

Navigation of rivers in Wiskonsan

On the Relief of E. Griddle

On the Relief of F. Laventure et al.

On the Relief of W. Cuddeback

On the Relief of W. Cuddeback

Pensions to officers, &c. -- Indian Wars, 1783 to 1795

Petition of inhabitants of Wisconsin, to separate the offices of Governor and Superintendent of Indian Affairs in Wisconsin; and that the people have leave to elect the Governor, and that the Superintendent reside among the Indians

Petition of the Stockbridge Nation of Indians in Wiskonsin, for remuneration for the expenses of their removal from New York; and that the title to their lands be guarantied to them by the United States

Preamble and joint resolutions of the General Assembly of Alabama, claiming restitution for money advanced by that state on account of Indian hostilities within the same

Preston Frazier

Raymond A. Henderson

Reefers of Florida, Housman and Bethell,--Montgomery Railroad Company--David R. Mitchell,--Legislature of Florida, Land for Seats of Justice.

Report : Claim of Alabama Volunteers

Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in pursuance of the act "for carrying into effect the treaties with the Chickasaws," showing the amount received on account of their lands

Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, statements showing the expenditures of the Government from 1824 to 1839, inclusive

Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, in relation to the establishment of a line of military posts from the Missouri to the Oregon or Columbia River

Report from the Secretary of War, showing the appropriations and expenditures for the service of the War Department during the year 1839, with the balances remaining in the Treasury at the end of the year

Report from the Secretary of War, transmitting Estimates of the appropriations necessary for the service of the Indian Department for the year 1840

Report : Memorial of G. Whitman

Report : Memorial of J. Paxton

Report : Petition of F. Wood

Report : Petition of J. Campau

Report : Petition of J. Hancock

Report : Petition of J. Johnston

Report : Petition of J. Johnston

Report : Petition of J. McIntosh

Report : Petition of J. Paxton

Report : Petition of Reps. of J. Piatt

Report : Petition of S. Cozard

Resolutions of the Assembly of Wiskonsin

Revenue and Expenses--1841

R. Hathaway and M. Hubbell, executrix of W. and J. Flinn

Samuel D. Enocks

School lands in the Indian reservations in the State of Ohio

Shropshire and Ross

Statements showing 1st, appropriations made during the 1st session of the 26th Congress; 2d, the offices created, and the salaries thereof; 3d, the offices, the salaries of which have been increased, with the amount of such increase, during the same period

Sutherland Mayfield

Sylvester Tiffany

Thomas J. Stone

Thos. W. Taylor

To establish ports of entry in Arkansas and Missouri, and to allow debenture, &c

Trustees of Dublin Township, Ohio

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