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Collection Reference Number GLC03776.37
From Archive Folder Forty-five pamphlets on Indian affairs 
Title Petition by citizens of New York against a treaty
Date 23 February 1841
Document Type Legal document; Government document
Content Description 26th Congress 2nd Session [214] Senate (3rd copy). Several citizens of New York protest against forcing a treaty and emigration on the Seneca Indians, as they felt it was unnecessary and did not correspond to the dignity of the United States.
Subjects Government and Civics  American Indian History  Congress  Petition  
Place written Washington
Theme Native Americans; Government & Politics; Westward Expansion; Law
Sub-collection The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859
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