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Neutral Lands correspondence - Neutral Lands correspondence

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This collection of transcribed correspondence between J.B. Grinnell and various parties ranges in dates from May of 1868 to January of 1870. In the letters, Grinnell sends updates to Washington as he attempts to secure the purchase of certain neutral lands from the Cherokee Indians. The accusation that J.B. Grinnell accepted bribes for pushing the deal through is also covered in this correspondence, as is Grinnell's response.
Title Neutral Lands correspondence
Genre Manuscript
Identifier (local) grinnell:10543
Identifier (hdl) http://hdl.handle.net/11084/10543
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Title Neutral Lands correspondence
Publisher Grinnell College
Keyword Neutral Lands
Keyword Railroad
Keyword Cherokee
Keyword Indian
Keyword Native American
Keyword Bribe
Related Item Poweshiek History Preservation Project
Related Item Digital Grinnell
Genre Correspondence
Extent 1 page
Media Type image/tiff
Digital Origin Digitized Other Analog
Classification 52 pG88j
Language English
Identifier (local) grinnell:4526
Identifier (hdl) http://hdl.handle.net/11084/4526
Access Condition Copyright to this work is held by the author(s), in accordance with United States copyright law (USC 17). Readers of this work have certain rights as defined by the law, including but not limited to fair use (17 USC 107 et seq.).
Type of Resource Manuscript
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