Why Indians are now to be permitted to vote under certain conditions
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- 1881?
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Typescript letter with manuscript corrections prepared by A. P. Edgerton probably around 1881, the year the Miami Indians on the Meshingomesia Reserve in Indiana were granted individual allotments and citizenship by the federal government. Constructed as correspondence from Peshkewah (1761?-1841), a Miami chief also known as John Baptiste Richardville, to Little Turtle (1747?-1812), also a Miami chief, the letter discusses past Miami-white relati...
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Edgerton, Alfred Peck, 1813-1897
- Contributing Institution
- Newberry Library
- Subjects
- Political science
Indians--Government relations
War
Indians--Kings and rulers
Indian reservations
Land tenure
Landowners
Citizenship
Alcohol
Money
Richardville, John Baptiste, 1761?-1841
Miami
Potawatomi - Type
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- CorrespondenceManuscripts (Documents)
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- Edgerton, Alfred Peck, 1813-1897. Why Indians are now to be permitted to vote under certain conditions. 1881?. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/nby_eeayer/id/21545. (Accessed April 19, 2024.)
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- Edgerton, Alfred Peck, 1813-1897, (1881?) Why Indians are now to be permitted to vote under certain conditions. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/nby_eeayer/id/21545
- MLA citation style
- Edgerton, Alfred Peck, 1813-1897. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/nby_eeayer/id/21545>.