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New York (State) treaties with the Oneida Nation, 1788-1811

This collection includes five treaties and two supporting documents, one indenture and one agreement, between New York State and the Oneida Nation for the cession of certain tribal lands, executed between 1788 and 1811. Written on vellum; vellum sections are attached to another with string and seals; includes official wax seals; and contains the signatures of government officials, including N. Y. governors George Clinton and Daniel Tompkins, as well as Indian names and signatures indicated with a cross mark. Indian treaty held at Fort Stanwix (1788) is printed in F. B. Hough, Proceedings of the Commissioners of Indian Affairs..., 1861. formerly known as Ayer MS 429, 431-433, 435-436.

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