Treaty of St. Mary's photostat collection, 1818 and 1827

Resource Information

The work Treaty of St. Mary's photostat collection, 1818 and 1827 represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Indiana State Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, http://bibfra.me/vocab/marc/Collection, Multimedia, Mixed Materials.

Label

Treaty of St. Mary's photostat collection, 1818 and 1827

Inclusive dates

1818 and 1827

Subject

• trueAdams, John Quincy, 1767-1848
• Cass, Lewis, 1782-1866
• Conner, John, 1775-1826
• Conner, William, approximately 1773-1855
• trueIndian Removal, 1813-1903
• trueIndians of North America -- Treaties
• Jennings, Jonathan, 1784-1834
• Lafontaine, Francis, 1810-1847
• Lasselle, Charles B, 1819-1908
• Lasselle, Francis D, 1807-1864
• Miami Tribe
• Parke, Benjamin, 1777-1835
• Richardville, John Baptiste, 1761?-1841
• Stats

Genre

• Stats
• trueTreaties

Language

• eng
• eng

Summary

There are three pieces of paper, all photostats, in this collection. Two photostats are of the treaty made with the Miami Indians at Sy. Mary's in Ohio on October 6, 1818. The third photostat is President John Quincy Adams' approval of the treaty, which is dated 1827

Biographical or historical data

The Treaty of St. Mary's was signed on October 6, 1818, in Saint Mary's, Ohio, between the United States government, the Miami tribe and other territorial leaders. This treaty was drafted as part of a large-scale effort by the United States to purchase land from indigenous people and move them to lands west of the Mississippi River.

Cataloging source

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