Indemnity for Damages by Creek Indians. Letter from the Secretary

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(CREEK INDIANS). Indemnity for Damages by Creek Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, Transmitting the Information Required by a Resolution of the House of Representatives, of the 3d Instant, Relative to the Execution of an Act for the Relief of Samuel Menac, Passed 27th of April, 1816: also, of an Act for the Relief of Certain Creek Indians, Passed 3d March, 1817, &c. &c. March 15, 1828. Washington: Printed by Gales & Seaton, 1828. 1st ed. 35 pp. Small very old waterstain to top inside margin, not affecting text, else very good. Manac was a half-Creek Indian who wanted to take part in the reparations offered to those Creeks who had supported the U.S. Army in ending the hostilities settled by the treaty of 1816. Shaw & Shoemaker 36409.

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