James William Denver Papers 1868-1884

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James William Denver Papers 1868-1884

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Lawyer, army officer, United States representative from California, United States commissioner of Indian affairs, and governor of Kansas. Letterpress books containing correspondence relating to Denver's law practice in Washington, D.C., which was concerned with Choctaw Indian claims and land disputes in California and elsewhere in the West, and to his campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination, 1884.

1500 items; 5 volumes; 1 linear foot

eng,

Library of Congress. Manuscript Division

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SNAC Resource ID: 6356772

Library of Congress. Manuscript Division

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