Records of the Finance Division.

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Records of the Finance Division.

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The records, created by several divisions involved in financial matters, concern affairs of the Mexican Kickapoo, 1895-1914; appropriation ledgers, 1837-1921; liability registers, 1901-16; tabular statements of funds remitted to field officials, 1870-1908; appropriation warrants, estimates, statements, and vouchers; accounts; contracts and bonds, 1836-77; claim records 1921-35; and records concerning claims of traders, 1819-64, and the Kansas claims of the New York Indians, 1901-7. Records concerning tribal and individual moneys and payments to Indians include annuity payment rolls, 1841-1949; rolls compiled for payments made to the Old Settler Cherokee, the Cherokee freedmen, self-emigrant Creeks, and citizen Potawatomi; and a list of Sioux scouts, soldiers, and heirs, 1892. There are also records concerning Indian trust funds, 1837-1909, and a few miscellaneous documents, including a ledger for the centennial exhibition, a journal of the Ute Indian Commission, 1894-96, and records relating to requisistions, 1817-35.

501 linear ft.

National Archives Library, National Archives Records Administration

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National Archives Library, National Archives Records Administration

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