Letter, 1827 December 6.

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Letter, 1827 December 6.

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Letter explaining a land purchase situation they want addressed. They state that Oliver Phelps and Captain Jones purchased land from them and agreed to pay $4,000. Payment was put off for twenty years, Jones claiming to have no money, during which time the successive Indian agents promised to recover the money. The Indians asked for the bond paper from Jasper Parrish, and when they showed it to a judge friendly to them, were told that because it had been so long, the claim was void, according to white laws. The Indians claim their agents knew this fact but concealed it.

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American Periodical Series I

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Seneca Nation.

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Parish, Jasper, 1767-1836

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Indian agent, interpreter. From the description of Jasper Parrish papers, 1757-1954, 1757-1869 (bulk). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 51576581 From the description of Papers, 1757-1954, 1757-1869 (bulk) (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155519563 Interpreter and U.S. sub-agent to the Six Nations of Indians. Having learned the Delaware and Mohawk languages while a captive (1778-1784), Parrish in 1792 was appointed standing interpreter to the Six...

Phelps, Oliver, 1749-1809

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U.S. representative from Massachusetts, public official of Massachusetts, and jurist. From the description of Letter of Oliver Phelps, 1797. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79450050 Oliver Phelps was from Suffield, Connecticut. In the late 1780s, he formed a partnership with Nathaniel Gorham to speculate in land in western New York. Phelps was also involved in land speculation in other parts of the United States. From the description of Bills and accounts [Photost...