ALS, 1858 December 24 : Los Angeles, to Hon. J.W. Denver, Commissioner of Indian Affairs, Washington, D.C.

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ALS, 1858 December 24 : Los Angeles, to Hon. J.W. Denver, Commissioner of Indian Affairs, Washington, D.C.

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Downey wishes a complaint to be lodged with the Secretary of War about reimbursement for his ownership of one half of Bird Island or Alcatraz in San Francisco Bay. He rejects John Fremont's deed claim, saying he "would rather make a present of it to the U.S. than that he should swindle us and the government."

3 p. ; 25 x 20 cm.

Copley Press, J S Copley Library

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Copley Press, J S Copley Library

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