Papers relating to the Carver land grant, 1779-1825.

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Papers relating to the Carver land grant, 1779-1825.

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A microfilm copy, and photocopies made from the microfilm, of correspondence, petitions, maps, and a journal (1817-1818) dealing with Peters' claim to part of the supposed land grant made to Jonathan Carver by the Dakota Indians in the 1760s.

0.1 cubic feet (75 items in 1 folder in partial box and 1 microfilm reel).

Minnesota Historical Society Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7314303

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Carver, Jonathan, 1710-1780

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Jonathan Carver (1710-1780) was an English soldier who traveled across Wisconsin into Minnesota and back across Lake Superior in 1766-1768 in order to examine the frontier recently won from the French. From the description of Jonathan Carver diary of his travels [manuscripts], 1766-1767. (Oregon Historical Society Research Library). WorldCat record id: 678591181 From the guide to the Jonathan Carver diary of his travels, 1766-1767, (Oregon Historical Society Research Library...

Peters, Samuel, 1735-1826

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Epithet: Secretary, Workmen's Committee for the Abolition of Foreign Bounties British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000243.0x0000cc The Jonathan Carver heirs claimed after his death that Naudowissee (Dakota) chiefs Hawnopawjatin and Otohtongoomlisheaw had granted Carver a tract of some four million acres of land on the east side of the Mississippi River running from St. Paul to the mouth of Wisconsin's Chippewa River...