Lewis Cass papers, 1814-1847.

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Lewis Cass papers, 1814-1847.

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Official correspondence, notes, and instructions received while serving as U.S. Minister to France and Secretary of War; also official documents of the Michigan Superintendency of Indian Affairs, 1819-1831, and the Office of Indian Affairs, 1814-1817 and 1822-1829, relating in part to Cass's work in negotiating land treaties with the Indians of the Michigan Territory.

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Cass, Lewis, 1782-1866

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