Petition : Stockbridge, Wis., to the Hon. the House of Representatives and Senate, Congress of the United States, 1844 Feb. 24.

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Petition : Stockbridge, Wis., to the Hon. the House of Representatives and Senate, Congress of the United States, 1844 Feb. 24.

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February 24, 1844, petition addressed to the U.S. Congress by John Yoccum, a Stockbridge Indian, requesting compensation for his appointment and services to the commissioners elected under the provisions of the March 3, 1843, relief act.

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