Transcript of a 1768 petition to prohibit sale of alcohol to Indians in Illinois country, [ca. 1876].

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Transcript of a 1768 petition to prohibit sale of alcohol to Indians in Illinois country, [ca. 1876].

Transcript of a petition to ban the sale of alcohol to Indians, dated in St. Louis, Mo. on May 8, 1768, and addressed to Louis Saint-Ange de Bellerive, French commander of Illinois country, and M. La Buxière, possibly Louis-Jean Pellerin de La Buxière, judge and attorney general, by residents at Poste Vincennes, Kaskaskia, and surrounding areas.

[8] leaves ; 31 cm.

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