Papers realting to the Carver land grant, 1805-1897.

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Papers realting to the Carver land grant, 1805-1897.

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Letters and miscellaneous papers concerning claims relating to the Carver land grant of 1767, which included some 4 million acres in present-day west central Wisconsin.

0.2 cubic feet (4 folders in partial box).

Minnesota Historical Society Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8201830

Minnesota Historical Society Library

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Laux, James B.

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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...

Holt, S. R.

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Harrison, Samuel, 1760-1812

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The Jonathan Carver heirs claimed after his death that the Dakota Indians 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 and to points east. A grant document or deed signed by chiefs Hawnopawjatin and Otohtongoomlisheaw of the Naudowissee band of Dakota Indians at Carver's Cave at present-day St. Paul on May 1, 1767, is said to have subsequently disappeared. Some scholars que...

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...