William Clark Papers
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Title: Petition of a half-breed claiming land
Date: 1833-04-13
Volume: 32 Page: 25 (Microfilm reel MS-99)
Author(s): Francis Bouthillier; Jeriah B. Farnsworth; John Furney, Justice of the Peace; Sophia Farrar for Margaret Farrar(a minor);
Recipient(s): William Clark, S.I.A.St.L.;
Contents: Sophia Farrar (for Margaret Farrar, a minor, and her adopted daughter, fathered by her late husband & delivered by a Fox Indian woman named Magano) To Genl. Wm. Clark, S.I.A.St.L. contains petition for land plus 3 verifications.
Description: Copy of documents. 5 p.
Comments: Documents are found in original volume, pp. 25-29.
Title: Letter
Date: 1833-05-18
Volume: 32 Page: 80 (Microfilm reel MS-99)
Author(s): Amos Varronsdall, petitioner, Keokuck; Loueza Muir, petitioner, Keokuck;
Recipient(s): William Clark, S.I.A.St.L.;
Contents: Loueza Muir & Amos Varronsdall, petitioners To S.I.A.St.L. (William Clark). Letter expresses desire on the part of petitioners to recover the estate of Dr. Muir which they signed away to a man named Aldridge shortly after their marriage without receiving more than about 50$ worth of clothes for his wife. Desire to pay that back double in return for the land.
Description: Copy of letter. 1p.
Comments: There is some doubt about the spelling of "Loueza", though it is followed by "his mark".
Title: Letter
Date: 1833-06-15
Volume: 32 Page: 29 (Microfilm reel MS-99)
Author(s): Sophia Farrar (for Margaret Farrar);
Recipient(s): William Clark, S.I.A.St.L.;
Contents: Sophia Farrar (for Margaret Farrar, her adopted half-breed daughter) To Genl. Wm. Clark, S.I.A.St.L. Seeks knowledge as to whether or not the land rights of her two daughters who died in 1825 can be transferred to Margaret who was born in 1826, after the treaty of 1824.
Description: Copy of letter. 2p.
Comments: See letters of 4/13/1833 regarding this subject.
Title: Field-notes of Shawanoe lands survey
Date: 1833-09-13
Volume: 1 Page: 106 (Microfilm reel MS-94)
Author(s): Isaac McCoy; Jno. C. McCoy, asst. surv.;
Recipient(s):
Contents: Field-notes of the survey of the western and part of the southern boundary lines of Shawanoe lands, surveyed by order of Genl Wm Clark Supt. Ind. Affs. St. Louis, Mo.
Description: Copy of document
Comments: Survey dated: _________, 1833. Signed also by Jno. C. McCoy, asst. surv. Plat accompanying survey, p. 120.
Title: Letter
Date: 1833-10-15
Volume: 32 Page: 81 (Microfilm reel MS-99)
Author(s): Nathan Smith, Rock Island;
Recipient(s): William Clark, S.I.A.St.L.;
Contents: Nathan Smith, Rock Island To S.I.A.St.L. (William Clark). Writes on behalf of his half breed daughter, Amerlia Smith, whose mother was a Sac woman. Writes in regard to division of land among half breeds.
Description: Copy of letter. 1p.
Title: Deposition as to the paternity of a child
Date: 1833-11-23
Volume: 32 Page: 30 (Microfilm reel MS-99)
Author(s): Daniel Hough, Justice of the Peace; John W. Johnson;
Recipient(s): William Clark, S.I.A.St.L.;
Contents: John W. Johnson (att. by Daniel Hough, J.P.) Contains a deposition as to the paternity of a child, Elizabeth (George Hunt & a Fox woman named Pasoquey)
Description: Copy of document. 1 p.
Title: Deposition as to the paternity of a child
Date: 1833-11-23
Volume: 32 Page: 31 (Microfilm reel MS-99)
Author(s): Daniel Hough, Justice of the Peace; George Davenport;
Recipient(s): William Clark, S.I.A.St.L.;
Contents: George Davenport (att. by Daniel Hough, J.P.).To Genl. Wm. Clark, S.I.A.St.L. Contains deposition as to the forebears of Eliza, Mary, and Rosella, daughters of John W. Johnson and Tapassa, a part Sac and part Fox woman.
Description: Copy of document. 1p.
Title: Letter
Date: 1833-11-25
Volume: 32 Page: 32 (Microfilm reel MS-99)
Author(s): William Clark, S.I.A.St.L.;
Recipient(s): Mrs. Sophia Farrar;
Contents: S.I.A.St.L (William Clark) To Mrs. Sophia Farrar. Contains information about eligibility of her daughter, Maragaret, born in 1826; states that original intent of treaty was to divide land among those who existed in 1824 at the time of the treaty; As Margaret was born later, any decision about her claim would have to be decided in Washington; States he will forward her claim to Washington.
Description: Copy of letter. 2p.
Title: Deposition as to the paternity of a child
Date: 1833-12-04
Volume: 32 Page: 34 (Microfilm reel MS-99)
Author(s): Francort Lesieun; Joseph Racin; Patrick Ray;
Recipient(s): William Clark, S.I.A.St.L.;
Contents: Francort Lesieun, Patrick Ray, & Joseph Racin on behalf of orphan half breeds Alexander, Noel, Antoine, & Francort Menard. To S.I.A.St.L.(William Clark) Contains attestations to the lineage of the four orphans mentioned, and their right to land under the Treaty of 1824.
Description: Copy of Document. 1 p.
Title: Affidavits as to proof of half-breed status
Date: 1833-12-12
Volume: 32 Page: 56 (Microfilm reel MS-99)
Author(s): J. Garland, Interpreter; Saml. Steele, Justice of the Peace; Shirv=a=ni=quah, Fox woman; Wesley Williams, County Clerk, Hancock County, Illinois;
Recipient(s): William Clark, S.I.A.St.L.;
Contents: Shirv-a-ni-quah, Fox woman, Saml. Steele, J.P., J. Garland, Interpreter, Wesley Williams, County Clerk To S.I.A.St.L. (William Clark). Contains signed affadavits as to the lineage of Archange St. Jean(Archange Palen), Louisa St. Jean(Louisa Brisnell), & Agathe St. Jean.
Description: Copy of documents. 2p.
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