Richardson, William P. , Letter of Appointment as Indian Agent from L. Lea of the Deparment of the Interior, Office of Indian Affairs, 1851
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AM1990.1.32
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Richardson, William P. , Letter of Appointment as Indian Agent from L. Lea of the Department of the Interior, Office of Indian Affairs, 1851.
Letter to William P. Richardson from L. Lea of the Department of the Interior, Office of Indian Affairs, dated May 8, 1851. The letter is an appointment for William P. Richardson as an agent of Indian Affair for Indian tribes East of the Rocky Mountains. The tribes include the Kickapoo, Iowa, Great Nemaha Sac and Fox, and the agency will be known as the Great Nemaha Agency. He was instructed to execute a $10,000 bond and his compensation would be $1,000 per annum.
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Native American, Kickapoo, Iowa, Great Nemaha Agency, Nemaha, Sac, Fox
