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National Anthropological Archives
MS 3695 Acts and petition
Summary
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS3695
- Creators:
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Mooney, James, 1861-1921
- Dates:
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undated
- Languages:
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Undetermined.
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
Includes: An act for appointing Trustees to the Pamunkey Indians, 1786. Typed transcript. 1 page. An act authorizing a sale of a tract of land belonging to the Pamunkey tribe of Indians, 1828. Incomplete typed transcript. 1 page. A Petition from Citizens of King William County, Virginia [to] The General Assembly of Virginia, January 20, 1843, requesting authorization for a sale of two tracts of land, each known as the "Indian Town," originally set aside for the Pamunkey Indians but later occupied largely by "free negroes or Mulattoes," with list of petitioners. Mimeographed transcript of original Document identified as "Ms. Petitions, King William County, 1843, B 1207 [Virginia] State Library." 3 pages.
Using the Collection
Citation
Manuscript 3695, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
More Information
Local Numbers
Local Numbers
NAA MS 3695
Local Note
Local Note
Typed transcripts are on Bureau of American Ethnology letterhead; they were probably prepared for or by James Mooney.
Other Title
Other Title
An act for appointing Trustees to the Pamunkey Indians, 1786
Other Title
An act authorizing a sale of a tract of land belonging to the Pamunkey tribe of Indians, 1828
Other Title
A Petition from Citizens of King William County, Virginia [to] The General Assembly of Virginia, January 20, 1843
Keywords
| Keyword Terms | Keyword Types | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Land cessions -- Pamunkey | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Pamunkey | Cultural Context | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Indians of North America -- Northeast | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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