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Letter, Tho. Ewing Jr to Dear Father [Thomas Ewing, Sr.] Author: Ewing, Jr., Thomas , 1829-1896 Date: March 9, 1860 Thomas Ewing, Jr., wrote from Leavenworth to his father in Ohio seeking his assistance with a legal matter involving claims to the land "reserved to certain half breeds of the Kansas tribe." Most of this land was occupied by squatters and questions of legal title and transfer were being litigated in the territorial and federal courts. Location of Original: KSHS Call Number: Thomas Ewing, Jr. Collection, #341, Letter Press Book #3 Item Number: 100567 Number of images: 5 Keywords: American Indians (see also Native Americans); Courts; Elmore, Rush; Ewing, Thomas, 1789-1871; Ewing, Thomas, 1829-1896; Kansa Indian lands, Kansas Territory; Kansa Indians; Kansas Territory. Supreme Court; Land claim disputes; Land speculation; Lawyers; Leavenworth County, Kansas Territory; Leavenworth, Kansas Territory; Native Americans; Ohio; Pettit, John; Squatters; Territorial Supreme Court (see Kansas Territory. Supreme Court) |
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