1836-09-24 +FORT WINNEBAGO M.T.--V7---BLACK CDS & MS MONTH/DAY & MS 18 3/4 RATE-----2 1/2 MONTHS AFTER SEPARATING FROM MICH TERR---BUT STILL USING THE MICHIGAN TERRITORY IN THE CDS DESIGNATION----FROM G. LOW DATELINED FORT WINEBAGO SEPT. 23,1836----TO LeROY JACKSON ESQ. AT DUBUQUES, WISCONSIN TERRITORY---ABOUT A TREATY BY GOV. DODGE AND THE WINNEGAGOES(SIC)NEAR THIS PLACE, HOPING THE $1000.50 ANNUITY MONEY WILL ARRIVE ON TIME AND PAID AT THAT TIME.---AGREEABLE TO YOU REQUEST, I WILL DO ALL IN MY POWER TO OBTAIN YOUR CLAIMS. BUT IF YOU WILL ACCEPT OF MY ADVICE IT WOULD BE BETTER FOR YOU IF YOU COULD BE HERE YOURSELF. IF SO THERE IS NO DOUBT IN MY MIND BUT YOU WILL RECEIVE IT. YOU WILL PLEASE GIVE MY RESPECT TO MY FRIEND CHARLES GRATIOT & NOTIFY HIM OF THE TREATY TO BE HELD AT THIS PLACE. FOR FEAR OF SOME MISTAKE OR DELAY OF THE TREATY, YOU WILL BE ABLE TO ASCERTAIN THE CORRECTNESS FROM THE GOVERNOR HIMSELF AS HE WILL BE HERE ON THE LAST OF THIS OR THE 1ST OF NEXT MONTH.----GENEALOGY---NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY---PRIVATELY OWNED---2PGS--ERNIE'S COLLECTION $1200 - N

Year: 1836
Date: 1836-09-24
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Category: MI Covers , Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Michigan Territorial , Wisconsin/Michigan Territory , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
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