Oneida materials, Ely Samuel Parker Papers
Culture:
Oneida includes: Onyota'a:ka
Haudenosaunee includes: Iroquois, Onkwehonwe
Language: English
Date: August 19, 1854
Contributor: Parker, Nicholson H.
Subject: Land tenure | Government relations | Land transfers | Land claims | New York (State)--History
Type: Text
Genre: Correspondence
Extent: 1 page
Description: Letter informing Ely S. Parker that the State has appropriated $40,000 to the Oneidas for land sold by them or their forefathers. Descendants of this tribe settled at Onondaga and Allegany wish to employ Nicholson and Ely Parker to claim their share of the money.
Collection: Ely Samuel Parker Papers Mss.497.3.P223