The Undersigned, On Behalf of the Settlers Upon Lands in Kansas Territory, Ceded to the United States in July Last, by the Delaware Indians

This 1854 broadside, entitled “Memorial to the President of the United States,” was drafted “on behalf of the settlers upon lands in Kansas Territory, ceded to the United States in July last, by the Delaware Indians.” The memorandum protests against a new treaty between the U.S. government and the Delaware Indians, because it will result in white settlers being driven from Kansas Territory and “will benefit none but speculators.” The document’s authors beg the President to reconsider the treaty.

1854

American Indians
Bleeding Kansas, Bloodletting Missouri

The Undersigned, On Behalf of the Settlers Upon Lands in Kansas Territory, Ceded to the United States in July Last, by the Delaware Indians
Franklin Pierce

Broadside

State Historical Society of Missouri – Columbia

Starr, F. C2073: f. 5, Broadsides, 1854

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