Purchase of Negroes from Seminole Indians. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a Call for Information in relation to the Purchase of Indian Negroes in the Seminole Country. June 6, 1836
[Washington]: Blair & Rives, printers, 1836.
Price: $250.00
Softcover. First edition. Octavo. 2pp. Single leaf printed both sides. Removed from a bound volume. Thin, faint dampstain along the page edges, small chips in the margins, else very good. House Document. No. 275 of the 24th Congress, 1st Session. Documentation of a squabble about whether or not the Seminoles, who apparently were close to their slaves, could be induced or allowed to sell them. This document suggests not, or at least not without the permission of the commanding General.
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