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William Weer served as legal counsel for the Wyandotte Reserve and presented this brief on behalf of William Lykins and Robert Robitaille apparently to the Commissioner of the Land Office at Lecompton, Kansas Territory. Lykins and Robitaille were attempting to receive a patent for land that was also claimed by the Lawrence Association, Gaius Jenkins, Charles Robinson, S. J. Livingston, George G. Mathews, and William Savage. The brief contained a short history of the Wyandot tribes removal west and various treaties involving land. The claim involved parts of the city of Lawrence. The brief cited various cases and laws upon which Mr. Weer based his arguments.
Creator: Weer, William
Date: ca. 1856
Item Number: 3997
Call Number: CK 978.1 -W97 W419b 1856
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 3997
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Lawyers
Collections - Library
Date - 1854-1860 - 1856
Government and Politics - Federal Government - Federal agencies and programs - Agencies - Indian affairs
Government and Politics - Federal Government - Federal agencies and programs - Policies and programs - Land - Land offices
Government and Politics - State Government - Governors - Robinson, Charles
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Courts
Home and Family - Daily life - Settlement
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Case file
People - American Indians - Indian lands
People - American Indians - Indian removal
People - American Indians - Tribes - Wyandotte
People - Notable Kansans - Lykins, William
People - Notable Kansans - Robinson, Charles, 1818-1894
Places - Cities and towns - Lawrence
Places - Cities and towns - Lecompton
Places - Counties - Douglas
Thematic Time Period - Bleeding Kansas, 1854 - 1861
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
Type of Material - Printed materials - Government publications
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