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Signers of the Treaty with the Saginaw Tribe of the Chippewa, their marks

Source Ratified Indian Treaties

Created 19 Oct 2007 - 15 views this week (1,255 total)

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Cherokee signatures, using native characters, in treaty dated May 6, 1828.

Source Ratified Indian Treaties

Created 03 Apr 2008 - 15 views this week (810 total)

Secretary of State Edmund Randolph sends new US silver coin to Washington.

Source George Washington Correspondence

Created 06 Jan 2008 - 8 views this week (948 total)

Americans “have no autocratic designs.”

Source State Dept Records - France

Created 14 Dec 2007 - 6 views this week (447 total)

The Fire Fiend (Great Chicago Fire, 1871)

Source News - The Chicago Tribune

Created 17 Jul 2008 - 6 views this week (209 total)

Passport stamps from a visit to Germany, circa 1856-57.

Source Passport Applications, 1795-1905

Created 06 Aug 2008 - 6 views this week (173 total)

Death of French Socialist Albert Thomas reported in Pravda, 9 May 1932

Source State Dept Records - France

Created 14 Dec 2007 - 5 views this week (789 total)

Minnie Rothschild

Source FBI Case Files

Created 26 Jun 2008 - 5 views this week (199 total)

American Consulate report of French President Doumergue’s visit to Algeria

Source State Dept Records - France

Created 14 Dec 2007 - 4 views this week (410 total)

Heir to Austro-Hungarian Throne and Wife Murdered (28 June 1914)

Source News - The Atlanta Constitution

Created 17 Jul 2008 - 4 views this week (151 total)

Adverse reaction to Thomas Jefferson’s election as president of US.

Source News - London Times

Created 20 Nov 2007 - 3 views this week (901 total)

Cornelius Grinnell

Source Passport Applications, 1795-1905

Created 01 Apr 2008 - 3 views this week (434 total)

Official List of Letters in an 1868 issue of "The San Francisco Chronicle"

Source News - San Francisco Chronicle

Created 07 May 2008 - 3 views this week (329 total)

Louis Anthony

Source FBI Case Files

Created 26 Jun 2008 - 3 views this week (181 total)

Beginning of the End! Surrender of Lee!

Source News - San Francisco Chronicle

Created 17 Jul 2008 - 2 views this week (147 total)

La Resolution du Congres d'Avignon,

Source State Dept Records - France

Created 14 Dec 2007 - 1 view this week (754 total)

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