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Bill of sale for a keg of tobacco
401, front
Titles: Bill of sale for a keg of tobacco (Supplied title)
Description: Bill of sale bearing the signatures (or signatory marks) of the Dakota chief Shakopee and the trader and interpreter Philander Prescott. The bill attests that there are "goods to [be given to] Mr. F[rederic] B. Sibley for one keg of tobacco so soon as the Mdewakanton Sioux annuity [payments] for 1853 are divided." Prescott undersigns the document as a witness.
Dates
- Exactly 12/17/1852 (Creation)
Creation
- signed by: Shakopee, Chief
- made by: Sibley, Frederick B.
- signed by: Prescott, Philander
Identifiers
- Accession Number: 401
Credit: Minnesota Historical Society Collections, Gift of the Sibley House Association of the Minnesota Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution.
Holding Type: 3D Objects
Quantity: 1 item
Format
- Content Category: artifacts
Measurements
- 4 inches height
- 7 5/8 inches width
- 5 5/8 inches height (encapsulation)
- 9 1/2 inches width (encapsulation)
Subjects
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