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Conquest by law : how the discovery of America dispossessed indigenous peoples of their lands / Lindsay G. Robertson

Catalog Data

Author:
Robertson, Lindsay Gordon  Search this
Subject:
United Illinois and Wabash Land Companies  Search this
United States Supreme Court History  Search this
Physical description:
xiii, 239 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Trials, litigation, etc
Place:
United States
Illinois
Indiana
Date:
2005
Contents:
The Illinois and Wabash land companies : purchases and petitions -- Harper -- Before the court -- Unforeseen complication : the complex politics of early republican federalism -- The opinion -- Legacies -- Afterword -- Appendix 1: the 1810 memorial -- Appendix 2: the agreed statement of facts and federal objections to the claims
Topic:
Land tenure--History  Search this
Indian land transfers--History  Search this
Land titles--History  Search this
Constitutional history  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_794694