0. Editorial Notes Regarding Governor Furnas Microfilm Roll 13, 1966

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In Folder: Roll 13: Treaties, Warrants, Bills, Speeches, and Miscellaneous 1858-1905

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0. Editorial Notes Regarding Governor Furnas Microfilm Roll 13, 1966

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Title: 0. Editorial Notes Regarding Governor Furnas Microfilm Roll 13, 1858-1905

Record Group Number: RG0001, SG010

Collection: Governor Robert W. Furnas records

Location: GR

Box: Roll 13

Contributing Institution: History Nebraska; https://history.nebraska.gov/

Date: 1966

Description: Editorial notes written by Nebraska State Historical Society staff in 1966 regarding Roll 13 of the Robert W. Furnas papers."The concluding roll of the Furnas Papers is composed of items arranged in the following divisions: Treaties and Reports, 1864-66; Warrants and Deeds, 1855-89; Bills and Speeches, 1856-1901; Agreements and Resolutions, 1857-95; Petitions, 1856-86; and Miscellaneous, 1844-1905. An editorial note preceding each division presents a more detailed content note. The treaties are between the United States and the tribes of the Omaha Indian Agency. The land warrants and deeds are primarily concerned with the Furnas family. The legislative bills relate in part to the granting of land to railroads in Nebraska while the speeches are in the main political or stress the promotion of Nebraska agriculture. The agreements and resolutions pertain to Brownville business ventures of Furnas. Republican River Valley settlers and other groups and persons send a number of petitions to Furnas requesting aid in combating attacks by Indians, or relief from the grasshoppers. The final division consists of reports and other items of interest relating to Furnas’ duties at the Omaha Agency and his subsequent management of the Nebraska State Fair."

Language: Eng

Source (Names): Furnas, Robert W. (Robert Wilkinson), 1824-1905

Source (Temporal): 1960s

Format-Extent: 4 pages

Format-Medium: Descriptive note

Type: Text

Relation: Copy

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File Format: PDF

Date Digital : 2022-06-27

Identifier: 00_Roll_Notes

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