On the recordNovember 29, 1804
I now lay before you copies of the treaties concluded with the Delaware and Piankeshaw Indians for the extinguishment of their title to the lands therein described,
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presidency.ucsb.eduI now lay before you copies of the treaties concluded with the Delaware and Piankeshaw Indians for the extinguishment of their title to the lands therein described,
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I request their return, and that their contents may not be made public.