(NEBRASKA) Minutes of the Bellevue Settlers Club formed to a

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(NEBRASKA.) Minutes of the Bellevue Settlers' Club, formed to adjudicate land claims in Nebraska's oldest incorporated town. 13 manuscript pages, 12 1/2 x 7 3/4 inches, on 4 folding sheets, stitched; moderate foxing, partial separations along center fold. Bellevue, NE, 23 September 1854 to 14 July 1855

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The Bellevue Settlers' Club, also known as the Bellevue Claim Club, was a private association of settlers which administered frontier justice against squatters and claim jumpers. These minutes begin with an organizational meeting, followed by by-laws including "We will recognize no claim made before the ratification of the treaties with the Omaha, Otoe & Missouri Indians." A list of 123 members follows the by-laws. The following February, the by-laws were expanded to clarify that the marshal was appointed to enforce the group's rulings, and "shall have power if necessary to call upon all members of this association to assist."