Jun 21, 2016 - Sale 2420

Sale 2420 - Lot 241

Price Realized: $ 438
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
(OKLAHOMA.) File on Choctaw Indian land in Le Flore County. 51 items, various sizes, condition generally strong. Vp, 1917-37

Additional Details

A small archive of correspondence, circular letters, receipts, and reports relating to investment in Oklahoma Indian lands. Henry F. Miller of Pittsfield, MA purchased a tract of "unalloted timber lands in the Choctaw Nation" in Le Flore County, being the high bidder in a Department of Interior auction for the United States Indian Service. This archive includes his original purchase documents, engineering reports and lease offers relating to oil and gas deposits, and correspondence with the land agent.