{"product_id":"president-benjamin-harrison-signed-doc-removes-indian-title-extends-nebraska-jsa","title":"President Benjamin Harrison Signed Doc Removes Indian Title Extends Nebraska JSA","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"43\" data-end=\"254\" class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\" style=\"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration-thickness: auto; text-decoration-style: solid;\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"43\" data-end=\"53\"\u003eTitle:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"53\" data-end=\"56\"\u003ePresident Benjamin Harrison Signed Presidential Document (DS) – Authorizing the Great Seal for Proclamation 298 Extinguishing Indian Title \u0026amp; Extending Nebraska's Northern Boundary – October 23, 1890\u003cspan aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchor\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp data-start=\"256\" data-end=\"772\" style=\"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration-thickness: auto; text-decoration-style: solid;\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"256\" data-end=\"272\"\u003eDescription:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"272\" data-end=\"275\"\u003ePartly-printed\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"290\" data-end=\"314\"\u003eDocument Signed (DS)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eas President by\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"331\" data-end=\"352\"\u003eBenjamin Harrison\u003c\/strong\u003e, one page, approximately\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"378\" data-end=\"395\"\u003e8 x 10 inches\u003c\/strong\u003e, dated\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"403\" data-end=\"435\"\u003eWashington, October 23, 1890\u003c\/strong\u003e. In this official executive warrant, Harrison directs the Secretary of State to affix the Great Seal of the United States to \"my Proclamation relative to the Northern boundary of the State of Nebraska.\" The document concludes with Harrison's bold signature,\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"694\" data-end=\"715\"\u003e\"Benj. Harrison,\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand remains in fine condition with excellent eye appeal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp data-start=\"774\" data-end=\"798\" style=\"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration-thickness: auto; text-decoration-style: solid;\"\u003eThe text reads, in part:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cblockquote data-start=\"800\" data-end=\"1068\" style=\"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration-thickness: auto; text-decoration-style: solid;\"\u003e\u003cp data-start=\"802\" data-end=\"1068\"\u003e\"I hereby authorize and direct the Secretary of State to cause the Seal of the United States to be affixed to my Proclamation relative to the Northern boundary of the State of Nebraska... dated this day, and signed by me; and for so doing this shall be his warrant.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp data-start=\"1070\" data-end=\"1369\" style=\"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration-thickness: auto; text-decoration-style: solid;\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1070\" data-end=\"1093\"\u003eHistorical Context:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"1093\" data-end=\"1096\"\u003eThis document is directly associated with\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1138\" data-end=\"1175\"\u003ePresidential Proclamation No. 298\u003c\/strong\u003e, issued by Benjamin Harrison on\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1208\" data-end=\"1228\"\u003eOctober 23, 1890\u003c\/strong\u003e, implementing the provisions of the\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1265\" data-end=\"1290\"\u003eAct of March 28, 1882\u003c\/strong\u003e, entitled\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-start=\"1301\" data-end=\"1369\"\u003e\"An Act to Extend the Northern Boundary of the State of Nebraska.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp data-start=\"1371\" data-end=\"1820\" style=\"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration-thickness: auto; text-decoration-style: solid;\"\u003eCongress had authorized Nebraska's northern boundary to be extended into what was then\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1458\" data-end=\"1478\"\u003eDakota Territory\u003c\/strong\u003e, but only after the\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1499\" data-end=\"1515\"\u003eIndian title\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eto the affected lands had been legally extinguished. The law protected allotments made to members of the\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1621\" data-end=\"1636\"\u003ePonca Tribe\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand other Native Americans, while the remaining lands would pass under Nebraska's jurisdiction and become available for settlement once the President issued the required proclamation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp data-start=\"1822\" data-end=\"1978\" style=\"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration-thickness: auto; text-decoration-style: solid;\"\u003eOn the same day this document was signed, Harrison issued\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1880\" data-end=\"1951\"\u003eProclamation No. 298—\"Extinguishing Indian Title to Certain Lands.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eThe proclamation declared:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cblockquote data-start=\"1980\" data-end=\"2423\" style=\"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration-thickness: auto; text-decoration-style: solid;\"\u003e\u003cp data-start=\"1982\" data-end=\"2423\"\u003e\"...the northern boundary of the State of Nebraska shall be... extended so as to include all that portion of the Territory of Dakota lying south of the forty-third parallel of north latitude and east of the Keya Paha River and west of the main channel of the Missouri River; and when the Indian title to the lands thus described shall be extinguished the jurisdiction over said lands shall be, and hereby is, ceded to the State of Nebraska.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp data-start=\"2425\" data-end=\"2885\" style=\"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration-thickness: auto; text-decoration-style: solid;\"\u003eThe lands referenced in the proclamation today comprise much of\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"2489\" data-end=\"2509\"\u003eKeya Paha County\u003c\/strong\u003e,\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"2511\" data-end=\"2526\"\u003eBoyd County\u003c\/strong\u003e, and the northern portion of\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"2556\" data-end=\"2571\"\u003eKnox County\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ein northeastern Nebraska along the South Dakota border. Harrison's signed warrant represents the final executive authorization directing the Secretary of State to affix the Great Seal, officially completing the legal process that transferred these lands to Nebraska and opened the remaining acreage to settlement.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp data-start=\"2887\" data-end=\"3054\" style=\"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration-thickness: auto; text-decoration-style: solid;\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"2887\" data-end=\"2922\"\u003eAuthentication \u0026amp; Encapsulation:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"2922\" data-end=\"2925\"\u003eOriginal\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"2934\" data-end=\"2958\"\u003eDocument Signed (DS)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eby President\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"2972\" data-end=\"2993\"\u003eBenjamin Harrison\u003c\/strong\u003e, signed\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"3002\" data-end=\"3022\"\u003e\"Benj. Harrison\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand dated\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"3033\" data-end=\"3053\"\u003eOctober 23, 1890\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul data-start=\"3056\" data-end=\"3277\" style=\"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration-thickness: auto; text-decoration-style: solid;\"\u003e\u003cli data-section-id=\"1qkolcf\" data-start=\"3056\" data-end=\"3277\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-start=\"3058\" data-end=\"3100\"\u003eAdditional Documentation \u0026amp; Provenance:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-start=\"3101\" data-end=\"3277\"\u003eAt buyer's request, Historical Autographs Gallery will include an additional \"Historical Autographs Gallery Certificate\" signed by our company founder Luke Pascal at no cost.\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp data-start=\"3279\" data-end=\"3917\" style=\"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration-thickness: auto; text-decoration-style: solid;\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"3279\" data-end=\"3298\"\u003eClosing Appeal:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"3298\" data-end=\"3301\"\u003eThis exceptional presidential document captures the final executive step in one of Nebraska's last territorial expansions. Closely tied to\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"3440\" data-end=\"3464\"\u003eProclamation No. 298\u003c\/strong\u003e, it documents Harrison's role in implementing federal policy that extinguished Indian title to designated lands, transferred jurisdiction to the State of Nebraska, and opened the region for settlement. Combining presidential history, western expansion, Native American history, and nineteenth-century government administration, this is a highly desirable artifact for collectors of presidential autographs and significant American historical documents.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp data-start=\"3919\" data-end=\"4351\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\" style=\"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration-thickness: auto; text-decoration-style: solid;\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"3919\" data-end=\"3939\"\u003eShipping Notice:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"3939\" data-end=\"3942\"\u003e\u003cem data-start=\"3942\" data-end=\"4351\" data-is-last-node=\"\"\u003eFor insurance purposes, items sold over $600 may require signature confirmation upon delivery. 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