Lot 1029
William McKinley (1843-1901), 25th President of the U.S. (1897-1901), assassinated.
Document signed as president, 3 pages, legal folio, December 29, 1900, Executive Department, Chickasaw Nation, Tishomingo City, also signed by B.H. Colbert, National Secretary of the Chickasaw Nation, stating in part, "I, B.H. Colbert…certify that the foregoing is an Act of the Legislature of the Chickasaw Nation, passed at its regular session, October 1900…and approved by D.H. Johnston, Governor of the said Nation…on October 24th 1900 and I do hereby submit the same for the approval of the President of the United States, under the provisions of the agreement concluded on the twenty-third day of April, 1897, at Atoka, Indian Territory, between the United States and the Choctaws and Chickasaws, and the Act of Congress of June 23, 1898, entitled, 'An Act for the protection of the people of the Indian Territory, and for other purposes'…" Page two of the document is a Bill appropriating funds for the Relief of L.C. Burris for Expenses Incurred in excess of the $1000.00 Expense Fund of the Coal and Asphalt Trustee for the Chickasaw Nation, signed by L.V. Colbert, Speaker of the House; W.M. Grey, President of the Senate; and D.H. Johnson, Governor of the Chickasaw Nation. The verso of page three bears four stamps of receipt; Fine.
Estimate $1,000 - 1,500
Expertization: Kenneth Rendell COA.
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| Realized $950 |
