Notes on Choctaw Indian Lands, 20 October 1804
Notes on Choctaw Indian Lands
[on or before 20 Oct. 1804]
140 | |||
3 | ½ | 640 | |
250 | 5600 | ||
69 | 640 | 84 | |
3 | 100 | 89600 | |
207 | 150 | ||
34 | ½ | 16<0,000>/1,00<0,000> | |
241 | |||
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The Choctaws hold 140 miles on the Missipi
every 11. miles E. & W. there, give 1. Milln. as.
<when they pass Wilkinson’s line,>
from mouth of Yazoo to line of 31.° is 100. miles
15. mi. E. & W. on 100. mi. length give 1. milln. as.
from 31.° to 34°–30 little prairie 240. miles
7. mi. E. & W. thro’ that length, give 1. milln. as.
all the Choctaw lands on the waters of the Mispi. are abt 10. millions as. an annuity of 6000. D. would be a principal of 100,000. suppose their debts 50,000. makes 150,000
equal to 1½ cents per acre
MS (DLC: TJ Papers, 146:25462); torn; undated, but see previous document; entirely in TJ’s hand on a partial address sheet with remnant text “ington City” in unidentified hand.