Gunn, Moses, 1929-1993
Variant namesEpithet: collector of hearthmoney, Ireland
British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001189.0x0002b7
Jonathan Carver heir and claimant, along with relatives and others, to a huge tract of land in Wisconsin and Minnesota supposed to have been granted to Carver by the Naudowessie or Western Sioux at the great cave of the upper Mississppi, May 1, 1767.
The original grant has never been located, although a 1775 copy in Carver's hand is extant, and was not made public until a year after his death, when it was mentioned in John Coakley Lettsom's introduction to the 1781 edition of the Travels. Extensive efforts by agents of the Carver heirs and speculators to legitimize and profit from the grant came to naught when the U.S. Congress denied its validity in 1825.
From the description of Legal documents, [ca. 1800]-1807. (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 34299497
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| referencedIn | Vol. XXIII (ff. 341). June 1816-Mar. 1817.includes:ff. 7, 8, 35, 37, 46, 64, 171 b, 175, 186, 236 Sidney Streatfeild, Secretary to Sir R Peel: Correspondence with W. Gregory: 1814-1818.ff. 10-25 Sackville Hamilton, Under-Secretary to Lord Lieuten... | British Library | |
| referencedIn | Vol. LXXI (ff. 271). 1-19 Jan. 1816.includes:f. 1 William Handcock, 1st Baron (1812) and (1822) Viscount Castlemaine: Correspondence with Sir R. Peel: 1812-1826.f. 3 Edward Synge Cooper, MP: Correspondence with Sir R. Peel: 1812-1818.ff. 5, 6 b ... | British Library | |
| referencedIn | Nelson Sullivan Video Collection, 1976 - 1989 | Fales Library & Special Collections | |
| creatorOf | Gunn, Moses. Legal documents, [ca. 1800]-1807. | Newberry Library |
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| associatedWith | Carver family. | family |
| associatedWith | Carver, Jonathan, 1710-1780. | person |
| associatedWith | Edward E. Ayer Manuscript Collection (Newberry Library) | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Gunn, Henry, of Massachusetts. | person |
| associatedWith | Harrison, Samuel. | person |
| associatedWith | Newberry Library. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Peters, Samuel, 1735-1826. | person |
| Place Name | Admin Code | Country | |
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| Dublin, Ireland | |||
| Massachusetts | |||
| Northwest, Old | |||
| Belfast, Northern Ireland | |||
| Athy, Kildare | |||
| Minnesota | |||
| Wisconsin |
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| Dakota Indians |
| Legal documents |
| Indians of North America |
| Land grants |
| Manuscripts, American |
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Person
Birth 1929-10-02
Death 1993-12-16
Americans
