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[Petition in the Court of Claims, William C. Wright] (open access)

[Petition in the Court of Claims, William C. Wright]

Petition filed in the court of claims: William C. Wright v. The United States and the Comanche and Kiowa Tribes of Indians. The subject of the petition is a theft of horses from William C. Wright by members of a Native American tribe. He filed a claim, but it was not fulfilled. A handwritten note on the back of the last page describes a testimony given as part of the case.
Date: July 1, 1891
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Court of Claims, Indian Depredations, No. 6640 Evidence for Claimant] (open access)

[Court of Claims, Indian Depredations, No. 6640 Evidence for Claimant]

Booklet containing evidence for claimant for the Court of Claims case William C. Wright v. The United States and Kiowa and Comanche Indians, or Indian Depredations, No. 6640. The document includes depositions of William C. Wright, Allen Simpson, Daniel Bromley, Isaac D. Ferguson, John W. Gober, Robert H. Hopkins, John Skaggs, Austin Popinaw, Matthew Gray, John Hudson, and Lock S. Forester.
Date: 1898
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History