The Illinois and Wabash land companies : purchases and petitions -- Harper -- Before the court -- Virginia, Kentucky, and the complex politics of early republican federalism -- The opinion -- Legacies -- Afterword -- Appendix 1: the 1810 memorial -- Appendix 2: the agreed statement of facts and objections to the claims
Summary
An investigation into the legal basis of land claims in the United States, this volume uses the archives of the Illinois and Wabash Land Companies to illustrate how a doctrine that discovery created a right of ownership became enshrined in U.S. law & turned indigenous peoples from owners into tenants
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-228) and index
