Receipt of payment for supplying beef cattle to the Indian Bureau, signed by Grenville M. Dodge and his partner John T. Baldwin.

Manuscript receipt, signed by J.T. Baldwin and G.M. Dodge. 17 lines, in ink, on single sheet of lined paper (9¾x7½"). Old folds, normal aging about fine condition. Grenville M. Dodge (1831-1916), Civil War general, U.S. Grant's intelligence chief in the Western Theater, post-war congressman, businessman, and railroad executive, is involved in profiting from the sale of beef cattle for used on Indian reservations, along with his longtime business partner and fellow Iowan John T. Baldwin, which whom he formed the banking and real estate firm of Baldwin and Dodge prior to the Civil War. The receipt reads in part: "Received... of J.W. Bosley $14,283.85 being in full of one share of the nett profits arising from a contract for the supply of beef cattle to the Indian Bureau of the U.S. for the fiscal year ending June 30th, 1876, said conract being in the name of Seth Mobry of Austin, Texas..."