Land Grant Document

Folio sheet, 12 ¾ x 17 ¾. Printed document accomplished in manuscript, with the secretarial signature of the President. Embossed seal, and docketed on verso. Slight toning and wear along the edges and vertical fold. A couple of small holes at the vertical fold, and some darkening at the fold. Very good overall. This document grants 160 acres of land in the Territory of Minnesota, near Henderson, to Daniel Brisbois. The grant is giving according to a Congressional amendment passed in 1854, which allows the issuance of script for the lands belonging to the half breeds and mixed bloods of the Dacotah of Sioux Nation.