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Fragmentary entries, January 27 - March 6, showing numbers and titles of bills.

Letters and circulars from federal civilian agencies, including the General Land Office, the Post Office Department, and the Treasury Department.

Letters, reports, and orders relating to Indian and military affairs, from the commanding officers at Fort Snelling and Fort Ridgely; from legislative district representatives about the Winnebago treaty, with a copy of Governor Gorman's reply (January 1854); and petitions and requests for defense against the Indians.

Includes a letter written by Henry B. Smythe on behalf of the Winnebago Indians (8 Jan. 1856) requesting the transfer of $806 from tribal funds to the superintendent of the Winnebago School. It may refer to funds available to the tribe under the 1855 U.S. Treaty with the Winnebago; it is signed by many of the Winnebago signatories to that treaty.

Letters about land sales and occupancy.