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1836 gunsmith shop for Amerindians
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24th Congress, 1836

Treaty w/ Ottawas and Chippewas required following appropriations

For pay of two additional blacksmiths, nine hundred and sixty dollars. For two strikers, four hundred and eighty dollars. For building a blacksmith shop on reservation north of Grand river, seven hundred and fifty dollars. For iron, steel, coal, and tools for two shops, five hundred dollars. For the purchase of one new set of blacksmith’s tools for shop on reservation, one hundred and seventy-five dollars. For rebuilding shop at Mackinac, and adding an armorer’s room, eight hundred and fifty dollars. For a gunsmith, four hundred and eighty dollars. » For purchasing a set of gunsmith’s tools, one hundred dollars. For twp additional interpreters, six hundred dollars.