Letter, [Ely Moore and William Brindle] Lecompton Land Office to Charles Robinson, Esq. Webb, Thomas H. (Hopkins) , 1801-1866 (Creator) Ely Moore, Register, and William Brindle, Receiver of the Lecompton Land Office wrote to Charles Robinson regarding his ownership of a claim. Robert Robetaille, a Wyandotte Indian, had come forward to place his name on the same piece of land. Robinson was required to produce counter proof of ownership of the claim at the Lecompton Land Office. A. A. Lawrence, in a letter to Robinson dated April 29, 1857, referred to Robinson's attempt to obtain ownership papers of this "float" claim. This item was part of Territorial Kansas Online (TKO# 101701). TKO topic guide: Immigration and Early Settlement>The Economy>Speculation 1857-05-09 StillImage electronic image/tiff ku-kansascollection:2763 https://digital.lib.ku.edu/ku-kansascollection/2763 aspace_edb56f0ecbb791cd461ceec1269a0bf9 Papers of Charles Robinson--http://hdl.handle.net/10407/4129692862--RH MS 38 This work is free of known copyright restrictions.