Legal document, trading license for John W. FormanThis document, an unsigned copy drafted by Daniel Vanderslice, outlines the conditions of a $5000 loan taken from the U.S. government by Harvey W. and John W. Forman and John Pemberton. These men had already purchased land in what had become northern Doniphan County, founded the city of Iowa Point in 1854 on lands previously owned by Iowa Indians. The document also describes the conditions of a one-year trading license issued to John W. Forman, which stipulated that Forman must limit his trading to only certain areas and specific Indian tribes.circa 1859Webb, Thomas H. (Hopkins)1801-1866CreatorcreThis item was part of Territorial Kansas Online (TKO# 102012). TKO topic guide: Immigration and Early Settlement>American Indiansstill imageku-kansascollection:2785https://digital.lib.ku.edu/ku-kansascollection/2785u003317aspace_186a5acc6d233148436168ef10988a49electronicimage/tiffreformatted digitalDaniel Vanderslice correspondence, receipts, and legal documents.http://hdl.handle.net/10407/8191126330RH MS 136University of KansasUniversity of Kansas. Kenneth Spencer Research LibraryThis work is free of known copyright restrictions.ku-kansascollection_2785_MODSMODS record generated from local records created for online exhibit. Processed, with additional values/elements added by Digital Initiatives, KU Libraries.eng2021-10