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14 June 1863
Jackson, Edwin (fl. 1862-1865)
to William Jackson
re: He informs his brother to send mail to Fort Abercrombie so it will reach him on the plains. Henry will get his discharge within the next few days.
GLC00203.06
30 August 1863
re: He mentions four fights with Indians in the Dakota Territory and the army's destruction of their abandoned supplies. He complains of the bad water and hard marching, but assures his brother of his continued health. He tells of the birth of...
GLC00203.07.01
31 August 1863
re: The extra scrap, dated the next day, contains a post script mentioning that he received a letter from Harry and "they are all well." A separate post script from GLC00203.07.01.
GLC00203.07.02
20 December 1863
re: He describes troop movements across the plains to Fort Thompson, and writes about the cold and stormy weather, which has caused the soldiers to nickname the march the "Moscow Expedition." He discusses food he's eaten (salt pork and "flip flaps")...
GLC00203.08
31 January 1864
re: As he has not heard from Bill, he repeats much of what he said in #8 about the "Moscow Expedition"; he talks about the large amount of clothing that he wore during that time and about how his regiment 3,000 freezing Indians at Fort Thompson in...
GLC00203.09
14 March 1864
re: He thinks and hopes that the troops will be sent to the South in place of the Minnesota 1st. He implores Bill to get everyone he knows to vote for Lincoln, as he is "stubborn" and the only candidate who can end the war. He waxes poetic on the...
GLC00203.10
17 October 1754
Lawrence, Robert (b. 1692?)
[An Act for making Current seventy thousand Pounds in Bills of Credit for adjusting his Majesty and the Neighboring Colonies to dispossess the French from his Majesty's Land on or near the River Ohio, and for providing a fund for the Defense of the Frontiers...]
Fair copy of the act passed by the New Jersey House of Representatives near the beginning of the French and Indian War. Passed with some amendments, the act was meant to raise revenue for expenses during the French and Indian War. The bills...
GLC00276
17 March 1756
Shirley, William (1694-1771)
Secret Instructions to Lieut. Col. Bradstreet
During the French and Indian War, Lord Stirling (William Alexander) orders Bradstreet to travel to Oswego with supplies, regroup there, then proceed to Fort Frontenac to "bring off, set fire to, or in any manner destroy whatever Vessels and Boats...
GLC00371
circa 1869
Custer, George Armstrong (1839-1876)
to my dear friend
Writes a long letter to a friend, in which he sends a report made by General Philip Sheridan (not included) that was not meant for publication and discusses hardships and Indian fighting. Of the hardships encountered, comments that "some people...
GLC00385
25 December 1875
Sherman, William Tecumseh (1820-1891)
to John H. Hammond
Collateral to Hammond's copy of Sherman's Memoirs (GLC 398.02). Sherman presents Hammond, his former Chief of Staff, with a copy of his Memoirs, and asks him to review the " ... account of the affair at Chickasaw and Arkansas Post" and also to check...
GLC00398.01
16 June 1685
Hinckley, Thomas (1618-1706)
[Deed of sale of land owned by Native American Scippeag to Elisha and John Bourne]
Serving as Royal Governor of the Colony of New Plymouth, Hinckley approves sale of Scippeag's land to the Bournes. Bassit, Marne, Timothy, and Oliver Conant sign as witnesses. Scippeag signs with his mark, an "X". The lower lefthand side of the...
GLC00469
21 November 1811
Adams, John (1735-1826)
to Benjamin Rush
Depression, Iroquois warrior, death.
GLC00496.001
4 March 1784
Cherokee Nation
Articles of a treaty concluded .... [with] the North Cherokee Indians
Certified as a true copy on p.6. Apparently ratified Nov. 1785.
GLC00496.016
26 August 1777
Mumford, Giles (1759-1795)
to Thomas Mumford
Written by Giles Mumford as a soldier under Lieutenant Colonel Meigs to his father Thomas Mumford, a Groton, Connecticut merchant. References his father's letters of 11 and 13 August 1777. Says he has not received his powder puff, nor his cups, but...
GLC00496.075.02
23 October 1779
Parsons, Samuel Holden (1737-1789)
Written by General Parsons to Mumford, a Groton, Connecticut merchant. Thanks him for his letter of 17 October 1779. Thanks him for procuring a place for his son, but is against him going on the ship "Trumbull" with Captain Nicholson. Would rather...
GLC00496.075.06
10 July 1776
Rutherford, Griffith (1721-1805)
to The Honorable Council of Safety of North Carolina
Describes Indian unrest in the frontier. Hopes to negotiate a treaty. Awaits instructions from the Council. Rutherford served as a general in the Revolution and in 1776 was successful in subduing the Cherokee Nation in North Carolina.
GLC00496.081
15 November 1783
Witherspoon, John (1723-1794)
to John Rutherford
Discusses legal matters regarding power of attorney. Introduces unnamed messenger, a Dartmouth educated Native American.
GLC00496.112
1876/02/02
Gordon, G. A. (fl. 1876)
to Theophilus Rodenbough re: Indians as skirmishers
"The Indians are the best skirmishers in the world." Gordon says he received orders from Sheridan to join the regiment in Chicago. He says that fighting Indians is hard and dangerous since they are frequently better armed, better shots and better...
GLC06008
3 November 1879
Schurz, Carl (1829-1906)
to A. C. Barstow
Secretary of the Interior Schurz writes to the Chairman of the Board of Indian Commissioners about the Meeker Massacre at the White River Ute Reservation in Colorado. Mentions that Special Agent General Charles Adams secured the return of women and...
GLC06009
12 August 1899
McKinley, William (1843-1901)
[Presidential pardon of Charles Anderson, who was covicted of selling liquor to Indians]
Anderson was pardoned by McKinley. Countersigned by James E. Bayard, acting Attorney General. includes seal.
GLC06105
10 February 1819
Wilson, John (1777-1848)
to Aaron Hobart
Congressman Wilson reports that "we are now entering upon the third week's debate on the subject of Genl [Andrew] Jackson's conduct in the Seminole War." Explains that the argument, which focused on the legality/constitutionality of Jackson's...
GLC06313.04.070
1779/10/29
Washington, George (1732-1799)
to George Clinton re: British fortification, Cherokee Indians and French troops
Signed page 2, with long postscript extending over pages 3-4. Expresses concern over continental soldiers. Also news from Laurens regarding the British fortification of Savannah and Count D'Estaing landing with 5000 French troops. Hopeful postcript...
GLC06426
24 August 1789
to John E. Howard
Transmits to the governor of Maryland "an Act providing for the Expenses which may attend Negotiations or Treaties with the Indian Tribes, and the appointment of Commissioners for managing the same." With presentation note on verso indicating that...
GLC06430
1862/02/15
Townsend, Edward Davis (1817-1893)
G.O. no. 15 re: regulating trade with the Indians
Disbound.
GLC06602
9 March 1879
Miles, Nelson A. (1839-1925)
to William T. Sherman
Colonel Miles of the 5th Infantry sends a report to an unnamed "Dear General" [William T. Sherman]. Concerns Indians in Montana, recounting how "the followers of Sitting Bull, Crazy Horse and Lame Deer had been forced to surrender." Discussing the...
GLC06629
14 March 1780
to Daniel Brodhead
General Washington refers to previous correspondence with General Brodhead, known for leading several military expeditions against Native Americans. Writes that a previously mentioned expedition "against the Natches and the English settlements upon...
GLC06690
1841/01/07
Clark, William (fl. 1841)
to Martin Van Buren re: fraud committed against Cherokee Indian Nation by agents
Draft with numerous corrections.
GLC06741.02
1878/07/03
re: war with Indians in Oregon
Apparently a fragment or a note on a docketing panel. "This is no war with Indians in the region familiar to Texas Jack, but far away Oregon in a country well known to the troops serving there." Some loss to letters.
GLC06887
31 December 1808
Jefferson, Thomas (1743-1826)
to William Henry Harrison
Asks Harrison, then governor of the Indiana Territory, to help pass laws prohibiting the sale of alcohol to Indians, in hopes that it will remove a "great obstacle to their acquiring industrious habits." Also notes that the general government policy...
GLC07156
1803/02/27
to William H. Harrison re: seeking more land for the U.S. by subjugating Indians
"To promote this disposition to exchange lands,which they have to spare and we want . . . we shall push our trading houses, and be glad to see the good & influential individuals among them run in debt, because we observe that when these debts get...
GLC07171
1798/11/24
Henderson, Ann (fl. 1798)
Court deposition transcript of Cherokee land sale in Tenn. (signed with mark)
Transcript of court deposition, signed by Henderson with her mark. Docketed on address leaf.
GLC07311
4 November 1813
Jackson, Andrew (1767-1845)
to David Holmes
Informs Mississippi Territory's Governor Holmes that on 2 November 1813, General John Coffee attacked the Creek Indians at Tallaseehatchee in upper Alabama, killing 186 warriors and taking 86 women and children prisoners. Concludes: "If I had...
GLC07371
16 March 1835
To the Cherokee Tribe of Indians East of the Mississippi [circular] [removal]
Printed circular letter. "I have no motive, my friends, to deceive you...circumstances that cannot be controlled, and which are beyond the reach of human laws, render it impossible that you can flourish in the midst of a civilized community. You have...
GLC07377
2 June 1818
to John C. Calhoun
The war against the Seminole Indians. "I have deemed it advisable to call into service... two companies of rangers ...with instructions to scour the country... exterminating every hostile party who dare... not surrender & remove their families above...
GLC07378
22 March 1833
[Retained clerical copy of a treaty between the United States and the Ottawa Indians]
Manuscript copy of the treaty made on 18 February 1833 between the Ottawa chiefs "residing on the Indian Reserves on the Miami of Lake Erie" and George B. Porter, the United States commissioner. Outlines the cession of Ottawa land in Ohio, the...
GLC07392
14 December 1864
Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865)
[Authority to affix the seal of the Unites States to a treaty with the Tabeguache Band of Ute Indians]
Partially printed authority for a treaty concluded on 7 October 1863.
GLC07394
17 January 1865
[Authority to affix the seal to treaty with Northwestern Shoshonee Indians].
Lincoln authorizes a treaty with the Northwestern Bands of Shoshonee Indians dated July 30, 1863. The treaty was made at Box Elder, Utah Territory. Brigadier General P. Edward Connor, commander of the military district of Utah, and Commissioner James...
GLC07395
14 March 1838
Smith, Daniel (fl. 1838)
Clerical copy of an article from the Treaty of 1805
GLC07562.03.11
14 August 1780
General Washington discusses Colonel Bowman's apprehension regarding British progress with General Brodhead, stationed at Fort Pitt, Pennsylvania. States "what men can be spared from the Garrison of the upper Country- St. Johns- Montreal and Quebec...
GLC07702
10 March 1910
Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919)
to Walter S. Field
Roosevelt discusses a suit in Oklahoma against him "as trustee for the Kickapoo Indian Wah-nah-ka" and how to proceed so that the Indian's rights were protected. Wants Field, a Washington Attorney, to appear on his behalf. Also indicates that he...
GLC07733.01
1910/03/10
to Walter S. Field re: asking Field to appear for Roosevelt in suits in Oklahoma
Includes four related letters: 1. Roosevelt letter to Walter S. Field 3/10.1910. 2. La Follette, Robert M. TLS: Washington, D.C., to Theodore Roosevelt. 18 January 1910. 1 p. re: land formerly belonging to Kickapoo Indians. 3. Field, Walter S....
GLC07733.02
18 January 1910
La Follette, Robert M. (fl. 1910-)
to Theodore Roosevelt
because a tract of land was conveyed to him, it is necessary that he make an appearance in order to protect the rights of the Indians.
GLC07733.02.2
21 January 1910
Field, Walter S. (fl. 1910-)
his deed of land must be protected so that the Kickapoo are not taken advantage of.
GLC07733.02.3
26 January 1910
Teller, H. M. (fl. 1910-)
reiterates need to protect the Indians' interests.
GLC07733.02.4
1845/09/27
Polk, James K. (1795-1849)
Authority to affix the seal attesting to Alabama Act
GLC07761
1854/08/19
Pierce, Franklin (1804-1869)
Authority to affix the seal to treaty with Miami Indians of Indiana
GLC07807
1877/06/24
To: Irwin McDowell
Plans to visit montana, hostile situation with Indians at Fort Lapwai, Idaho.
GLC08004
4 April 1794
to Henry Knox
Responds to a letter from Secretary of War Knox relating to the security of the Old Northwest. Comments on a speech by Lord Dorchester [Sir Guy Carleton], the commander in chief in British North America, and states his belief that the British intend...
GLC08076
9 April 1790
Knox, Henry (1750-1806)
to Tobias Lear
Knox, Secretary of War, transmits the rough draft of a letter (not included) to Edward Telfair, Governor of Georgia. Informs Lear, President George Washington's personal secretary, that the letter is for Washington's inspection.
GLC03593
17 October 1864
Coit, Charles M. (1838-1878)
to his family
He writes that he has inspected the whole Brigade (5 Regiments) and that his hand is tired from writing. He describes the content of the inspection blanks. He writes that he has received a commission as Major, which he considers an insult and plans...
GLC03603.326
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