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1867/03/12
De Smet, Pierre J. (fl. 1867)
to Lewis W. Bogy re: outlining Smet's services to U.S. as mediator
With docket and stamp of Dept of Interior 9/16/1867 and assorted newsclippings.
GLC05788.03
1842
Cleveland, Richard J. (1773-1860)
A Narrative of Voyages and commercial enterprises
Published by John Owen. First edition. Original cloth. Vol. II signed in pencil by F.A. Fruman, possibly the owner, in New York in 1861. Includes discussions of Captain Cleveland's voyages to China, Hawaii, Alaska, South America, California and...
GLC05760
14 May 1843
Taylor, Zachary (1784-1850)
to Roger Jones
Writes to the Adjutant General of the Army about plans for an expedition to Oklahoma between the Santa Fe trail and the Red River, to be led by Colonel Davenport. Hopes to obtain "valuable information in regard to a district of country but...
GLC05746
circa 1839-1856
Bowen, John T. (1801-1856)
[Color lithograph of Red Jacket, a Seneca chief wearing the Presidential Peace Medal.]
Date estimated by years Bowen worked in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Collateral to GLC05742.01.
GLC05742.02
30 July 1839
to Thomas G. Morgan
A detailed personal letter of condolence for the death of Bedford Morgan during the second Seminole War, written to Morgan's brother, Judge Morgan of Baton Rouge, at the insistence of their sister, Ann Gibbes Barker. Explains the circumstances...
GLC05737
18 December 1873 - 20 December 1873
Thomas, W. N. (fl. 1873)
[1873 Army Letters and Telegrams]
The retained copy book record of army officers' letters and telegraphs concerning the affairs of the Twentieth Infantry. Discusses the removal of the Winnebago tribe of Indians, the plan to capture a chief named Big Hawk, and the training and...
GLC05731.01
1836/10/15
Jackson, Andrew (1767-1845)
to Carey A. Harris re: criticizing paying John Ross to attend Congress
Written in the third person. "If Mr. Bell had been as attentive to the pay of the volunteers as he was to John Ross & others to have them paid for attending Congress & opposing the treaty the appropriation would have been made as required."
GLC05722.03
1836/12/01
to Carey A. Harris re: interpretation of 14th Sect. of Choctaw Treaty
Asking Harris to bring Samuel Gorman's letter regarding Choctaw Treaty. Written in the third person.
GLC05722.04
1780/04/19
Jefferson, Thomas (1743-1826)
to Lieutenant of Berkeley Co. re: plans to avenge murders of settlers by Indians
Signed as governor. Planning to retaliate with militia for the murder of frontier settlers by British-backed Indians. "We have been too long diverted by humanity from enforcing good behavior by severe chastisement. Savages are to be curbed by fear...
GLC05710
1800
An Appendix to the Notes on Virginia Relative to the Murder of Logan's Family
Printed by Samuel H. Smith. Jefferson's separately printed appendix to his Notes on Virginia, containing the evidence upon which he charged Capt. Cresap with the murder of Logan's family and other peaceful Indians. The appendix was printed to...
GLC05706
1776
Journal of... Congress...1775 [with 4 other works on British view of Revolution]
London printing of the journals of Congress, bound with four more political works on the Revolution. Pagination: 200, 8, 256, 143, 71, 2 pp. (1) Journal of the proceedings of the Congress held at Philadelphia, May 10, 1775. Published by order of the...
GLC05704
15 February 1828
to Wilson Lumpkin
Responds to a part of a speech given by Lumpkin, a Georgia congressman, dealing with Indian tribes east of the Mississippi. Contends that Indians "can only be perpetuated as tribes, or nations, by concentrating them west of the Mississippi upon...
GLC05695
1836/06/11
Jesup, Thomas S. (1788-1860)
Ordering southern army into battle against Creeks
GLC05690.01
1836/06/10
Order No. 1 re: troop coordination [against the Creek Indians]
GLC05690.02
1884
Royce, C. C.
Map of the former territorial limits of the Cherokee Nation of Indians
From the Fifth Annual Report printed by N. Peters. (Map printed by C.C. Royce.)
GLC05689
1868 ca.
Gardner, Alexander (1821-1882)
Fort Laramie peace council with Northern plains tribes, no. 39 [stereocard]
On yellow mount. Shows William T. Sherman, Winfield S. Hancock and Harney, with others plus small Indian girl.
GLC05686
1875
Constitution and Laws of the Cherokee Nation
From the estate of Frank James. Pasted-in Cherokee alphabet. Published by R. & T.A. Ennis, stationers, printers & book binders. "Published by authority of the General Council." Includes Act of Union between Eastern and Western Cherokee Indians...
GLC05687
1885
Journal of ... the 6th annual General Council of the Indian Territory
Printed by the Journal Steam Boat and Printing House.
GLC05688
1736-1800
An address to drunkards and two other items [decimalized]
With plea from Capt. Hendricks, an Indian chief, to Col. Pickering, imploring him to keep his rum from "us poor Indians."
GLC05667
1795 ca.
Indian letter.... [with:] An Address to Drunkards [temperance broadside]
Temperance broadside printed by N. Coverly. The broadside (possibly playing-off recent news relating to Indians?) quotes an excerpt from a letter of Capt. Hendricks of the Stockbridge Nation to Col. Pickering, 1794 in which he says that the enemy of...
GLC05667.01
20 July 1773
Lord, Hugh (fl. 1773)
[Deed of land sale from the various Illinois tribes to signed at Fort Gage, with totems of Indian leaders]
Records a land sale made by the chiefs of several Illinois tribes to several individuals listed. Lists the goods the Indians received and the boundaries of the land. Signed by the commander of Illinois country, Hugh Lord, other grantees, and chiefs...
GLC05660
26 September 1768
Johnson, William S. (1727-1819)
to Jabez Huntington
Hopes to return from London after the conclusion of the Mohegan Case. Reports on the "Temper of the New Parliament" in regard to the Stamp Act and other legislation affecting the American colonies. Johnson lived in London from 1767 to 1771, while...
GLC05657
1775/07/24
U.S. Continental Congress. Thomson, Charles
to George Washington re: reply to Washington's report to Congress (copy)
Authorizing Washington to make various appointments; mentions the Indian problem, etc. Lacking final pargaraph.
GLC05637
30 November 1818
to John C. Calhoun
Acknowledges the appointment of an agent to the Choctaw Indian Nation. Expresses gratitude that the treaty he and Isaac Shelby brokered with the Chickasaws met with then Secretary of War Calhoun's approval. In the treaty, the Chickasaw...
GLC05589
17 February 1689
Danforth, Thomas (fl. 1689)
to Charles Frost
Writing to Major Charles Frost in Kittery, Maine, at the beginning of King William's War (1689-1697), Provincial Governor of Massachusetts Thomas Danforth orders him to go to Boston and gather troops: "You shall in all places and by all ways & means...
GLC05580
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