Box 1

S. W. Peel to Yvon Pike. Handwritten and signed note, 1s. Requesting that Pike meet with him that evening.

Incomplete legal document arranging for a board of arbitration to be formed in the event that the Pike claim is not resolved. Handwritten draft, 1p with typed draft of another version, with handwritten revisions, 1p.

Report given by the committee responsible for addressing the Pike claim. Handwritten draft, 4p.

Financial ledger sheets listing rent received on bank property in Little Rock, Arkansas, from 5 Feb 1892 – 21 Mar 1893; cash loaned from 1 Mar 1889 – 1 Feb 1893; expenses incurred for trips to Choctaw Nation from Oct 1892 – Oct 1896; and expenses incurred for trip to [Wichita] Nation. Handwritten entries, 3p.

Incomplete handwriten letter (author unknown ) concerning various aspects of the Pike’s claim, 1p.

Handwritten note written on an envelope, with reference to [documents] that the author feels should be sent directly to the Court of Claims.

Folder which once held various documents, correspondence, and evidentiary material in the Pike/Choctaw Nation suit.

Excised page of a printed legal or Congressional document.

Photograph of a view of early settlement in Indian Territory featuring the Probate Judge building, tents, and horses with buggies. Yvon Pike is also featured.

Envelope marked “property of Yvon Pike”; figures, accounts, and dates written on verso of a fragment “A Bill to make good certain [?] states.”