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Ledger Books, 1808-1903

Collection

Identifier: MC-1954-124

Scope and Contents

These ledger books contain mercantile records, doctor's accounts, and court records. The William Whitfield account book (1858-1861) tells of his handling consignments to and from various points on the Arkansas River. The mercantile records reveal much about the way of life in the formative years of the country. The doctor's records give an interesting glimpse into the sort of service they performed.

Dates: 1808 - 1903

Found in: Helmerich Center for American Research at Gilcrease Museum

Lilah Denton Lindsey Manuscript, 1938

Item

Identifier: MC-1964-129

Dates: 1938

Found in: Helmerich Center for American Research at Gilcrease Museum

Lorenzo Dow Gunn Papers, 1863-1876

Collection

Identifier: MC-1964-81

Scope and Contents Most of the papers deal with Gunn's service in Co. "F" of the 30th Wisconsin Volunteers. One item is a ledger-type book with records of some accounts, a journal kept on board the Steamer "Effie Deans" near Nebraska City, Nebraska, and a personal diary. Lorenzo Dow Gunn was a native of Iowa and there are certificates of his appointment and subsequent promotions in the "Wisconsin Volunteers."One unusual document is from the patent office granting him permission to "make, use and...

Dates: 1862 - 1876

Found in: Helmerich Center for American Research at Gilcrease Museum

Luke Foxe Journal, 1631

Item

Identifier: MC-1954-70

Scope and Contents The inscription, "This is the Traverse Book of some of the officers on board the Charles, Capt. Luke Fox, who was sent in quest of a NW Passage in the year 1631. Wm. Herbert," is found on the inside page of Vol. I, known as "Yourin's Journall," No. 13314 in Phillipps' catalog.Vol. II, No. 20994 in Phillipps' catalog, begins: "Toward the Northwest, April 1631. In the Name of God, Amen. After much ado to attend the Trinity Master for our Provision, we weighed anchor in the Pool...

Dates: 1631

Found in: Helmerich Center for American Research at Gilcrease Museum

Mahomet Petition, 1737

Item

Identifier: 103

Scope and Contents

Mahomet, chief or sachem of the Mohegan Indians, writes to King George II to ask for protection from the English settlers in Connecticut.

Dates: 1737

Found in: Helmerich Center for American Research at Gilcrease Museum

Marcus Claudius Marcellus Hammond, 1841

Collection

Identifier: MC-1964-85

Scope and Contents This item is a small notebook apparently in the hand of Marcus Claudius Marcellus Hammond describing a buffalo hunt which started at Fort Gibson, June 21, 1841. Four men with their servants took part in the hunt. There are approximately eighty pages devoted to the description of the hunt and their experiences at various camps. Toward the end of the narrative he has a short list of Indian words with the English translation, a rough account of some of his expenses, and at the very end, some...

Dates: 1841

Found in: Helmerich Center for American Research at Gilcrease Museum

Mary Waite Letter, 1841-02-07

Item

Identifier: MS-162

Scope and Contents

A letter dated Feb. 7, 1841, from the wife of Captain Waite, commander of a small outpost in Florida, to Samuel K. Platt of Plattsburgh, New York. She refers to the concerns about the Florida Indians (Seminole) and tells of the hanging by Colonel Haney of those Indians he had captured; as well as the expected arrival of a company of the Florida Militia. She describes the militia as “more dreaded than the Indians. They do nothing but race horses and yell like Indians.”

Dates: 1841-02-07

Found in: Helmerich Center for American Research at Gilcrease Museum

Narraganset Petition, 1777-12-13

Item

Identifier: MC-1964-150

Scope and Contents

As representatives of the Narraganset Indians, Samuel Niles and James Niles present a petition to the "Council of War," the beginning of which reads: "To the Honorable Nicholas Cooke Esq. Governor and Commander in Chief, in and over the State of Rhode Island." The petition protests the leasing of farm lands to anyone not a member of the Narraganset Tribe and asks that the problem be referred to the General Assembly.

Dates: 1777-12-13

Found in: Helmerich Center for American Research at Gilcrease Museum

Natchez Treaty, 1792

Item

Identifier: MC-1954-151

Scope and Contents

Completely handwritten, this is a treaty, written in Spanish, between the Chickasaws, Choctaws, and Governor Lemos of "the Place and District of Natchez." It contains many signatures, the majority "by his mark."

Dates: 1792

Found in: Helmerich Center for American Research at Gilcrease Museum

National Waterways Association Papers, 1909

Collection

Identifier: 115

Scope and Contents

A resolution of the Commercial Club of Muskogee, Oklahoma, presented to the National Waterways Commission in Washington, asks that the question of navigation of the Arkansas River be revived by the Commission. Other material consists of letters of transmittal and acknowledgment.

Dates: 1909

Found in: Helmerich Center for American Research at Gilcrease Museum

Showing Collections: 111 - 120 of 178

Ledger Books, 1808-1903

Lilah Denton Lindsey Manuscript, 1938

Lorenzo Dow Gunn Papers, 1863-1876

Luke Foxe Journal, 1631

Mahomet Petition, 1737

Marcus Claudius Marcellus Hammond, 1841

Mary Waite Letter, 1841-02-07

Narraganset Petition, 1777-12-13

Natchez Treaty, 1792

National Waterways Association Papers, 1909

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