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Collection
Identifier: MC-1948-171
Scope and Contents
These papers present plans for the management of the Indians of North America submitted for the consideration of the Earl of Shelburne. Included are proposals for taking the Island of New Orleans and re-taking the Province of West Florida (1780). Two memorials deal with the merchants trading in South Carolina and Georgia, and relate to lands ceded by the Creek and Cherokee Indians for the purpose of discharging their debts to the traders.
Dates:
1780 - 1782
Collection
Identifier: MC-1963-125
Scope and Contents
The manuscripts consist of many letters, some personal and some concerning his African safaris. In addition there are a number of letters written to his mother while he was studying in Germany and touring other countries of Europe. Also included are numerous manuscripts of poems and stories plus a lengthy typescript of his autobiography.
Dates:
1883 - 1927
Collection
Identifier: MC-1964-192
Scope and Contents
The first item· is a letter from Scott to Gov. William Schley of Georgia dated March 6, 1836, in which he reports on the conditions of the first battalion of Georgia mounted men. He says the report is not favorable as the men generally refuse to be mustered into the service of the United States. He goes on to mention those who will be willing to serve and their names are listed at the end of the letter.The second item is a letter dated June 1, 1836, from the Headquarters of the...
Dates:
1836-03-06 - 1836-06-01
Item
Identifier: MC-1954-225
Scope and Contents
This document is a petition to the Governor by the Military Company of Concord requesting the appointment Lieutenant Willard as captain and Joseph or Timothy Wheeler as ensign. The petition is signed by twenty-five members of the company.
Dates:
1646
Item
Identifier: MC-1954-190
Scope and Contents
Winthrop Sargent fought with the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War, and in 1787 he was elected secretary of the Ohio Company. It was while he held this office that he wrote this letter telling of the Ohio River Indian troubles.
Dates:
1791
Collection
Identifier: MC-1964-227
Scope and Contents
A typescript with this description appearing on the first or title page: "A factual summary of certain Division Citations and Unit Commendations awarded to the 1st Division during its initial Campaigns in N. Africa and Sicily During World War II (During the period 8 Nov. '42-7 Aug. '43) and a later summary of certain Division Citations and Unit Commendations awarded The 104th (Timberwolf) Division during its continuing Campaigns in Belgium, Holland & Germany during World War II (during...
Dates:
1942 - 1943
Collection
Identifier: MC-1964-229
Scope and Contents
There are two treaties among these items. One is dated May 16, 1836; the other is an original document on parchment, dated July 4, 1805, between the United States of America and the chiefs and head men of the WYandot, Ottawa, Chippeway, Munsee, Delaware, Shawnee, and Potawatomi Nations "...holden at Fort Industry on the Miami of the Lake..." The Indian Signatures are in pictogram style. A copy of the laws relating trade and intercourse with the Indian tribes is in another of the...
Dates:
1805 - 1855
Collection
Identifier: MC-1964-203
Scope and Contents
These papers are all letters dealing chiefly with Indian affairs. In a letter written from Fort Crawford, Prairie du Chien, July 19, 1836, and addressed to Capt. William M. Boyce, U.S. Army, he remarks about the deplorable condition of the Indians, calling them ". . . miserable naked and half-starved Indians who have been driven to desperation by the most villainous acts of the greatest set of harpies that ever existed, and who have been countenanced by the govt in cheating, swindling...
Dates:
1836 - 1848
