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Biloxi Vocabulary, 1862

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Identifier: MC-1964-19
Scope and Contents

A ledger book containing an "Essay on the Language of the Indians of Lower Louisiana". Contained within the ledger is also a vocabulary of the Biloxi Language. Entirely handwritten and anonymous creator.

Dates: 1862

Black Beaver Letter, 1877-08

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Identifier: MC-1954-20
Scope and Contents

This letter was written from the Wichita Agency to Gen. Ranald Mackenzie. Black Beaver was going out for buffalo meat and salt and wanted two soldiers to go with him.

Dates: 1877-08

Brinton Darlington Letterbook, 1871-1872

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Identifier: MC-1964-56
Scope and Contents

This is the letterbook of Brinton Darlington (1804-1872), agent for the Cheyenne-Arapaho tribes, and contains copies of letters sent out from the agency. They are all on official business, mostly signed by Darlington, but some of the later ones were signed by Jonathan D. Miles, acting agent.

Dates: 1871 - 1872

C. T. Wells diary, 1878-1879

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Identifier: MC-1964-217
Scope and Contents

This is an account of a fifteen day trip by horse and wagon from Mulberry, Franklin County, Arkansas, to Arkansas City Kansas by C. T. Wells and companions. There is a mention of George Perryman, a few places recorded, and some brief descriptions of various Indian agencies and the appearance of the country, forests and prairies; for example it does indicate the appearance of the prairie around Muskogee had not changed much between the 1830s’ and 1878.

Dates: 1878 - 1879

Captain George W. Wallace Letter, 1860-04-20

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Identifier: MC-1964-210
Scope and Contents

A letter written by Wallace from Fort Chadbourne, Texas, April 20, 1860 to Maj. G. H. Thomas, 2nd Cavalry Regiment, at Camp Cooper, Texas. He offers his regrets that he cannot comply with a request made by Major Thomas because of the presence of Indians in the vicinity.

Dates: 1860-04-20

Captain John Stuart Letter, 1836-06-18

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Identifier: MC-1964-201
Scope and Contents

This eleven page letter, written on June 18, 1836, to Adj. Gen. R. Jones, from Fort Coffee, discusses the situation of the troops in Arkansas Territory.

Dates: 1836-06-18

Captain William Hyde Manuscript, 1698

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Identifier: MC-1954-106
Scope and Contents "Observations Made of the Five Nations of Indians under the Protection of the Crowne of England" by Capt. William Hyde (spelled "Hide" on the manuscript), a British officer stationed at Albany and Schenectady.The Indian Tribes described are: Mogues (Mohawks) Anondagoes (Onondagas) Oniades (Oneidas) Cahugas (Cayugas) Senicas (Senecas) They were all of the Iroquois Confederacy.Captain Hyde tells of their physical appearance, pictorial art, dress, division of ...
Dates: 1698

Carlota-Maximilian Papers, 1865-1866

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Identifier: MC-1954-29
Scope and Contents Three of these papers are letters written by Carlota, Empress of Mexico, one from Vera Cruz, November 17, 1865, to the Senor Prefecto on her departure from Mexico ordering 1,000 pesos to be distributed to the "most needy persons." Another is written from the palace at Vienna, January 24, 1866. The third is addressed to Senor Bureau, September 19, 1866, from the palace at Miramar relative to an article about the birthday of the Emperor Maximilian (Emperor of Mexico 1863-67) and a school...
Dates: 1865 - 1866

Carter Affidavit, 1814

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Identifier: MC-1954-31
Scope and Contents

Peter M. Carter, Alderman of the City of New York and Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, makes affidavit that Joseph, a mulatto twenty-five years old, has always been and is now adjudged a free man according to the laws of the State of New York.

Dates: 1814

Charles Becard de Granville Manuscript, Late 17th Century

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Identifier: 63
Scope and Contents Charles Becard de Granville titled this manuscript "Les Rartes des Indes" and it is illustrative of Indian and animal life in northeastern Canada. This album contains 180 pen drawings (some colored) of Indians, plants, and animals of New France (Canada) with manuscript uescriptions in ink. Also contained in the book are two double page maps with gilt-stamped arms of Louis XIV. This work is also commonly referred to as "Codex Canadiensis" and was reproduced in an elite edition of 100 copies...
Dates: Late 17th Century

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