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A brief biography of Henry Turkeyfoot.
Dates:
Undated
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Identifier: MC-1954-93
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These Hispanic papers; many collected by G. R. G. Conway, an Englishman who lived in Mexico for many years, include early Latin American documents dating back to the earliest days of conquest of Mexico (1519-21). Some of these papers include land grants, church matters, charges and convictions of heresy, lawsuits of many kinds, early jour neys into New Mexico, stories of Indian uprisings, petitions for release from prison, tax matters, family lineage, guardian ship papers, marriage...
Dates:
1470 - 1857
Collection
Identifier: 78
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This document is endorsed: "Presents to ye Indians sent in ye Expedition to Annapolis {Royal, Nova Scotia)." The Indians in question accompanied Sir Francis Nicholson in his expedition against Acadia {Nova Scotia). He captured Port Royal in 1710 and renamed it Annapolis Royal in honor of Queen Anne.The presents include paint, cloth, Indian kettles, "sloping knives," powder, looking glasses, and 500 tomahawks. It also lists "500 Fusees, Delivered out of the Queen's Store at the...
Dates:
1710
Collection
Identifier: 81
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A treaty between the "Great and General Court of the Province of Massachusetts Bay" and a delegation of the "Six Nations of Iroquois with the Mohicans and Scatscook Indians", executed at the Court House at Boston. This fifteen-page manuscript is beautifully preserved and worded in a distinguished style. It is signed by John Clark, Speaker of the House of Representatives, and by William Summer, Lieutenant Governor, dated August 22, 1723.
Dates:
1723-08-22
Collection
Identifier: MC-1954-96
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Isaac Hitchcock, son of Jacob Hitchcock, missionary at Dwight Mission, Indian Territory, kept a diary somewhat spasmodically. The first part of his notebook which he entitles "Isaac B. Hitchcock's Composition and Memorandum Book," has very little of his diary, but rather is a series of nine short essay-like writings on various subjects dealing with his philosophy. These were written while he was at the Fort Smith Academy in 1847-48. The latter part of the book is devoted to his diary while...
Dates:
1847 - 1863
Collection
Identifier: MC-1954-14
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Jackson Barnett "the world's richest Indian" was a wealthy Creek Indian, concerning whose estate there was a great deal of litigation. These papers concern that litigation and the determination of his heirs. One page (typescript) is a short biography of Jackson Barnett.
Dates:
1937 - 1939
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Identifier: MC-1954-121
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A letter to Secretary of War E. M. Stanton which is signed also by Senator James Harlan. He says, "Saw Gen. Grant Saturday night-he has no objection to this change." The change would allow all the Indian troops to go home to raise crops for their families.
Dates:
1865-02-13
Collection
Identifier: MC-1954-110
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These letters pertain to the cession of Indian lands to the State of Georgia and from Georgia to the U. S. Government in 1802. At least one of them is addressed to Gov. Josiah Tattnall, Jr. James Jackson was governor of Georgia from 1798 to 1801. Following his term, he became a commissioner for the State of Georgia under Governor Tattnall and served in this capacity with Abraham Baldwin and John Milledge.Interesting item: A document signed by James Madison, then Secretary of...
Dates:
1797 - 1802
Collection
Identifier: MC-1954-17
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Surveyor and scientific observer and member of Mexican Northern Frontier Commission (1827). Journals describing Berlandier’s trip to Mexico, surveys on the Mexican border, and the Indian tribes of Northern Mexico, California and Texas, and water color drawings of natives of Mexico, Texas and California by Lino Sanchez y Tapia. The journals are in French.
Dates:
1827 - 1830
Collection
Identifier: MC-1964-112
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These letters deal with various matters con cerning the Creeks in Georgia, Alabama, and Florida. In August, 1836, Henry Stanton, Adjutant-General from Headquarters Army of the South, Tuskeegee, signs an order of Maj. Gen. Thomas S. Jesup (1788-1860) appointing Col. John A. Campbell as Commissioner to treat with the chiefs of the Creeks and help them with their land claims.In another letter, Jesup requests more troops for Major Dear born to prevent the hostile Creeks from...
Dates:
1836 - 1837
