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A muster roll of Cherokee Indians who emigrated to the west of the Mississippi in the years 1831-1834
Albert A. Exendine papers, 1889-1973
Papers of the Robertson and Worcester families, 1815-1932
An act to define the status of freedmen and their descendants now resident in the Cherokee Nation and who were slaves in the country at the commencement of the rebellion, approximately 1881
Annie Heloise Abel Manuscripts, approximately 1910
Manuscript of The Slaveholding Indians, which includes The American Indian as Slaveholder and Seccessionist; The American Indian as Participant in the Civil War; and The American Indian Under Reconstruction. Includes preliminary pages, footnotes, bibliography, maps, and printer's proofs of photographic illustrations.
Biloxi Vocabulary, 1862
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.
C. T. Wells diary, 1878-1879
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.
Charles Becard de Granville Manuscript, Late 17th Century
Continental Army Indian Enlistment Manuscript, 1776-09-28
Manuscript document dated Septem. 28th, 1776; "We whose names are hereunto subscribed have this day voluntarily enlisted ourselves with the American Continental Army during the present war with Grat Brittan[sic]..."; 21 names are affixed
Eastern Cherokees in North Carolina letter from the Secretary of the Interior in response to resolution of the House of February 25, 1882, relative to the lands and funds of the Eastern Band of North Carolina Cherokees.
Report prepared in the office of H. Price, Commissioner of Indian Affairs. "May 11, 1882.--Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed." This copy is imperfect: pages 20-54 and maps lacking; pages have been separated and pasted onto sheets of legal-size writing paper with extensive handwritten notes throughout.