Collection Overview Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: John Charles Casey (1807-1856) was graduated from West Point in 1829 and later became a captain in the United States Army. He was a Special Agent to the Seminoles at the Agency on the Banks of the Caloosa-Halibee, and a good friend of the Seminole Chief, Ho-lah-ta (Billy Bowlegs). The collection consists of letters, both official and personal giving information on the removal of the Indians, the delegations from Arkansas, and...

Collection Overview Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: A miscellaneous collection reflecting a long and busy life of John Drew (c. 1800-1865), a leading Cherokee, both at the time of removal and later as a representative of the tribe in Washington. Drew served as a Confederate soldier and officer; he was also a banker, a lawyer of sorts, and a storekeeper. Much of the collection consists of business papers of all sorts, many reflecting various aspects of the traffic in slaves, and...

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Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: John Edwards (1828 - after 1895), missionary to the Choctaw Indians at Spencer and 'Wheelock Missions, wrote the story of his "Escape from the South in 1861" (34 pp). His "escape" was made when the missions had to close at the outbreak of the Civil War.

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Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: These papers contain Brown's appointment by H. C. Linn, a Director of the St. Louis, Oklahoma, and Southern Railroad, to act on behalf of Linn in matters connected with the Railroad. John F. Brown (1843-1919) was Chief of the Seminole Nation from 1877 to 1907, except for the term of 1902-04. A certificate of election and oath of office (1905) are also included.

Collection Overview Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: John Howard Payne (1791-1852) visited the Cherokee country in the 1830's, and two of these letters are introductions to John Ross, the Cherokee Chief. There is an exchange of seven letters between them, mostly personal. Some letters and photostats concern the arrest of Ross and Payne. One letter from John Ridge offers his regrets that Payne cannot visit his house and mentions sending him various Cherokee papers. Payne was...

Collection Overview Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: Journal of John Lowery Brown (1779-1852), a Cherokee. He and a party of fellow tribesmen left Grand Saline (near Salina, Oklahoma) on April 20, 1850, for the gold fields of California. After suffering many hardships, the party arrived late in September. The last entry is November 10, 1850. This journal is in English. A transcript with notes is printed in Vol. XII of the Chronicles of Oklahoma (Oklahoma Historical Society,...

Collection Overview Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: John M. Armstrong (n.d.) was an attorney for the Wyandotte Tribe. The papers are the type a lawyer would leave, concerning Wyandotte tribal matters in Ohio, Kansas, Indiana, etc. They pertain largely to claims against the United States. The papers also include business matters of Armstrong. Later papers are concerned with the division in the Methodist Church, North and South. Some deal with his wife's (Lucy Bigelow) efforts on...

Collection Overview Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: Many of these papers concern the description and disposal of lands which were once a part of Lovely, Crawford, Rogers, and certain other counties in Arkansas after the Treaty of March 23, 1828, between the U.S. Government and the Cherokee Indians. This part of Arkansas became what is now the Fort Gibson area and from there on north to the Kansas and Missouri borders. Together with these papers are many giving power of attorney...

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Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: This is a four page letter written by Shaw to his mother from San Francisco in 1853. Some of its contents is a report on the "filibustering expedition," then seemingly successful, to capture the State of Sonora.

Collection Overview Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: John Ross (1790-1866) chief of the First Indian Republic, was principal chief of the Cherokees during the time of the Removal , establishment of the Cherokee Nation, and until his death. During the Civil War he split with the Cherokees who favored the Southern cause and ruled in exile after 1863 from Philadelphia. The collection contains correspondence, proclamation as chief of the Cherokee Tribe, legal papers, records,...