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0. Manuscripts

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Found in 226 Collections and/or Records:

John Jacob Astor Papers

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MC.1964.9
Collection Overview

Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: A thank-you note from John J. Astor to John B. Henry which includes references to some pictures held as security.

Dates: April 19, 1799

John M. Armstrong Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MC.1964.7
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...
Dates: 1833-1890

Manuscript Collection: Abraham Lincoln

 Collection
Identifier: MC.1954.128
Collection Overview Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: A two-page document, on vellum, signed November 12, 1862, authorizes the Smithsonian Institution's agents in London to recover the residue of Smithson's bequest so that it may be used for the benefit of the Institution. This is one of the few documents on which Lincoln signed his full name - he usually used only the initial of his first name. The paper is countersigned by William H. Seward, Secretary of State, and Charles...
Dates: 1862 - 1865

Manuscript Collection: Acee Blue Eagle

 Collection
Identifier: MC.1980.22
Collection Overview Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: Most are personal letters and greeting cards between Acee Blue Eagle and Jack and Ione Schurch. Some references to Blue Eagle's artwork. There is also some biographical material concerning his death, and letters from Jeanne Snodgrass at the Philbrook Museum of Art regarding Blue Eagle. There are also various broadsheets, leaflets, and programs regarding exhibits of Blue Eagle's art. There are letters between Ione Schurch and...
Dates: 1928-1992

Manuscript Collection: A.G. Henry

 Collection
Identifier: MC.1970.91
Collection Overview

Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: Letter from A.G. Henry to Oregon Territory Geary. Henry, a physician at the Grand Rond Indian Reservation in Territory, is writing to the Governor concerning his brother, E.R. Geary.

Dates: January 1, 1857

Manuscript Collection: A.H. Rutherford

 Collection
Identifier: MC.1970.188
Collection Overview

Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: Four bound books containing list of receipts, a log of a trip to St. Louis from Burlington, Vermont, a legal description about land, and a memorandum of legal cases.

Dates: 1836-1882

Manuscript Collection: Albert Gallatin "Cheesie" McIntosh

 Collection
Identifier: MC.1970.139
Collection Overview

Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: Items in this collection relate to McIntosh's tenure as Superintendent of Creek Schools. Included are reports, expense accounts and claims for education and correspondence between McIntosh and the National Council.

Dates: 1903-1908

Manuscript Collection: Albert Pike

 Collection
Identifier: MC.1964.174
Collection Overview Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: Documents concerning Pike and letters written to or from him are to be found in the Choctaw files and in the Pitchlynn papers in addition to these items. Albert Pike (1809-1891) was an attorney for the Choctaw Nation when the Choctaws were attempting to secure from the U. S. Government the "Net Proceeds" of the sale of their lands in the East. According to a treaty with the Confederate States and the Pen-e-tegh-ca Band of the...
Dates: 1861-1862

Manuscript Collection: Alexander Longe

 Collection
Identifier: MC.1954.131
Collection Overview

Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: Entitled "The Nation of Indians called Charrikees," and written about 1698, this bound manuscript of forty-four pages is enclosed in a portfolio covered with buckram. Written by a man who was apparently an official at Williamsburg in Virginia, this document is interesting as well as informative because of its descriptions of Indian life before 1700.

Dates: 1725 - 1729