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Box 1

 Container

Contains 25 Results:

[Commission of George Durant as the Commissioner on the Court of Claims of the Choctaw Nation], November 7, 1872

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 10
Scope and Contents

Commission of George Durant as the Commissioner on the Court of Claims of the Choctaw Nation, signed by William Bryant

Dates: November 7, 1872

[Document Appointing George Durant Commissioner of Second Judicial District of Choctaw Nation], November 9, 1878

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 13
Identifier: 4026.5744
Scope and Contents

Document with seal affixed signed by Issac L. Garvin, Principal Chief. Appointing George Durant Commissioner of Second Judicial District for the purpose of revising and codifying laws of the nation.

Dates: November 9, 1878

Letter to Willaim George Durant from A.R. Durant, September 15,1876

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 12
Identifier: 3826.1326
Scope and Contents

Letter from A.R. Durant to his father William George Durant concerning the sale of cotton at 2 3/4 cents per pound.

Dates: September 15,1876

Choctaw Papers

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MC.1964.43
Guidebook to Manuscripts From "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: These are various papers regarding money due the Indians from sale of lands under the terms of the Dancing Rabbit Creek Treaty. The "land warrants" are signed by the Indians with their marks. Some documents relating to George Durant as Commissioner of the Court of Claims and papers regarding this office, mostly in the 1870's, and an Act to improve the procedure of the Probate Court signed by Allen Wright are also included in the collection. There is one...
Dates: 1846-1903

Message to the General Council of the Choctaw Nation from Principal Chief Green McCurtain , October, 1903

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 22
Scope and Contents

Message from Principal Chief Green McCurtain to the General Council of the Choctaw Nation regarding alloting commissioners, statehood for Indian Territory, townsite money, citizenship, and Chickasaw resolutions. Mimeographed document, signed by Chief Green McCurtain.

Dates: October, 1903