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Manuscript Collection: James Jackson
Collection
Identifier: MC.1954.110
Collection Overview
Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: 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 (1757-1806) 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....
Dates:
1797-1802
Manuscript Collection: James Orr
Collection
Identifier: MC.1964.161
Collection Overview
Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: James and Minerva Washburn Orr were missionaries to the Cherokees, stationed at Dwight Mission. Four of these letters were written when Dwight was located in Arkansas Territory, the others from the later location of the mission in Indian Territory. The letters refer to life at Dwight, but mostly are concerned with family and health problems. They are written by the Washburn sisters, Lavinia and Lydia, other members of the...
Dates:
1822-1960
Manuscript Collection: Jean Louis Berlandier
Collection
Identifier: MC.1954.17
Collection Overview
Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: Jean Louis Berlandier ( - 1851) was a member of the Northern Mexico Frontier Commission (1827), surveyor and scientific observer. As a result of his travels in connection with this work for the commission during the next three years, Berlandier wrote a number of journals and reports. Important manuscripts, they are entirely holograph and signed Berlandier on the title page of Volume I of the three volume set bound in...
Dates:
1827-1830
Manuscript Collection: J.L. Hoffman
Collection
Identifier: MC.1970.97
Collection Overview
Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: Railroad materials
Dates:
early 20th century
Manuscript Collection: Joe Wiedeman
Collection
Identifier: MC.1964.221
Collection Overview
Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: Joe Wiedeman (n.d.) of Caldwell, Kansas, was a member of the "Old Time Cherokee Strip Cow Punchers Association." To be eligible as a member of this association, it was necessary to have worked as a cow puncher prior to 1893. Included in the papers is Wiedeman's membership card, a roster of the association of 1937, and an "Anti-Horse Thief Association" certificate.
Dates:
1901-1946
Manuscript Collection: John Charles Casey
Collection
Identifier: MC.1964.34
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...
Dates:
1825-1859
Manuscript Collection: John Drew
Collection
Identifier: MC.1954.58
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...
Dates:
1812-1916
Manuscript Collection: John Edwards
Collection
Identifier: MC.1954.61
Collection Overview
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.
Dates:
1861
Manuscript Collection: John F. Brown
Collection
Identifier: MC.1954.25
Collection Overview
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.
Dates:
1897-1905
Manuscript Collection: John Howard Payne (Grant Foreman Collection)
Collection
Identifier: MC.1954.169
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...
Dates:
1832-1945
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