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Manuscript Collection: Mildred Ladner

 Collection
Identifier: MC.1970.119
Collection Overview

Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: Various records concerning the family life and immigration of Olaf Seltzer. Most is of a research background, such as immunization and school records, and letters of inquiry about Seltzer's life.

Dates: 1853-1974

Manuscript Collection: Miscellaneous Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MC.1980.146
Collection Overview Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: This contains various letters from different people, different times, and different locations, on different topics. Perhaps most noteworthy is a diary dated December 15, 1816 to January 22, 1817. This is a bound diary with "Rufus Hatch, Bowling, VT" on inside front cover. (Rufus Hatch was born in Wells, Maine in 1832 and died in 1893. In 1851 he moved to Rockford, Illinois. He was a financier and promoter.) Note on opposite...
Dates: 1764-1931

Manuscript Collection: Narragansett Petition

 Collection
Identifier: MC.1964.150
Collection Overview Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: As representatives of the Narraganset Indians, Samuel Niles and James Niles present a petition to the "Council of War," the beginning of which reads: "To the Honorable Nicholas Cooke Esq. Governor and Commander in Chief, in and over the State of Rhode Island." The petition protests the leasing of farm lands to anyone not a member of the Narraganset Tribe and asks that the problem be referred to the General Assembly. The...
Dates: 1777

Manuscript Collection: Natchez Treaty

 Collection
Identifier: MC.1954.151
Collection Overview

Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: Completely handwritten, this is a treaty, written in Spanish, between the Chickasaws, Choctaws, and Governor Lemos of "the Place and District of Natchez." It contains many signatures, the majority "by his mark."

Dates: 1792

Manuscript Collection: New Jersey Organization Manuscript

 Collection
Identifier: MC.1964.153
Collection Overview

Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: This manuscript (7 pp.) is a proposal and constitution for the "New Jersey Organization for Helping the Indians." Written during the French and Indian War, it was intended to help bring about improved living conditions for the native New Jersey Indians. Along with the document is a letter (not signed) citing objections to the proposed association.

Dates: 1757

Manuscript Collection: New Mexico Memorial

 Collection
Identifier: MC.1970.154
Collection Overview

Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: Memorial by citizens of New Mexico. Petitioning President Andrew Johnson and others to permit retention of two regiments of New Mexico volunteers for at least two years to subjugate Comanches, Navajos, Apaches, and Utahs [in English and Spanish].

Dates: November 24, 1866

Manuscript Collection: Oklahoma History Papers

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Identifier: MC.1970.160
Collection Overview

Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: A collection mostly about the early history of Oklahoma. It includes documents on the State Seal, a bound book about the articles of incorporation for Custer County, the State charter, the State Constitutional Convention, a typescript about early Oklahoma history and census rolls for Creek, Osage and Tulsa Counties.

Dates: 1893-1968

Manuscript Collection: Orville Wright

 Collection
Identifier: MC.1970.228
Collection Overview

Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: Card, autographed by Wright, depicting First Man-Flight, Dec. 17, 1903, Kitty Hawk, N.C. Also envelope posted at Dayton, Ohio and addressed to Warren Levy, New York City.

Dates: April 11, 1931

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