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Manuscript Collection: William McIntosh
Collection
Identifier: MC.1970.140
Collection Overview
Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: General William McIntosh (1778?-1825) was a Creek Indian Chief who favored the removal of the Creeks out of the state of Georgia to lands in the West. In this matter there was a strong party in opposition. On April 30, 1825, a force of these Indians burned his home, then killed him and other members of his family. General McIntosh was a cousin of Governor George M. Troup of Georgia. The papers include a letter to Governor...
Dates:
1802-1906
Manuscript Collection: William Petty
Collection
Identifier: MC.1948.171
Collection Overview
Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: Includes 2 manuscripts submitted to the earl of Shelburne. One "A Plan for the Management of Indians and Indian Affairs in the Southern District of North America "and the second is "The Underwritten Proposals for Taking the Island of New Orleans and Retaking the Province of West Florida" . Author suggests several strategies to increase British presence and property in area, held by Spain. Also included is a Memorial from John...
Dates:
1780-1782
Manuscript Collection: William R. Leigh
Collection
Identifier: MC.1963.125
Collection Overview
Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: William R. Leigh (1866-1955), traveler and artist, was a painter of wild animals, primitive people, and local color. His home was in New York City, but he traveled and studied in Europe when he was a young man, and later he traveled in Africa with the Carl Akely Expedition and with the Martin Johnsons (1926). The collection is the gift of his wife, Ethel Traphagen Leigh, presented by her brother, Edward Traphagen, after her...
Dates:
1883-1965
Manuscript Collection: William S. Bailey
Collection
Identifier: MC.1964.12
Collection Overview
Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: This collection includes a variety of printed items. It has a newspaper notice of land to be auctioned from the estate of Thomas Latta by Josiah Crawford, estate administrator, a bill of lading addressed to C.C Wolcott in Sommersworth, New Hampshire for 5 barrels of apples from New York to Portsmouth New Hampshire on the sloop "Majestic", a printed leaflet from the Union Pacific Railway describing land for sale in Kansas and a...
Dates:
1824-1959
Manuscript Collection: William W. Fyffe
Collection
Identifier: MC.1954.71
Collection Overview
Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: The major item here is a letter dated February 1, 1761, from William Fyffe (n. d.), a Scottish doctor who settled at George Town, South Carolina. It was written to his brother, John Fyffe, a merchant and banker of Edinburgh, Scotland, and contains an excellent description of the Cherokees-their manners, customs, troubles, etc. The lengthy letter of over 8000 words gives evidence that William Fyffe was a man of education and...
Dates:
1752-1773
Manuscript Collection: William Wanton
Collection
Identifier: MC.1980.212
Collection Overview
Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: Includes the Jonathan Chin Indenture.
Dates:
[no date]
Manuscript Collection: Winfield Scott
Collection
Identifier: MC.1964.192
Collection Overview
Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: Winfield Scott (1786-1866) was an American Army officer engaged in many battles from the War of 1812 to the War with Mexico. The first item is a letter from Scott to Governor William Schley of Georgia dated March 6, 1836, in which he reports on the conditions of the first battalion of Georgia mounted men. He says the report is not favorable as the men generally refuse to be mustered into the service of the United States. He...
Dates:
1836
Manuscript Collection: Winthrop Petition
Collection
Identifier: MC.1954.225
Collection Overview
Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: John Winthrop (1587-1649) was Governor of Massachusetts Colony from 1631-33, and 1638-39. This document is a petition to the Governor by the Military Company of Concord requesting the appointment of Lieutenant Willard as captain and Joseph Wheeler or Timothy Wheeler as ensign. The petition is signed by twenty-five members of the company.
Dates:
1646
Manuscript Collection: Winthrop Sargent
Collection
Identifier: MC.1954.190
Collection Overview
Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: Winthrop Sargent (1753-1820), territorial administrator, was a descendant of William Sargent who emigrated from England and received a grant of land in Gloucester in 1678. Sargent fought with the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War, and in 1787 he was elected secretary of the Ohio Company. It was while he held this office that he wrote this letter telling of the Ohio River Indian troubles.
Dates:
1791
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