Collection Overview From the Collection: Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: The Gilcrease Cartographic Collection was initially created as a storage designation for maps found in the manuscript collections and for the few original maps purchased during the life of Thomas Gilcrease. From the collections initial humble beginnings, it has continued to grow into am official map collection through additional gifts and purchases. The collection includes atlases, hand drawn maps from the manuscript...

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Land grant of Bounty Land to Instan-ya Warrior for service under Captain Lewis Durants Company in the Choctaw Volunteers War 1812.

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Land grant to Cun-oon-tam-be, signed by President James Polk, under 14th Artilce of Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek.

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

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Letter from Commissioner General I.H. Cook, Washington City, to Colonel Greenwood LeFlore, discussing arrangements to be made prior to Choctaw removal under the provisions of the Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek

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Letter from Confederate Cherokee Delegation to Chief John Ross from C. N. Vann, Choctaw Nation, stating the United States Commissioners are to ban Elias C. Boudinot. Vann seeks advice. Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on four pages. Folder 1288

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Letter from Joseph G. Heald, Choctaw Agency, to Sam P. Shattuck dicussing move from East to Choctaw Nation in Indian Territory. Mentions dispersal of interest money to the Chickasaws. Comes with an accompaning case.

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Letter from Joseph G. Heald, Choctaw Agency, to Sam P. Shattuck. Mentions meathod of carrying children, livestock equivalencies east to west, garden growth, and marrige for young girls. Comes with an accompaning case.

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Letter from the Choctaw Nation, signed by the Judge of the County and Probate Court to George Durant, notifying him of his appointment as administrator of the affairs of James M. Skelton.

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List of votes for Principal Chief at the regular August election held in Hobert Quincy Precinct, Tobucksy County, Choctaw Nation. J.F. McCurtain won with 14 of 17 votes. Also included is a tag, noting the document as a gift from the Tulsa Historical Society in 2005.