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A published report by the House of Representatives opposition to House Bill 134 concerning the Cherokee Nation's loan to Edwin Chadick and R. T. Wilson and Company. Folder 42

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Folder 3101

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Copy of report by Elizur Butler, Park Hill to Ross. Regarding "public medicine" taken into his care at Ross' request; is considering acceptance of call to Fairfield Mission. Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on four pages. Folder 747A

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This letter is from a Dr. Hall to a Mr. Pennant. Folder 1

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Extract of a report from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to the Secretary of War. Regarding Cherokee funds (general, school, and orphan) 4026.874 is a folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on four pages. 4026.874.2 is one sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on recto. Folder 684

Collection Overview

Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: Items in this collection relate to McIntosh's tenure as Superintendent of Creek Schools. Included are reports, expense accounts and claims for education and correspondence between McIntosh and the National Council.

Collection Overview Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: Edmond J. Gardner (1877-1935) was a student of Choctaw History and these documents include manuscripts on the Wheelock Church; Alfred Wright, missionary to the Choctaws; the Folsom families; Allen Wright; Pushmataha; the Removal; and Choctaw legends and customs. Mr. Gardner's father traveled the Trail of Tears with the Reverend Alfred Wright. Part Choctaw, Mr. Gardner was self-educated, and he was the only Choctaw who learned...

Collection Overview

Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: These items are mostly letters or completed forms from the Solicitor of the U.S. Treasury, Department of Justice (United States), U.S. Patent Office, U.S. Treasury Department, U.S. Court for the Indian Territory (1880), and various attorneys. For the most part, they are addressed to the Clerk of the Court, Stephen Wheeler, and concern cases before the court of interest to the various writers.

Collection Overview

Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: Written in French, this is a photostatic copy of a report of a council meeting with the "Grande Osages" at St. Louis in 1787. Auguste Chouteau, the trader, is one of the signers.

Collection Overview Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: Peter Perkins Pitchlynn, Chief of the Choctaws, (1806-1881) was one of the persons selected by the Choctaws in 1828 to survey the southeast section of Indian Territory, the land they had chosen for their home when they were forced to leave Mississippi. Peter Pitchlynn's father was John Pitchlynn, a white man and interpreter for the United States Government, who had married a Choctaw woman of the famous Folsom family. Peter...