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Choctaw Papers

 Subject
Subject Source: Gilcrease Subcollections

Found in 23 Collections and/or Records:

[Land Grant of Bounty Land to Instan-Ya Warrior] , June 4, 1860

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 6
Identifier: 5126.511
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: June 4, 1860

[Land Grant to Cun-oon-tam-be under 14th Article of Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek], September 2, 1846

 Item — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 5126.509
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: September 2, 1846

Letter to Colonel Greenwood LeFlore from Commissioner General I. H. Cook , June 23, 1831

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: 3826.3328.1-.3
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: June 23, 1831

Letter to George Durant from Choctaw Nation Judge of the County and Probate Court , May 1, 1871

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 9
Identifier: 4026.5741
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: May 1, 1871

Letter to Sam P. Shattuck from Joseph G. Heald, December 3, 1840

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 2
Identifier: 3826.1324
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: December 3, 1840

Letter to Sam P. Shattuck from Joseph G. Heald, April 10, 1841

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 2
Identifier: 3826.1325
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: April 10, 1841

Letter to Willaim George Durant from A.R. Durant, September 15,1876

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 12
Identifier: 3826.1326
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: September 15,1876

Message to the General Council of the Choctaw Nation from Principal Chief Green McCurtain , October, 1903

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 22
Scope and Contents

Message from Principal Chief Green McCurtain to the General Council of the Choctaw Nation regarding alloting commissioners, statehood for Indian Territory, townsite money, citizenship, and Chickasaw resolutions. Mimeographed document, signed by Chief Green McCurtain.

Dates: October, 1903

[Printed Charter of Incorporation of Southern Pacific Railroad Company], September 26, 1854

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 5
Identifier: 5126.512.1-.2
Scope and Contents

Printed Charter of Incorporation of Southern Pacific Railroad Company. Includes bill for the recognition of the Company and its rights by the Choctaw Nation.

Dates: September 26, 1854

Provisions for the development of uniform procedures in the administration of estates in Probate Court, November 9, 1868

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 8
Identifier: 4026.5740
Scope and Contents

Provisions for the development of uniform procedures in the administration of estates in Probate Court, signed by Allen Wright

Dates: November 9, 1868