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Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
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Found in 42 Collections and/or Records:

Fragment of an unexecuted bond of John Drew concerning a Negro slave and her children, October 19, 1833

 Item — Folder 21: [Barcode: 61.21]
Identifier: 4026.1568
Description

Fragment of an unexecuted bond of John Drew and Unknown, agreeing to deliver a Negro slave Eliza and her two children upon termination of a lawsuit between Peggy Starr, Administrator of the estate of Elinor McDaniel and John Drew. Folder 21

Dates: October 19, 1833
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / MC.1954.58, Manuscript Collection: John Drew

Indian Refugees in Kansas, 1862

 Item — Folder 1397: [Barcode: 187.1397]
Identifier: 4126.85.2
Description

Indian refugees in Kansas. Folder 1397

Dates: 1862
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / MC.1954.185, Manuscript Collection: John Ross Papers

Letter from Andrew J. Hansek to Chief John Ross, June 19, 1839

 Item — Folder 560: [Barcode: 187.560]
Identifier: 3826.7554-.1
Description

Letter from Andrew J. Hansek, attorney, Milledgeville, Ga., to Chief John Ross. Regarding Cherokee law granting citizenship to certain colored slaves and the case of a woman sold as a slave to a Georgia citizen but transported to the West by action of the military. Folded sheet with handwritten text in ink on four sides. Folder 560

Dates: June 19, 1839
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / MC.1954.185, Manuscript Collection: John Ross Papers

Letter from Brigadier General Matthew Arbuckle to Chief John Ross, May 8, 1839

 Item — Folder 548: [Barcode: 187.548]
Identifier: 4026.742-.1
Description

Letter from Brigadier General Arbuckle to Chief John Ross. Asking parties to the Camp Illinois incident to appear at Fort Gibson. Letter also asks about 2 negro slaves. Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on three pages. Folder 548

Dates: May 8, 1839
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / MC.1954.185, Manuscript Collection: John Ross Papers

Letter from Catherine Lipe to Chief John Ross, June 22, 1839

 Item — Folder 564: [Barcode: 187.564]
Identifier: 4026.756-.1
Description

Letter from Catherine Lipe, Park Hill, to Chief John Ross. Reciting facts concerning Negro slaves inherited by her but sold by her white husband without her consent, and later moved west and delivered to her. One sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on recto. Folder 564

Dates: June 22, 1839
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / MC.1954.185, Manuscript Collection: John Ross Papers

Letter from Catherine Lipe to Chief John Ross, June 22, 1839

 Item — Folder 566: [Barcode: 187.566]
Identifier: 4026.758
Description

Letter from Catherine Lipe; to Chief John Ross. More about slaves described in 4026.756.1. One sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on recto and verso. Folder 566

Dates: June 22, 1839
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / MC.1954.185, Manuscript Collection: John Ross Papers

Letter from Diego Colón, son of Christopher Columbus, to King Charles V, circa 1520

 Item — Box 45
Identifier: 4075.3918
Description This is a letter from Diego Colón to Charles V, in which Diego outlines his future plans for colonization of the Spanish Indies. He also voices his support of the crusade of the Spanish Friar, las Casas, who was at that time in Spain, campaigning for the freedom of the enslaved natives of the New World. He also (in one paragraph) requests authority to import African slaves into the New World in exchange for the Indians' freedom. This is the earliest known reference among Spanish documents...
Dates: circa 1520
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / MC.1954.93, Spanish Colonial Manuscript Collection

Letter from George C. Benge to Chief John Ross, November 5, 1837

 Item — Folder 259: [Barcode: 187.259]
Identifier: 4026.485
Description

Letter from George C. Benge to Chief John Ross regarding fraudulent spoliation claim concerning four slaves filed by Robert B. Vann. Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on two pages. Folder 259

Dates: November 5, 1837
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / MC.1954.185, Manuscript Collection: John Ross Papers

Letter from Joel Roberts Poinsett to Brigadier General Matthew Arbuckle, December 17, 1838

 Item — Folder 495: [Barcode: 187.495]
Identifier: 4026.700-.1
Description

Letter from Joel Roberts Poinsett, Secretary of War, to Brigadier General Matthew Arbuckle, Fort Gibson. Requesting him, with aid of chiefs, to return to Alabama two slaves claimed by General Isaac Wellburn. Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on four pages. Folder 495

Dates: December 17, 1838
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / MC.1954.185, Manuscript Collection: John Ross Papers

Letter from Louis Wyeth to the Honorable R. Chapman and C. C. Clay, May 16, 1838 to October 1, 1838

 Item — Folder 346: [Barcode: 187.346]
Identifier: 4026.569
Description

Letter from Louis Wyeth of Claysville, Alabama to the Honorable R. Chapman and C. C. Clay enclosing a warrant for delivery or James and Catherine Vaught to answer suit by Isaac Welbourn for return of two negro slaves. (True copies) Two folded sheets with handwritten text in ink on four pages. Folder 346

Dates: May 16, 1838 to October 1, 1838
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / MC.1954.185, Manuscript Collection: John Ross Papers

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