drought
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Art & Architecture Thesaurus\ASSOCIATED CONCEPTS FACET\Associated Concepts\scientific concepts\physical sciences concepts\earth sciences concepts\weather and related phenomena\weather-related phenomena\
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Letter from J. L. McCorkle to his son, David W. McCorkle, with news of the burning of the Cherokee Female Seminary, April 13, 1887
Item — Folder 538: [Barcode: 61.538]
Identifier: 4026.3544
Description
J. L. McCorkle wrote from Webbers Falls, Indian Territory to his son in Leavenworth, Kansas. McCorkle reported that the crops were not growing well and they have been without rain. Reported fires which destroyed 200 bales of cotton, business houses in Muskogee, and the Cherokee Female Seminary. The Cherokee Female Seminary burned Sunday last, which was April 10, 1887. Folder 538
Dates:
April 13, 1887
Requisition from Chief John Ross to General Winfield Scott, November 9, 1838
Item — Folder 490: [Barcode: 187.490]
Identifier: 4026.705-.1
Description
Requisition by Ross to Gen. Scott for $92,781.50 to cover issues by Lewis Ross for provisions, soap, and forage during period of drought delay. (Moulton). Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on two pages. Folder 490
Dates:
November 9, 1838