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A box including 1 tooth, 9 stone points, and 13 plaster shards with corroded iron embedded. The paper sack these were stored in is also included.

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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Awl with wooden handle and four sided iron tip that is stuck into a piece of cork to protect it.

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Bill of sale from Colonel Return J. Meigs for 64 bars of iron for the use of his garrison. Folder 2

Description Instructions by Na-no-he-ta-hee [Path Killer], Chief in Knoxville, for delegation of John Lowry, John Walker, Major Ridge, Richard Taylor, Che-u-cun-se-nee, and John Ross. They are to go to Washington to meet with the President to discuss the boundary line between the Cherokee Nation and the Creeks, their prior decision on a tract in South Carolina, damage and plundering of Cherokee property during the war with Creeks, and insubordination of militia officers and men. He also points out the...

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Long metal branding iron in the shape of a "C", with a wooden handle.

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Record of conversation between John Lowry and President James Madison. The latter mentioned war losses, iron works, and smith shops, and willingness to cede a piece of South Carolina land. Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on four pages. Folder 6

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Round-based metal stirrup with swastika design pierced into the center, decorative etching overall with blue and yellow accents on the sides.