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Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: Painted letter (hand addressed and signed) from J.W. Powell to W. Eakes in New York Includes an abstract of transactions of the Anthropological Society of Washington, D.C., 1880-1881.

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Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: Jonathan Williams (1750-1815), a grand­ nephew of Benjamin Franklin, was a diplomat, business man, army officer and engineer. He was with Franklin in Paris and Superintendent of West Point 1805-12. This circular letter of the Military Philosophical Society announces the annual meeting and the agenda of business to be conducted. Williams was president of the society at that time.

Collection Overview Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: This is a message to the Governor of Pennsylvania from Galloway as Speaker of the Assembly. The Assembly takes exception to the Governor's request for a garrison at Fort Pitt to protect the inhabitants of the back country from the Indians and refuses for fear of stirring up trouble among the Indians. At one point in the letter, it reads: "We might offer other Reasons for not concurring in Sentiments with your Honor, on the...

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Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: Letters between Sharp and Mr. and Mrs. W.J. Bryan of Tulsa Oklahoma, some about art, some with personal overtones.

Collection Overview Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: Joseph Martin (1740-1808) was one of three commissioners appointed by the governor of Virginia to treat with the Southern Indians. In that same year North Carolina also engaged his services as agent among the Cherokees and Chickamaugas. In 1785, as commissioner of the National Government, he engaged in the negotiation of the Treaty of Hopewell. In this letter dated March 12, 1785, he writes to Alexander Martin, Governor of...

Collection Overview Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: Often called "the Historian of the Santa Fe Trade," Josiah Gregg (1806-1850) was an early trader, and the author of Commerce of the Prairies, published in 1844: These papers consist of sixteen letters to his brother John concerning business and trade and also tell something of his work as a doctor. There are several "memorandum books." One notebook contains notes made while he was in medical school at Louisville, Kentucky. A...

Collection Overview Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: Reports of the Red Stone Church (Kiowa) near Anadarko, Oklahoma, are contained in this notebook of 154 pages. Included are the treasurer's reports both for Sunday School and Church, a list of members, the death date of some of them, and reports of services Sunday by Sunday. The book is marked "Property of Stumbling Bear Glen." While the accounts in the book run from 1921 to 1927, there are several loose pages of miscellaneous...

Collection Overview Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: Henry Knox (1750-1806), Secretary of War, and formerly a Revolutionary General, writes to Marinus Willett on July 3, 1790, about negotiations with the Creeks concerning treaties and agreements. Willett answers Knox on July12. Alexander McGillivray, the noted Creek Chief, is mentioned in both letters. Knox warns Willett about a Captain or Colonel Howard sent by the Spaniards to watch Chief McGillivray. Colonel Willett...

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Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: These ledger books contain mercantile records, doctor's accounts, and court records. The mercantile records reveal much about the way of life in the formative years of the country. The doctor's records give an interesting glimpse into the sort of service they performed. Note: See also "Fort Smith Trader's Book" for further information concerning this interesting ledger.