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Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: According to a brief notation, this small note­book contains several pages of medical formulas all written in Cherokee by Rufus Cochran (c.1844-1926). Cochran lived at Stilwell, Oklahoma. He was appointed postmaster at Cochran in the Cherokee Nation in 1896, but the order establishing this post office was rescinded January 23, 1897, and it is doubtful that the office was ever actually in operation.

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Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: A manuscript diary of a tour through the western and southern parts of the United States by Rush Nutt, describing his journey which began in Virginia in 1805. Containing approximately 100 pages, notebook size, it is bound in sections, some of which are missing.

Collection Overview Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: This item is a small notebook apparently in the hand of Marcus Claudius Marcellus (?) Hammond describing a buffalo hunt which started at Fort Gibson, June 21, 1841. Four men with their servants took part in the hunt. There are approximately eighty pages devoted to the description of the hunt and their experiences at various camps. Toward the end of the narrative he has a short list of Indian words with the English translation,...

Collection Overview Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: Samuel Austin Worcester (1798-1859) was a missionary to the Cherokees in Georgia and in Indian Territory. His great contribution was his translation of various works into Cherokee, securing the type of the Sequoyah Syllabary, and the many publications from his press for the Cherokees, Choctaws, and Creeks. In this collection, there is only one original item: the agreement of the "Old Settlers" Council to allow him, with...

Collection Overview Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: Samuel Bell Maxey (1825-1895) was a Confederate general in charge of troops in Indian Territory and later became a senator from Texas. There are 200 letters, more of which are personal than official, and documents and maps (1861-65). There are only two letters after 1865 and they are dated 1881-82, one to the Secretary of the Interior and one to Jackson McCurtain, Choctaw Chief; both pertain to railroad charters in the Choctaw...

Collection Overview Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: Invitation to presidential Inauguration of President Woodrow Wilson, and the Program of the Inauguration Ceremonies for President Woodrow Wilson. Invitations from Vice President and Mrs. Marshall for Senator and Mrs. John F. Nugent to attend an event at the Library of Congress and one from Mrs. Garner to Mrs. Nugent to attend a luncheon for Mrs. Roosevelt. Sympathy Card and envelope from Vice President and Mrs. Thomas R....

Collection Overview Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: Very little manuscript material remains concerning Sequoyah, also known as George Guess, (circa 1760-1843). These items consist of clippings from newspapers, excerpts from periodicals, photostats, and some material written in the syllabary, part of which has been translated into English by Levi Gritts. One photostatic letter signed by John Ross and John Drew attests that Sally Guess is the "only surviving widow of George...

Collection Overview Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: "Copies of Extracts of all the Correspondence between the Commanding Officers of the United States Troops in Minnesota and the Resident Governor of the Hudson's Bay Company at Red River, respecting a Tribe of Sioux Indians who were Refugees within the British Territory," describes one of the documents in this collection. A printed document, it reads also: "Ordered, by the House of Commons, to be printed 17 June, 1864."...

Collection Overview Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: This collection of letters and documents is related to Indian affairs in North America during and just after the Revolutionary War. Included are letters to and from Sir John Johnson, General in the British Army. There are accounts of sundries issued to Indian scouts (Montreal, May, 1778) and others. Sir Frederick Haldimand (1718 - 1791), a Swiss soldier, was British governor and commander in chief in Canada from 1778 to 1784....

Collection Overview Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: Holograph letter of Sir John Harvey, Governor of Virginia, reporting the arrival of the First Maryland Settlers, 27 May, 1634. This is a "Copie of my letter to the Board" in which Sir John Harvey ( -1650) acknowledges receipt of "His Maties [Majesty's] Letters of Privie seale directed to my selfe and Councell requiring all Lawfull helpe and assistance to his Noble Undertakings in Seateing himself and his associates Upon that...