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Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: This is an old and fragile trader's account book with the first pages missing. The trader was evidently located in Fort Smith, Arkansas Territory, perhaps in 1820. It might be a ledger kept by Hugh Glenn, although this is not definite. The chief interest in this item is its witness to the supplies bought and used in the territory at this period in history.

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Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: A thank-you note from John J. Astor to John B. Henry which includes references to some pictures held as security.

Guidebook to Manuscripts Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: John M. Armstrong (n.d.) was an attorney for the Wyandotte Tribe. The papers are the type a lawyer would leave, concerning Wyandotte tribal matters in Ohio, Kansas, Indiana, etc. They pertain largely to claims against the United States. The papers also include business matters of Armstrong. Later papers are concerned with the division in the Methodist Church, North and South. Some deal with his wife's (Lucy Bigelow) efforts on...

Collection Overview Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: This collection includes a teacher's certificate authorizing Levi Gritts to teach in Cherokee Nation primary schools, Gritts letter of application to the university of Oklahoma President Joseph Brant for the position of teacher of the Cherokee Language and two letters of recommendation for Gritts. Also included is "Cherokee Hymns" published by Phoenix Publications in Chicago, examples of the Cherokee syllabary, "Will Rogers"...

Collection Overview Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: A two-page document, on vellum, signed November 12, 1862, authorizes the Smithsonian Institution's agents in London to recover the residue of Smithson's bequest so that it may be used for the benefit of the Institution. This is one of the few documents on which Lincoln signed his full name - he usually used only the initial of his first name. The paper is countersigned by William H. Seward, Secretary of State, and Charles...

Collection Overview Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: Most are personal letters and greeting cards between Acee Blue Eagle and Jack and Ione Schurch. Some references to Blue Eagle's artwork. There is also some biographical material concerning his death, and letters from Jeanne Snodgrass at the Philbrook Museum of Art regarding Blue Eagle. There are also various broadsheets, leaflets, and programs regarding exhibits of Blue Eagle's art. There are letters between Ione Schurch and...

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Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: Letter from A.G. Henry to Oregon Territory Geary. Henry, a physician at the Grand Rond Indian Reservation in Territory, is writing to the Governor concerning his brother, E.R. Geary.

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Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: Four bound books containing list of receipts, a log of a trip to St. Louis from Burlington, Vermont, a legal description about land, and a memorandum of legal cases.

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Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: Items in this collection relate to McIntosh's tenure as Superintendent of Creek Schools. Included are reports, expense accounts and claims for education and correspondence between McIntosh and the National Council.