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Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: A guest of P.H. Sheridan, William E. Strong kept an interesting account of a hunting trip to Indian Territory in 1878. General A.W. Whipple, a Colonel Moore, and Ben Clark, guide, were also in the hunting party. Strong gives a good description of Clark and there is a photograph of him. There are several excellent pen and ink sketches of wild turkeys.

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Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: William Harvey's last will and testament. A codicil was added on March 21, 1848 and certified by the Clerk of Howard County, Missouri in April 1849, by the Clerk of Linn County in October 1848, and by the Clerk of Grundy County in October 1849.

Collection Overview Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: Letter from William Quesenbury in Bonham, Texas that is addressed to "Dear Charley" [Scott] recounting an experience with a tent loaned to a "Jack-leg Preacher" named Caldwell. See also: Benton, David. "An Odyssey into Texas." Chronicles of Oklahoma. Volume 60, number 2 (Summer 1982), pp. 116-135. and Benton, David. "On the Border of Indian Territory, The Oklahoma Adventures of William Quesenbury." Chronicles of Oklahoma....

Collection Overview Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: General William McIntosh (1778?-1825) was a Creek Indian Chief who favored the removal of the Creeks out of the state of Georgia to lands in the West. In this matter there was a strong party in opposition. On April 30, 1825, a force of these Indians burned his home, then killed him and other members of his family. General McIntosh was a cousin of Governor George M. Troup of Georgia. The papers include a letter to Governor...

Collection Overview Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: Includes 2 manuscripts submitted to the earl of Shelburne. One "A Plan for the Management of Indians and Indian Affairs in the Southern District of North America "and the second is "The Underwritten Proposals for Taking the Island of New Orleans and Retaking the Province of West Florida" . Author suggests several strategies to increase British presence and property in area, held by Spain. Also included is a Memorial from John...

Collection Overview Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: William R. Leigh (1866-1955), traveler and artist, was a painter of wild animals, primitive people, and local color. His home was in New York City, but he traveled and studied in Europe when he was a young man, and later he traveled in Africa with the Carl Akely Expedition and with the Martin Johnsons (1926). The collection is the gift of his wife, Ethel Traphagen Leigh, presented by her brother, Edward Traphagen, after her...

Collection Overview Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: This collection includes a variety of printed items. It has a newspaper notice of land to be auctioned from the estate of Thomas Latta by Josiah Crawford, estate administrator, a bill of lading addressed to C.C Wolcott in Sommersworth, New Hampshire for 5 barrels of apples from New York to Portsmouth New Hampshire on the sloop "Majestic", a printed leaflet from the Union Pacific Railway describing land for sale in Kansas and a...

Collection Overview Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: The major item here is a letter dated February 1, 1761, from William Fyffe (n. d.), a Scottish doctor who settled at George Town, South Carolina. It was written to his brother, John Fyffe, a merchant and banker of Edinburgh, Scotland, and contains an excellent description of the Cherokees-their manners, customs, troubles, etc. The lengthy letter of over 8000 words gives evidence that William Fyffe was a man of education and...

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Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: Includes the Jonathan Chin Indenture.