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John W. Swain Manuscript Collection

 Subject
Subject Source: Gilcrease Subcollections
Scope Note: Authorities\Attributes\Sub-Collection\

Found in 14 Collections and/or Records:

Letter from Susie E. Foreman in Park Hill to cousin Susi, March 29, 1857

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 204.1]
Identifier: 3826.6565
Description

Letter from Susie E. Foreman in Park Hill to cousin Susi (Pencil note - "I love this letter better than any I ever had."). Folder 1

Dates: March 29, 1857

License to prospect for coal and oil issued by Robert B. Ross to John Swain, April 1, 1891

 Item — Folder 7: [Barcode: 204.7]
Identifier: 5126.818
Description

License to prospect for coal and oil issued to John Swain by Robert B. Ross, Treasurer of Cherokee Nation (Marked Exhibit 1). Copy of mineral law on verso. Folder 7

Dates: April 1, 1891

Manuscript Collection: John W. Swain

 Collection
Identifier: MC.1954.202
Collection Overview

Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: This collection of papers contains a declaration of citizenship to John W. Swain in the Cherokee Nation (1882), a letter signed by D.W. Bushyhead, Principal Chief of the Cherokees, a letter to Rebecca Swain from Senator Robert Owen, letters regarding family matters, a divorce decree, bills of sale, etc.

Dates: 1857-1911

Receipt issued from J. Hastings Clerk for Delaware District Cherokee Nation to R. M. Swain, July 5, 1897

 Item — Folder 8: [Barcode: 204.8]
Identifier: 5126.248
Description

Receipt for $300 issued to R.M. Swain by J. (illegible) Hastings, Clerk Delaware District C.N. permitting A.J. Sweeps 6 months farming. Folder 8

Dates: July 5, 1897