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Subject Source: Gilcrease Culture Terms

Found in 107 Collections and/or Records:

Affidavit by Joseph Chew to the Exchequer concerning Sir William Johnson, late father of Sir John Johnson, April 8, 1788

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 47
Identifier: 4076.5154
Description

An affidavit by Joseph Chew to the Exchequer concerning Sir William Johnson, late father of Sir John Johnson-- the Superintendent of Indian Affairs.

Dates: April 8, 1788

An account for pay, certified by Lieutenant Colonel A. DePeyser entities in the Indian Department at Detroit, late 18th century

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 52
Identifier: 4026.5159
Description

An account for pay, certified by Lieutenant Colonel A. DePeyser. Payments are made to officers, interpreters, and other entities in the Indian Department at Detroit.

Dates: late 18th century

Bill of exchange for 500 pounds sterling from Daniel Claus to Richard Dobie, October 9, 1777

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 7
Identifier: 4016.5115
Description

Bill of exchange for 500 pounds. Issued from Daniel Claus to Richard Dobie and accepted by Sir Grey Cooper.

Dates: October 9, 1777

Cyrus Byington Papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MC.1954.28
Guidebook to Manuscripts Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: Cyrus Byington (1793-1866), Presbyterian minister and missionary to the Choctaws under the American Board of Foreign Missions, was educated at Andover Theological School. He married Sophia Nye of Marietta, Ohio, 1827. Over 300 letters, mostly concerned with family matters, contain news of weather, missions, and missionaries. In addition to the originals, there are transcripts made by Grant Foreman. These documents include a...
Dates: 1819-1932

Document to Kaghneghtagough authorizing payment by The Crown for losses sustained during the American Revolutionary War witnessed by Chief Joseph Brant, August 23, 1787

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 46
Identifier: 4026.5153
Description

Document to Kaghneghtagough authorizing payment by the Crown for losses sustained during the American Revolutionary War. This note was witnessed by Chief Joseph Brant.

Dates: August 23, 1787

Draft for funds to Richard Dobie from White Hall, London for supplies for Indians employed in expedition against Fort Stanwix , October 9, 1777

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 6
Identifier: 4016.5114
Description

In this draft, Daniel Claus writes to Sir Grey Cooper, Secretary to the Treasury, about payable funds. The funds were supposed to be designated to Richard Dobie, so supplies could be given to the Indians employed in expedition against Fort Stanwix.

Dates: October 9, 1777

Envelope from Thomas Moran containing his handwritten autobiography, mid-19th century - early 20th century

 Item — Folder 4: [Barcode: 150.4]
Identifier: 4026.3920.6
Description

Folder 4

Dates: mid-19th century - early 20th century

Excerpts from a "letter diary" of the late Brigadier General John Campbell regarding various topics dating around 1780, April 20, 1807

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 51
Identifier: 4076.5158
Description

Excerpts from a "letter diary" of the late Brigadier General John Campbell regarding various topics dating from 1780.

Dates: April 20, 1807

Forty-four page manuscript titled "The Nation of Indians called 'Charrikees'", 1725 - 1729

 Item
Identifier: 4026.5640
Collection Overview From the Collection:

Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: Entitled "The Nation of Indians called Charrikees," and written about 1698, this bound manuscript of forty-four pages is enclosed in a portfolio covered with buckram. Written by a man who was apparently an official at Williamsburg in Virginia, this document is interesting as well as informative because of its descriptions of Indian life before 1700.

Dates: 1725 - 1729