Description Folder 104 Curatorial Remarks This letter concerns the monetary value of a painting by J. M. W. Turner owned by Thomas Moran. The painting was the basic for Moran's etching Conwy Castle after Turner {Gilcrease 14.391a}. See Morand, Anne and Nancy Friese, T. Victoria Hansen, Linda C. Hults. The Prints of Thomas Moran in the Thomas Gilcrease Institute of American HIstory and Art. Edited by Linda C. Hults, assisted by Nancy C. Hermann. Tulsa,...

Description Folder 107 Curatorial Remarks The exhibition mentioned took place from January 2 - March 9, 1917 at the National Gallery in Washington, D. C. The two paintings lent by Moran were Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone and Rocky Mountain Solitude. No further information as to date of the works or dimensions given. See Anderson, Nancy K. with contributions by Thomas P. Bruhn, Joni Louise Kinsey, and Anne Morand. Thomas Moran. Washington, D.C.:...

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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.

Collection Overview Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: Major Alexander Monypenny (n. d.) kept a diary during an expedition which he led against the Cherokees. The first entry was dated at Charlestown, March 20, 1761; the last entry was dated May 31, 1761, at Camp Moultrie. The diary contains the record of army movements and dealings with the Indians. The order book for New York and Charlestown is a record book-first entry "Orders on board the Brotherly Love Transport" at Sandy...

Collection Overview Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: A document noted as "Presents to ye Indians sent in ye expedition to Annapolis." In different handwriting the list includes vermillion, cloth, kettles, knives, powder, looking glasses, fuses, tomahawks, etc. The items were "delivered out of the Queen's store at the tower [of London]. Apparently the Indians receiving the presents were those who accompanied Sir Francis Nicholson in his expedition against Acadia [Nova Scotia]. In...

Collection Overview Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: This original autograph manuscript written by George Cartwright (1739-1819) is entitled "The Case of the Wild or Red Indians of Newfoundland with a Plan for their relief." The writer gives a description of the Indians of Newfoundland and then relates the barbarous cruelties and murders committed on them by the English traders and others. It concludes with suggestions by him for their relief against such atrocities. Cartwright...

Collection Overview Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: Most of these documents pertain to the founding and settling of the Colony of Georgia. There is a most interesting letter with an account of the sea voyage of the "Anne" with General James Oglethorpe and 120 settlers for Georgia, including homely facts about health, food and activities of the passengers and their leaders. Another paper tells of General Oglethorpe's handling of attempted mutiny at St. Andrews Fort. Also...

Collection Overview Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: A manuscript of the 17th century, this volume contains a series of important official reports, some of which appear to be in the handwriting of Francis Gwyn, Under Secretary of State, 1681-89. There are about 200 pages in all, bound in contemporary calf and in fine condition. It is No. 7419 from the Phillipps collection. It is written in both French and English. One or two entries are signed "True copy-Robert Livingstone." On...

Collection Overview Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: This is a document sent from a Dr. Hall to "Mr. Pennant" containing personal observations made on a journey from St. Augustine to the neighborhood of the present Tallahassee in 1775. The author accompanied an embassy from the Governor of East Florida to the Creek Nation to investigate attempts of Georgia and Carolina to extort lands from the Creeks. Dr. Hall also compares the traits and customs of the various Indian tribes; he...

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Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: A Bostonian, William Marshall, writes for Captain Richard Walker of Nova Scotia in 1668 asking that a run­away slave boy be returned to Walker. The second item is a bill of sale dated 1750 for an Indian boy "called Newe'sock aged about nine years of age" for thirty pounds.