Description Josiah Gregg was the trader and writer. Transcript (DCI) Waters of Colorado and of CaliforniaA MAP OF THE INDIAN TERRITORY NORTHER TEXAS AND NEW MEXICO Showing the GREAT WESTERN PRAIRIES By JOSIAH GREGGEntered according to Act of Congress in the year 1844 by Sidney E. Morse and Samuel Breesa in the Clerks Office of the Southern District of New YorkNote: The (?) portions are Prairie. The white Timber...

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Act of Chickasaw Legislature (2 copies) authorizing Governor to appoint commissioners to meet with Choctaw, Creek, Cherokee, and Seminole commissioners to enter into compact for security and protection 'in the event of a change in the United States. One sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on recto and verso. Folder 1087

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Act of Chickasaw Legislature (2 copies) authorizing Governor to appoint commissioners to meet with Choctaw, Creek, Cherokee, and Seminole commissioners to enter into compact for security and protection 'in the event of a change in the United States.' One sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on recto and verso. Folder 1087

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Map of the United States of America

Transcript (DCI) Entered according to Act of Congree in the year 1872 by G.W. & C.B. Colton & Co in the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.South eastern point of Pan HandleBoundary claimed by the State of TexasCeded to the United States by the Choctaws and Chikasaws by Treaty April 28th 1866Ceded to the United States by the Seminoles March 21st 1866Ceded to the United States by the Creeks June 14th 1867...

Collection Overview From the Collection: Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: Peter Perkins Pitchlynn, Chief of the Choctaws, (1806-1881) was one of the persons selected by the Choctaws in 1828 to survey the southeast section of Indian Territory, the land they had chosen for their home when they were forced to leave Mississippi. Peter Pitchlynn's father was John Pitchlynn, a white man and interpreter for the United States Government, who had married a Choctaw woman of the famous Folsom family. Peter...

Collection Overview From the Collection: Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: The Gilcrease Cartographic Collection was initially created as a storage designation for maps found in the manuscript collections and for the few original maps purchased during the life of Thomas Gilcrease. From the collections initial humble beginnings, it has continued to grow into am official map collection through additional gifts and purchases. The collection includes atlases, hand drawn maps from the manuscript...

Collection Overview From the Collection: Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: The Gilcrease Cartographic Collection was initially created as a storage designation for maps found in the manuscript collections and for the few original maps purchased during the life of Thomas Gilcrease. From the collections initial humble beginnings, it has continued to grow into am official map collection through additional gifts and purchases. The collection includes atlases, hand drawn maps from the manuscript...

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Letter from Commissioner of Confederate States to Indian Nations west of Arkansas, Albert Pike, at the Seminole Agency to Chief John Ross stating position the Confederacy would take on various matters under Cherokee stance of neutrality. Two sheets of paper the first sheet is folded with handwriting in ink on four pages; the second sheet has handwriting in ink on the recto and verso. Folder 1115

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Letter requested arrest of Dick Glass, a Creek, who had fled from justice. Folder 507