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Manuscript for a book on Charles M. Russell, the following sections are included: Appendix A, Titles of prints upon which Chapter IV is based, Appendix B, a list of publications in which Russell's illustrations are found, and a bibliography on Charles M. Russell; twelve pages.

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Manuscript certified that David aided in searching for Van McIntosh who was charged with the murder of Henry Vickery. Note written over the top states that no register in office and was signed by G. W. Gunter. Folder 136

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Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: A fragment of an account of a voyage to the country of the Iroquois made by Captain Roy Gilbet. The twenty-six-page manuscript is written in French and includes three original illustrations.

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Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: A manuscript written in medieval Latin dealing with the baptism of Indian children without parental consent.

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: Dr. J. Rhett Motte was a surgeon in the U.S. Army and these are a few papers written by him. In this collection is his commission as assistant surgeon of the 16th Regiment Infantry, 4th Brigade, 2nd Division, So. Carolina Militia, dated 1846. In 1842 he was at Ft. Gibson, Indian Territory, and an account book kept by him at that time is also included here. Interesting item: Probably the most important document is a journal...

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Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: John Edwards (1828 - after 1895), missionary to the Choctaw Indians at Spencer and 'Wheelock Missions, wrote the story of his "Escape from the South in 1861" (34 pp). His "escape" was made when the missions had to close at the outbreak of the Civil War.

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Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: Typed and unbound manuscript entitled The Devil's Race Track, 346 pages, a history of the Cherokee and white settlers from 1720. It includes photographs of one map and 7 drawings and two photographs by McFadden to illustrate above.