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Mississippi River

 Subject
Subject Source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
Scope Note: The Thesaurus of Geographic Names\World\continents\North and Central America\nations\United States\rivers\

Found in 42 Collections and/or Records:

A Map of Louisiana and of the River Mississippi, 1721

 Item — Case MC-2, Folder: Map 24
Identifier: 39.557
Scope and Contents This map contains depictions of Louisiana territory and the surrounding areas, such as Florida, Carolina and as north as the Great Lakes. This map also depicts areas near Louisiana as inhabited by Indigenous peoples, such as the Apache and the Padoucas tribes. Inscribed in type, "The Landing Place of Fyrnand Soto in 1539" in middle on recto; Inscribed in type, "Explanation: [house] Habitations of the Indians [asterisk] Promiscuous Nations [plus sign] Nations destroyed [snake emblem] Course...
Dates: 1721
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / MC.Maps, Gilcrease Museum Map Collection

A New Map of Georgia with Part of Carolina, Florida, and Louisiana, 1764

 Item — Case MC-2, Folder: Map 48
Identifier: 3976.654
Description

From catalog info:
Southeast U.S.
Bowen, Emanuel (ca. 1720-1767)
London:(1764)
Scale:1:2,500,000; bar. English & French Leauges 20 to a Degree. 1 inch = 11 units.
[In Harris (John). Navigatium. atque itineratium bibliotheca, or, a completed collection of voyages and travels. fol. London, for T. Osborne, 1764 v. 2 opp. p. 323].
Hargrett Catalog, p.340 under 1764.
Phillips, Maps, p.295
Tooley's Dictionary, p.74.







Dates: 1764
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / MC.Maps, Gilcrease Museum Map Collection

A New Map of the Cherokee Nation with the Names of the Towns and Rivers, 1760

 Item — Drawer E-11, Folder: Map 42a-b
Identifier: 3976.556a, b
Transcript (DCI) Col. Parvley wrote in 1746, That there was a Fall ¼ Mile long 12 Miles below Uforsee to which the French Boats MIght come & from thence transport what they please to any Town over the Hills. Mr. Kelly a Trader Said the French Boats came up formerly to great Uforsee.The River herein called Mississipi River is in fact only a large Branch of it and runs into it below the junction of the Ohio and Wabache in one Stream together with them. ...
Dates: 1760
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / MC.Maps, Gilcrease Museum Map Collection

An Accurate Map of Louisiana and the Territory in Dispute between the English and French, 1732 - 1762

 Item — Drawer E-11, Folder: Map 43
Identifier: 3976.555
Description

From catalog info:
G. Rollos (fl. 1754-89) English Engraver.
London: The British Magazine [1760?]
Scale: 1:7,000,000
Not located in Phillips



Dates: 1732 - 1762
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / MC.Maps, Gilcrease Museum Map Collection

Carte de l'Amérique et des Mers Voisines, 1763

 Item — Folder Unknown: [Barcode: 233.Unknown]
Identifier: 3976.76
Translated Title

Map of America and Neighboring Seas



Descriptive Title

La Petit Atlas Manitime, Volume I

Dates: 1763
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / MC.Maps, Gilcrease Museum Map Collection

Copy of Letter from John McLean to Chief John Ross, May 23, 1832

 Item — Folder 71: [Barcode: 187.71]
Identifier: 4026.107-a.1
Description

Copy of letter from John McLean to Chief John Ross. Recommends the exchange of Cherokee eastern lands for lands west of the Mississippi. Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on four pages. Folder 71

Dates: May 23, 1832
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / MC.1954.185, Manuscript Collection: John Ross Papers

Copy of letter from John McLean to Chief John Ross, May 23, 1832

 Item — Folder 71: [Barcode: 187.71]
Identifier: 4026.107b-b3
Description

Copy of letter from John McLean to Chief John Ross. Recommends the exchange of Cherokee eastern lands for lands west of the Mississippi. Sheets of paper with handwritten text in ink on eight pages. Folder 71



Inscription(s)

Inscribed in ink on recto, "A Copy"

Dates: May 23, 1832
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / MC.1954.185, Manuscript Collection: John Ross Papers

Copy of letter from Secretary of War J. H. Eaton to Colonel Ward, August 2, 1830

 Item — Folder 40: [Barcode: 187.40]
Identifier: 4026.77-.9
Description

Copy of letter from Secretary of War J. H. Eaton to Colonel Ward transmitting a copy of his July 29th letter to Colonel Montgomery, Cherokee Agent, setting forth the President's views on Indian removal. Five folded sheets of paper with handwritten text in ink on 19 pages. Folder 40



Inscription(s)

Inscribed in ink on recto, "Copy"

Dates: August 2, 1830
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / MC.1954.185, Manuscript Collection: John Ross Papers

Copy of Remarks of Andrew Jackson, 1797 - 1897

 Item — Folder 11A: [Barcode: 187.11A]
Identifier: 4026.1978.1-.4
Description

Copy of remarks of President Andrew Jackson who with Joseph McMinn and David Meriwether negotiated the Cherokee Treaty of July 8, 1817. Sheets of paper with handwritten text in ink. There is a string attached to the document. Folder 11A

Dates: 1797 - 1897
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / MC.1954.185, Manuscript Collection: John Ross Papers

Draft copy of letter from Chief John Ross to W. Harris, March 11, 1831

 Item — Folder 50: [Barcode: 187.50]
Identifier: 4026.87
Description

Draft copy of letter from Chief John Ross to W. Harris regarding the hold up of annuity (Moulton). Copy of letter to William Rogers enclosing above letter. Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on four pages. Folder 50



Inscription(s)

Inscribed in ink, "Copy of a letter"

Dates: March 11, 1831
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / MC.1954.185, Manuscript Collection: John Ross Papers

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