Skip to main content

Manuscripts

 Subject
Subject Source: Gilcrease Classifications

Found in 12984 Collections and/or Records:

Certified copy of deposition of Edward Smith and order by James Ore, January 8, 1855

 Item — Folder 205: [Barcode: 61.205]
Identifier: 4026.1740
Description

Order by James Ore, Clerk of the Canadian District Circuit Court, "to attach" Negro woman Dian and her children. Order states that Dian and her children belonged to John Drew and were to be attached until the lawsuit against him was decided. Folder 205

Dates: January 8, 1855

Certified copy of execution of the ruling stated that Drew won possession of slaves in Andrew Adair case., April 9, 1858

 Item — Folder 236: [Barcode: 61.236]
Identifier: 4026.1769
Description

Slaves were Parker, Kate, and her increase. Execution of the ruling was signed December 1, 1857. Execution of the ruling was served on December 3, 1857 and copy of the execution was certified on April 9, 1858. Folder 236

Dates: April 9, 1858

Certified copy of John Drew's last will and testament, March 6, 1860

 Item — Folder 266: [Barcode: 61.266]
Identifier: 4026.1794
Description

Certified by I. G. Vore on February 5, 1867 and J. A. Scales on February 20, 1869. Folder 266

Dates: March 6, 1860

Certified Copy of letter from Alex Warfield to Messrs. Shaw and Lanigan concerning contracts for horses, September 22, 1861

 Item — Folder 281: [Barcode: 61.281]
Identifier: 4026.1809
Description

Alex Warfield wrote from Santa Fe, New Mexico to Messrs. Shaw and Lanigan in Fort Gibson. Letter invited Messrs. Shaw and Lanigan to share in contract to supply 300 head of large horses. Horses were to be delivered to Fort Cobb by November 17. Folder 281

Dates: September 22, 1861

Certified Copy of Memorial or Cherokee Nation to President Andrew Johnson., October 31, 1865

 Item — Folder 1290: [Barcode: 187.1290]
Identifier: 4027.1526-.4
Description

Certified copy of memorial of Cherokee Nation (from Acting Principal Chief Lewis Downing) to President Andrew Johnson protesting failure of Commissioners to recognize Chief John Ross as Principal Chief. Two folded sheets of paper with handwritten text in ink on five pages. Folder 1290

Dates: October 31, 1865

Certified copy of the property belonging to the estate of John Miller, deceased, October 26, 1853

 Item — Folder 196: [Barcode: 61.196]
Identifier: 4026.1731
Description

Certified by Samuel M. Taylor. Property listed: 1 Negro woman, 3 Negro boys, and 2 Negro girls. Folder 196

Dates: October 26, 1853

Certified copy of the Supreme Court decision in the case of Cabbin Smith v. Jane Butler, November 7, 1853

 Item — Folder 197: [Barcode: 61.197]
Identifier: 4026.1732
Description

Case was heard in Tahlequah and was concerning the Nivens estate. Folder 197

Dates: November 7, 1853

"Chapter 1- On the Aesthetics of the Arts", early 20th century

 Item — Folder 466: [Barcode: 127.466]
Identifier: 4027.8403.19-.26