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Compiled Laws... Cherokee Nation

Laws passed in Talequah Indian Territory; presentation copy by assistant executive secretary of Cherokee Nation.

GLC07384.02

Constitution, Treaties and Laws of the Chickasaw

Inscribed to D. Fisher. Written from the Indian Territory of Atoka.

GLC07384.03

Message of the Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation to the National Council

Delivered October 4, 1860. Uncut.

GLC07384.04

First Annual Message (second term)

Speech delivered at Talequah by principal chief of Cherokee Nation.

GLC07384.05

to Craig Fuller re: arrangements for travelling with press

Draft memo written in blue ink (felt-tip?) on yellow legal paper. "We can be accomodating without having the tail wag the dog. GB"

GLC07405

re: printed circular letter announcing declaration of War of 1812

GLC07413

Washington and Jackson on Negro Soldiers...

Title continued: "Gen. Banks on the Bravery of Negro troops..." Includes one page poem by George F. Boker, at end. Urging Union use of black troops; Banks' report on Port Hudson.

GLC07417

re: apathy of women in Suffrage movement

"And my answer to the Men-is-that if they insist of leaving the women of this republic disfranchised until the vast majority of them demand it-there is no hope for our emancipation from political serfdom."

GLC07419

Maps accompanying the proceedings of...the case of Fitz-John Porter [Atlas]

23 maps of Second Bull Run.

GLC07422

The Last Will & Testament of.... George Washington

Printed by Isaiah Thomas. Uncut.

GLC07425

Patent for Simeon Heath for improvements in the process of tanning

Countersigned by John Forsyth and B. F. Butler.

GLC07426

Pardon of William Connell (c/s F. Seward)

Countersigned by Frederick Seward, as acting Secretary of State. Connell was a teenager convicted of larceny.

GLC07427

General Orders no. 340

Recruiting Broadside calling for 300,000 volunteers; signed by Edward D. Townsend.

GLC07429

to unknown recipient re: requests that his book be sent to Charles Francis Adams

Wilson's book is titled "History of the Rise and fall of Slave Power".

GLC07431

Bill of sale and receipt for $45, slave Samuel in Saddle River, NJ

Samuel (slave) sold by John D. Ryerson and signed with his mark. Document is countersigned by Aaron Doty. Receipt also signed by Doty. Bill of sale 32.7 x 20.4 cm. Receipt 8.8 x 19.6 cm.

GLC07406

Freedmen's Bureau blank printed Marriage Certificate, Dept. of TN and AR

Printed blank document, printed in blue ink at the Freedmen Press Print, Vicksburg, MS.

GLC07407

Auburn Daily Democrat Extra re: Fort Sumter

Presidential Proclamation calling for 75,000 Militia to put down secession and reclaim "forts, places and property which have been seized from the Union."

GLC07408

Blank Confederate Slave impressment receipt

Printed blank receipt for the Department of the Gulf. Written at the Department of Gulf.

GLC07409

to George W. Randolph et al. re: the South's peril from the North

Written to Randolph and others. "The Northern People came to us with assurances that the south was in no peril...Harper's Ferry was invaded and captured...We have but to be one united people for security out of the Union or Justice & Equality in it...

GLC07410

Statement of Account with Benjamin Johnson

Includes entry for "Negro Fanny & her children." Dates from 1782-1787, while Monroe lived at Williamsburg.

GLC07411

A Table of Gold Coins Agreeable to a Law...

Illustrates 24 foreign legal tender coins (possibly a foldout removed from a book).

GLC07412

to Mr. Parkes re: furious bidding at slave auction

"Negroes are selling as wind here today, people are seemingly crazy."

GLC07414

to Albert Whitton re: murder of slave by overseer

"Your having shot my Negro man, Willett, I hereby dismiss you from my business as overseer." Written on a quarter sheet of paper.

GLC07415

[Photograph of McKinley and Admiral George Dewey in a parade]

Image of a parade thrown in honor of Admiral George Dewey. Dewey stands up in the carriage, facing the crowds. President William McKinley sits beside him. A mass of people has gathered on the streets to welcome the admiral, and some lean out of...

GLC07416

[Crowd in front of Lincoln's Springfield home after funeral]

Image of Lincoln's funeral train and Springfield townspeople posed in front of the late President's home, following his burial at Oak Ridge Cemetery on May 4. The home is draped in mourning and decorated with evergreens. Some members of the crowd are...

GLC07418