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1798/11/24
Henderson, Ann, fl. 1798
Court deposition transcript of Cherokee land sale in Tenn. (signed with mark)
Transcript of court deposition, signed by Henderson with her mark. Docketed on address leaf.
GLC07311
1815-1830
Stanford, John, fl. 1798-1813
Collection of prayer and sermon notes
GLC07299
1842/03/24
Hatchett, Samuel, fl. 1842
Cherokee Indian "Spoilatia" claim against U.S. Goverment (signed with cross)
Claim for of $125.25 written after Winfield Scott and troops confiscated his property during the "Trail of Tears." Signed by Hatchchett with his mark, a cross ("+").
GLC07310
3 July 1852
Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874
to Robert Adams
Thanks Adams, possibly an underground railroad conductor, for the invitation to Independence Day events at Fall River, Massachusetts, but cannot make it. Sends his sentiments instead which he calls trite but necessary. "Defenders of the...
GLC07356.01
28 May 1864
Fletcher, Francis H., 1841-?
to Jacob C. Safford
Fletcher, a black soldier in the 54th Massachusetts Colored Infantry, complains bitterly of the inequality of treatment and pay between the white and black soldiers. "Just one year ago to day our regt was received in Boston with almost an ovation...
GLC07345
1790/06/19
Gazette of the United States. [Vol. 2, no.20 (June 19, 1790)]
Whole no. 124. re: Notice of Rhode Island's ratification of the Constitution; Washington's letter to Hebrew Congregation of Savannah; etc.
GLC07270
1 April 1762
Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790
Pennsylvania gazette. [No. 1736 (April 1, 1762)]
Re: British and French hostilities in the Caribbean; Indian peace treaty in Virginia, etc.
GLC07266
1790/01/02
Fenno, John, 1751-1798
Gazette of the United States. [No. 76 (January 2, 1790)]
re: urging ratification of Bill of Rights in Virginia; "an act providing for the expenses which may attend negotiations with Indian tribes ..." etc.
GLC07268
4 November 1813
Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845
to David Holmes
Informs Mississippi Territory's Governor Holmes that on 2 November 1813, General John Coffee attacked the Creek Indians at Tallaseehatchee in upper Alabama, killing 186 warriors and taking 86 women and children prisoners. Concludes: "If I had...
GLC07371
1835/03/16
To the Cherokee Tribe of Indians East of the Mississippi [circular] [removal]
Printed circular letter. "I have no motive, my friends, to deceive you...circumstances that cannot be controlled, and which are beyond the reach of human laws, render it impossible that you can flourish in the midst of a civilized community. You have...
GLC07377
1818/06/02
to John C. Calhoun
The war against the Seminole Indians. "I have deemed it advisable to call into service... two companies of rangers ...with instructions to scour the country... exterminating every hostile party who dare... not surrender & remove their families above...
GLC07378
16 October 1725
Bradford, John, ?-1726
to Charles Calvert
Discusses two runaway slaves that were brought before him and returned to their masters. In part, "This day was brought before me a Runnaway Negro Woman taken up Near the Head of Mr: [Charles] Carrolls Land on the upper Side of Monockasey In Her way...
GLC07368
1780
Cherokee Nation
Bill of sale for 47 black slaves to Michael Deloach
Bill totals $16,000.
GLC07369
9 August 1814
to John Reid
Writes to Major Reid to inform him of the signing of the Treaty of Fort Jackson with Creek Indians. Describes the punitive measures of the agreement, which forced the Creek to cede twenty-two million acres of land. Discusses Reid's commission as a...
GLC07372
1816/08/06
to William H. Crawford
Writes to Secretary of War Crawford to transmit Captain John Allen's muster roll (not included) of volunteers who helped protect Chickasaw Indian land from "Intruders," referring to white settlers.
GLC07374
1817/08/19
to George Graham
"[T]his will ensure the removal of 19/20 of the whole Cherokee Nation." Docketed.
GLC07375
4 October 1830
MacKay, John, 1805-1849
to Eliza Anne Mackay
Mentions an upcoming camp meeting in Georgia and sending money to his tailor. Discusses protecting Cherokee lands from white intruders, mentioning the capture of "200 gold diggers." In reference to the Indian Removal Act of 1830, he speculates that...
GLC07376
1789/07/07
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Extract from a report of the Secretary of War to the President of the United States
Relays some observations "resulting from a general view of the Indian Department...with the hope that some of them might be considered as proper principles to be interwoven in a general System for the government of Indian Affairs." Discusses...
GLC07379
1883
Crook, George, 1829-1890
Annual Report of Brigadier General George Cook, U.S. Army. Commanding Department of Arizona.
Signed by Crook's acting aide-de-camp S. Roberts. Reports on his expedition to the Sierra Madre Mountains to locate Geronimo and his warrior band. He faults the government for their unfair treatment of the Indians and the United States...
GLC07380.01
1798-1813
Diaries of itinerant Baptist preacher and humanitarian
Stanford was a Baptist preaching working in New York, Connecticut and Pennsylvania at the beginning of the Second Great Awakening. The diaries are dated 1) February-March 1798; 2) January-July 1799; 3) September-December 1799; 4) January-December...
GLC07298
1776/05/27
Schuyler, Philip John, 1733-1804
To: Col. Dayton.
Schuyler, in response to Caldwell's suggestion that Highlanders who didn't flee be allowed to stay on their land, says that this can only be done with restrictions, since the Highlanders trust Americans as much as "papists trust Protestants."
GLC07933
1836/04/04
Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848
to Solomon Lincoln Esq.
Pontificating on the history and intentions of the Pilgrims and the Founding Fathers, and on the important principles to be learned from America's collective history. Also giving his views on freedom of religion and freedom of speech and the limits...
GLC07868
1845/09/27
Polk, James K. (James Knox), 1795-1849
Authority to affix the seal attesting to Alabama Act
GLC07761
1932/12/21
Patton, George S. (George Smith), 1885-1945
to Nita Patton re: comments on Catholicism and actions of Congress
GLC07771
1854/08/19
Pierce, Franklin, 1804-1869
Authority to affix the seal to treaty with Miami Indians of Indiana
GLC07807
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