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circa 1792
Knox, Henry (1750-1806)
[Report on relations between the United States and Native Americans]
Discusses the Creek Nation.
GLC02437.09450
circa 1790
[An inventory of Thomas Flucker's estate]
"1790" is written at the top of page one and struck. Mentions General Samuel Waldo's Muscongus Patent, a patent granting Waldo trade with Native Americans in present-day Maine. Flucker, who was married to Waldo's daughter Hannah, was granted 2/5 of...
GLC02437.09454
11 January 1790
Freeman, Ezekiel (fl. 1790)
Henry Knox, Secretary at War in account current with the United States
Accounts for General Knox as of 1789, most likely for his time thus far as Secretary of War. Includes "Accounts opened in Treasury Books for sundry warrants in his favor from the 26th May 1785 to Jan 1789..." deductions from the Ordnance Department...
GLC02437.10225
16 November 1792
Nourse, Joseph (1754-1841)
Henry Knox Esq. Secretary at War in a/c current with the United States
Three parts. First part dated 16 November. Lists expenditures due to Indian treaties as well as expenses incurred through different departments. Total amounts to $51,464.36. Note stating "By a Statement of this Transaction mark't A it appears that...
GLC02437.10259
August 1783
Bell, William (fl. 1783)
Abstract of extra rations of provisions issued at the garrison of West Point in the month of August 1783 by William Bell Issg Commy on account of Daniel Parker & Co Contractrs
List of extra rations issued at West Point. A total of 1,021 and 1/2 extra rations were provided in August 1783. The groups that received rations included: army prisoners, men on garrison fatigue duty, the engineering department, police officers of...
GLC02437.02449
10 April -10 May 1738
Rutherford, Robert (fl. 1738)
[Affadavit]
Report regarding Samuel Waldo's difficult relations with the Iroquois Indians living near the lands he recently purchased in the Penobscot region. Says Captain John Gyles, commander of the Block House at St. George "insensed them by telling them, if...
GLC02437.08877
21 May 1740
Shirley, William (1694-1771)
to [Samuel Waldo]
Discusses the possibility of war, an expedition opposed by "our Captn Genl [who] has slept for 10 weeks" and business. The majority of the address has been clipped.
GLC02437.08900
27 June 1754
McLean, Hugh (fl. 1742-1754)
[Petition]
Petition to Samuel Waldo regarding protection against Indian raids.
GLC02437.08976
15 June 1859
Moore, John (1826-1907)
to Mary Kelly
Discusses his deep hatred of the Mormons in inflammatory language. Mentions that the sixteen children who survived the Mountain Meadows Massacre are to be sent to their relatives in a few days. He is stunned to read in the Deseret News that the...
GLC04194.18
10 October 1859
Describes being out with dragoons in pursuit of Indians who have committed robberies on the Emigrant Road. In spite of the vigilance of the troops, "two or three small trains have been robbed and burnt, and some twelve or fifteen people, men, women...
GLC04194.24
22 August 1860
Reports that there have been "no Indian troubles" around Fort Hall yet, and that the emigration is nearly over. Estimates 3,000 people have passed over the road near him and "probably twice that number over the road through Salt Lake and Camp Floyd...
GLC04194.33
1852
Horn, Hosea B. (fl. 1852)
Map to Illustrate Horn's Overland Guide to California and Oregon
Map originally attached to Horn's overland guide (housed with books, GLC 4152.01), from the U.S. Indian sub-agency, Council Bluffs, on the Missouri River, to the City of Sacramento, in California containing a table of distances, and showing all the...
GLC04152.02
May 22, 1634
Winthrop, John, 1588-1649
to Nathaniel Rich
One letter from John Winthrop to Nathaniel Rich dated May 22, 1834. Describes the agricultural developments, establishing a local government and church system. Mentions that most local indigenous people had died from smallpox which he felt allowed...
GLC01105
1862/09/11
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Reply to Caleb Smith re: meeting with John Ross (Chief of Cherokee)
Endorsement on blank leaf of Caleb Smith's letter. Smith's letter was written on Interior Department Stationery, agreeing to meet with Cherokee chief Ross.
Basler, Roy P. The Collected Works Of Abraham Lincoln. (New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers...
GLC01233.01
1870 circa
[Cased tintype of unidentified Indian in ceremonial garb]
Cased image depicts a 3/4 length seated portrait of a Native American facing the camera. His hair is shaven into a mohawk hairstyle. Hinged case is missing the lid.
GLC01364
1862-1864
Photo album with 39 carte de visite Civil War photos, including Brigham Young
With fore-edge painting. Includes views of Jim Bridger, Brigham Young, Ute and Shoshone Indians. Album presented "By the Boys" [troops] at Camp Douglas, to their commanding officer, Capt. E.B. Grimes, Q.M. Includes a few Washington DC scenes at end...
GLC01261
28 April 1832
Special order No. 7: Brigade muskets during Black Hawk War
Lincoln's signature "A. Lincoln, Capt." on verso of receipt.
Basler, Roy P. The Collected Works Of Abraham Lincon. (New Brunswick, New Jersey: Rutgers University Press, 1953), Vol. I p. 9-10.
GLC01302
6 July 1640 ca
Williams, Roger, fl. 1640-1667
to John Winthrop
Discusses the current behavior of the Native Americans in his area. Mentions struggles between the sachem Uncas, allied with the European settlers, and his enemy, Miantinomo. Postscript possibly refers to the efforts of King Charles I to restore...
GLC01590
1792-1793 ca.
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826
Collateral to US Mint: Rittenhouse medal, one-cent & half-cent coins with prints
Collateral items: print of Jefferson; a photo, "Ye Old Mint;" a print titled "The Coin Room;" a commemorative medal with the words "David Rittenhouse 1st Director U.S. Mint;" a one cent coin with a flowing hair liberty on the front and chain link on...
GLC01997.02
1829
Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845
President's message
An Extra of the Hartford Times, reporting from telegraph the text of Jackson's first State of the Union. The address discusses what will be many of the major issues during his Presidency. Discusses removal of Native Americans, questions the...
GLC02009
April 30, 1818
Glascock, Thomas, 1790-1841
to Andrew Jackson
A brigadier general in the Seminole War, Glascock tells Jackson of his return to Fort Early during the first Seminole War and gives an account of the Chehaw Affair. Discusses the misunderstandings that lead Captain Obediah Wright, who was in the...
GLC00782.11.03
January 10, 1813
Adams, John, 1735-1826
To Governor William Plumer
New York State, party and sectionalism.
GLC00639.02
June 4, 1776
Hancock, John, 1737-1793
to the Convention of Maryland
Written by Hancock as President of the Continental Congress. Begins by saying "Our affairs are hastening fast to a Crisis; and the approaching Campaign will in all Probability, determine for ever the Fate of America." Says the king and Parliament...
GLC00639.12
April 1, 1865
to Edwin M. Stanton
In hand of Ely S. Parker, Seneca Indian Chief, who was Grant's Secretary, per Charles Hamilton. re: reports of victory near Appomattox
GLC00639.21
6 January 1780
Calvin, Bartholomew, fl. 1780-1798
[Statement opposing white settlement on Indian land in Brotherton, New Jersey]
A strong statement signed by eight Indians showing alarm over white settlers moving onto their land, forbidding it in the future, making illegitimate leases null and void, and voicing hopes to "live in Quietness among one another without giving any...
GLC00540.01
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