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23 September 1776
Moncada, Fernando de Rivera y, fl. 1775-1776
to Antonio Bucareli (in Spanish)
Insufficient horses and mules and the potential violence of Indians makes reliable mail service difficult.
GLC06287.07
1833/03/22
Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845
[Retained clerical copy of a treaty between the United States and the Ottawa Indians]
Manuscript copy of the treaty made on 18 February 1833 between the Ottawa chiefs "residing on the Indian Reserves on the Miami of Lake Erie" and George B. Porter, the United States commissioner. Outlines the cession of Ottawa land in Ohio, the...
GLC07392
1878/01/01
Vallarta, I.T., fl. 1878
Translation of Account of Relations between Mexico and Pawnee Tribes of Texas
Consists of clerical transmittal, bound with a copy of the treaty written in the same hand.
GLC07389
1834
[Advertisement for A Narrative of the Captivity & Providential Escape of Mrs. Jane Lewis]
Illustrated publication advertisement for a recently published book about Lewis experience as a captive of Chief Black Hawk during the Black Hawk War. Published in the aftermath of the war after Black Hawk was taken as a captive on a tour for the...
GLC07390
1825/08
Contemporary copy of Treaty of Prairie Du Chien (WI) [Schoolcraft copy]
Copy of Henry R. Schoolcraft, the 19th century scholar and ethnologist of Native Americans. Tied with green ribbon
GLC07391
1861
Pike, Albert, 1809-1891
Treaty with [the Confederacy and] Cherokee
Co-authored by John Ross. Treaty signed 7 October.
GLC07393
1866
Communication of the Delegation of the Cherokee Nation to the President...
Correspondence between John Ross, Principal Chief, and certain officers of the Rebellious States: Defending Cherokee Treaty with Confederacy; the Cherokee Constitution allowing for slavery and segregation of blacks.
GLC07384.06
1860/10/04
Ross, John, 1790-1866
Message of the Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation to the National Council
Delivered October 4, 1860. Uncut.
GLC07384.04
1883/11/07
Bushyhead, Dennis W., 1826-1898
First Annual Message (second term)
Speech delivered at Talequah by principal chief of Cherokee Nation.
GLC07384.05
1862/03/20
to John Ross re: requesting necessary papers to capture fugitive slave
The slave was wanted for the crime of horse stealing.
GLC07385.01
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