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1784/03/04
Thomson, Charles, 1729-1824
Act re: election of five commissioners to negotiate Indian treaties
Elected commissioners are George Rogers Clarke, Oliver Wolcott, Nathaniel [sic] Greene, Richard Butler, and Stephen Higgenson.
GLC07793
1864/02/17
Seddon, James A. (James Alexander), 1815-1880
to Jefferson Davis re: payment of interest due to Choctaw tribe by Virginia
GLC07799
1843/10/14
Taylor, Zachary, 1784-1850
To: Robert C. Wood.
Criticism of abolitionists and mention of a "fracas" involving Cherokees dissatisfied about the results of their election.
GLC07905
1791/06/23
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826
to David Humphreys re: trade, laws of European countries against US commerce
Extensive ink bleedthrough obscures Jefferson's writing. Written to America's secret agent in Lisbon concerning laws of France, Spain and England damaging American commerce. "Our best interest would be to employ our principal labours in agriculture...
GLC05967
10 September 1867
Smet, Pierre-Jean de, 1801-1873
to Orville H. Browning
Writes to Secretary of the Interior Browning a detailed description of diplomatic activities among the Indian tribes in the Missouri River country during the Sioux wars of the 1860s. Outlines his expenses and outlays during his visit with the...
GLC05788.01
1867/09/11
De Smet, Pierre J., fl. 1867
to Orville H. Browning re: accepting appointment as peace envoy among Indians
Written at St. Louis University
GLC05788.02
1867/03/12
to Lewis W. Bogy re: outlining Smet's services to U.S. as mediator
With docket and stamp of Dept of Interior 9/16/1867 and assorted newsclippings.
GLC05788.03
1836/10/15
Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845
to Carey A. Harris re: criticizing paying John Ross to attend Congress
Written in the third person. "If Mr. Bell had been as attentive to the pay of the volunteers as he was to John Ross & others to have them paid for attending Congress & opposing the treaty the appropriation would have been made as required."
GLC05722.03
1836/12/01
to Carey A. Harris re: interpretation of 14th Sect. of Choctaw Treaty
Asking Harris to bring Samuel Gorman's letter regarding Choctaw Treaty. Written in the third person.
GLC05722.04
1873/12/18-20
Thomas, W. N., fl. 1873
[1873 Army Letters and Telegrams]
The retained copy book record of army officers' letters and telegraphs concerning the affairs of the Twentieth Infantry. Discusses the removal of the Winnebago tribe of Indians, the plan to capture a chief named Big Hawk, and the training and...
GLC05731.01
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