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1842/11/12
Chamber, John, fl. 1842
to Barton J. David re: accounting for flour to Iowa Indians
Governor of Iowa and Indian agent. Signed as Superintendent of Indian Affairs
GLC01450.715
20 July 1780
Pottwatomi Indian Nation, fl. 1780
Land grant to Maj. Arent Schuyler De Peyster (Detroit area)
Land grant to Arent Schuyler De Peyster, Major in the King's 8th Regiment at Detroit. De Peyster has signed on the back where he turns-over his ownership to a nephew. Signed with pictographs by the representatives of the following Indian tribes, all...
GLC01450.808
1890/02/17
Harrison, Benjamin, 1833-1901
Proclamation: prohibiting herding or grazing on Cherokee strip
Printed document without seal or signature.
GLC01861
18 July 1839
Taylor, Zachary, 1784-1850
to William Davenport
Brevet Brigadier General Taylor directs this letter to Colonel Davenport or the officer commanding at Fort Lawson, Florida. Replies to recent correspondence from Davenport related to "the Negro captured near Fort Andrews... The Negroes statement is...
GLC01829
5 June 1863
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
[Promotion of Thomas McGregor to Second Lieutenant in the First Regiment of Cavalry].
Countersigned by Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton. Partially printed from an engraving, with blanks filled in by hand. Docketed at upper left. McGregor was also known as a California "Argonaut" and Indian fighter. Pink seal on upper left corner.
GLC01771
1842/08/25
Houston, Sam, 1793-1863
to Col. Thomas W. Ward re: predicting peace with Mexico & Indians, Texas
Written as President of the Republic of Texas. Accompanied by an Executive Department order written and signed in secretarial hand.
GLC01777
1744
Pennsylvania, Treaties
A treaty...by...Virginia and Maryland with...the indians of the Six Nations
Stab-stitched, uncut. Printed by Benjamin Franklin. First edition. The treaty was signed in June 1744. it renews allianace between Iroquois and Great Britain at the outbreak of hte French and Indian war. Boyd 3; Curtis/Cambell 84; Evans 5416...
GLC01711
12 July 1764
Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790
Pennsylvania gazette. [No. 1855 (July 12, 1764)]
Prints a declaration of John Penn, the Governor of the province of Pennsylvania, proclaiming the Delaware and Shawanese Indians enemies of the province. Reports that Penn will offer rewards for Indian captives or scalps and delineates the amount of...
GLC01713.01
6 December 1764
Pennsylvania gazette. [no. 1876 (December 6, 1764)]
Printed by Benjamin Franklin and D. Hall. Contains Governor William Penn's acceptance of a temorary peace with the Delawares and Shawnees. Penn appoints William Johnson as agent to negotiate final peace treaty. Declaration signed on 5 December...
GLC01713.02
2 May 1864
Merrill, W.E., 1837-1891
Map of Northern Georgia.
Created under the direction of Captain William E. Merrill, Chief Topographical Engineer. Lithographed map printed on paper squares mounted on cloth to facilitate folding. Contains handcoloring on roads and state borders. Based on Cherokee land maps...
GLC01740.02
17 March 1815
Van Dyke, Richard, fl. 1815
[Land sale agreement between William and Charles Gardiner and Richard Van Dyke]
Also signed by William Gardiner and Charles Gardiner. Mentions eight Iroquois for whom Van Dyke was making the transaction. The Indians names were Lieutenant Colonel Lewis Atayataghroughta, Captain James Wakarontharane, Captain Honyere...
GLC01608
1819/01/25
Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845
to Rachel Jackson
Writes to his wife that he has arrived in Washington, a day after Henry Clay made an inflammatory speech against him. However, he is confident, because he believes that "a very large majority" of Congress sides with him. He has also learned that...
GLC01609
5 December 1783
Jay, John, 1745-1829
to Sarah Livingston Jay
Written by Jay, three months after the signing of the Treaty of Paris, to his wife Sarah, who he refers to as "Sally," while she was in Paris. Says last letter he received from her was 18 November. Says his trip to the spa town of Bath has improved...
GLC01610
13 August 1793
Harrison, William Henry, 1773-1841
[Orders to Commissary "for a Putawalimi chief one quart whisky"]
Harrison signed as Aide de camp while serving under General Anthony Wayne during the Indian Wars of the Old Northwest. Docket identifies the document as number 294.
GLC01624
1838/05/10
Ordering audit of receipt signed by Cherokee Chief Colonel Bowls
A note written as President of the Republic of Texas on the verso of a receipt for payment to Cherokee Chieftain Bowls (signed with an "X") at a time when the Texas Senate was taking Cherokee Indian lands.
GLC01525
26 August 1789
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
to President and Directors of the Bank of New York
Secretary of War Knox transfers a letter from President Washington (not included). Requests a $10,000 loan and additional monies when needed for the commissioners negotiating treaties with Indians. Written from the "War Office."
GLC01561
27 October 1776
Schuyler, Philip John, 1733-1804
to Elias Dayton
Written by Major General Schuyler as commander of the Northern Department, to Colonel Elias Dayton of the 3rd New Jersey Regiment. Sent by Schuyler when Dayton's regiment was marching north from Schenectady. Dayton's troops were being sent to the...
GLC01580
1755/12/03
to John Hunter
With autograph free frank. Franklin says that "By our late Act I am engag'd in the Disposition of the 60,000 pounds," money given to him by the Pennsylvania legislature to raise a militia for defence of the state's borders during the French and...
GLC01656
1862/12/27
to Caleb B. Smith and William P. Dole
Written on Executive Mansion stationery to "Sec. of Interior (Smith) and Comr. of Indian Affairs (Dole)." Says that Mr. DuPuy lost his job as an Indian Agent after being falsely accused. Acknowledges that he should be reinstated, but realizes the...
GLC01695
28 July 1862
Treaty between the United States of America and the Ottawa Indians of Blanchard's Fork and Roche De Boeuf.
Certifies that the Ottawa Indians of Blanchard's Fork and Roche De Boeuf in Franklin County, Kansas, will dissolve as a tribe within five years from the ratification of this treaty and will become citizens of the United States. Lists the articles of...
GLC08531
1820/03/06
Gales & Seaton
Memorial of Major General Andrew Jackson
Rejoinder to a senate report that investigated Andrew Jackson's justification for taking possession of Pensacola and St. Marks in Florida during the first Seminole War and deemed it "against the laws and constitution of his country." Jackson argues...
GLC08605.01
1831
Duff and Green, fl. 1831
[Correspondence between Andrew Jackson and John C. Calhoun on the Seminole War]
Correspondence between the "President and Vice-President of the U. States, on the subject of the course of the latter, in the deliberations of the cabinet of Mr. Monroe, on the occurrences of the Seminole War." Calhoun discloses the correspondence...
GLC08605.02
1824/09/05
Clark, William, 1770-1838
to Richard Graham
Notes that apparent strife between Indians and whites in Arkansas has dissipated. Reports a conversation with Secretary of War John C. Calhoun on the topic of establishing Indian agents, in which Calhoun asserted that he would not make any...
GLC02146.04
1818/12/29
Calhoun, John C. (John Caldwell), 1782-1850
to Richard Graham and Joseph Philips
Secretary of State Calhoun denies an appropriation request because he did not receive a detailed estimate of expenses. Indicates that he will attempt to have the senate increase the appropriation but advises them to keep their disbursements to the...
GLC02146.17
1842/06/22
Ward, Thomas W., fl. 1842-1862
to Houston re: resignation as guardian of Texas archive due to marauding Indians
Clerical copy. Ward feared his inability to protect the archives from marauding Indians.
GLC02145.07
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