J. L. Hargett collection of Choctaw Nation papers 1821-1917

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J. L. Hargett collection of Choctaw Nation papers 1821-1917

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Correspondence, documents, financial papers, printed materials and other papers relating to the Choctaw removal to lands in Indian Territory and claims made by the Choctaw Nation against the United States Government. Correspondence includes letters from David Folsom, Choctaw Chief, to missionaries Cyrus Byington and Cyrus Kingsbury while in Washington negotiating the treaty of 1825. He writes of the deaths of two chiefs on the trip, and of the illness of others who had overindulged in the entertainment offered by the United States Government. Letters to missionary Cyrus Kingsbury from Folsom convey his reaction to preliminary queries from the Government in 1818 and 1819 concerning Choctaw removal to the west. Letters from Thomson McKenney to Forbis LeFlore (1851-1853) concern their efforts as Choctaw delegates to Washington to settle claims arising from the Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek. McKenney also writes to Peter Pitchlynn and receives letters from Pitchlynn (1848-1854) about his duties as a Choctaw delegate. The documents include many petitions, memorials, resolutions, and appointments of delegates for the settlement of the Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek claims. There are also three drafts of the Choctaw Constitution, written presumably during the convention which drafted the compromise constitution of 1860.

Total Boxes: 7 (including 1 oversize box); Other Storage Formats: 2 broadside folders, 2 portfolios; Linear Feet: 3.13

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6349014

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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LeFlore, Forbis.

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Folsom family.

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LeFlore family.

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Kingsbury, Cyrus, 1786-1870

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LeFlore family.

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Folsom, David W.

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Richardson was the first colonel of the 19th regiment of the New Hampshire militia created from a division of the tenth regiment in 1780. David Folsom was the second major of the same regiment. Major Palmer may be Jonathan Palmer of Wakefield, N.H. who was appointed as first major of the 19th regiment in 1781. From the description of David Folsom : letter, 1782. (New Hampshire Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 310179197 ...

Hargett, J. L.

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"...the General Merchandise tokens were used to pay the farmer for these Eggs, Poultry, and Butter which he brought to the merchant. The advantage to the merchant was he could sell for cash the eggs, poultry and butter etc. having bought them with 'SCRIPT' money and it might be sometime before the holder would ask to redeem it."--Preface. From the description of J. L. Hargett manuscript June 1968 (Tulsa City-County Library). WorldCat record id: 505296001 The Choctaw Indians ...

McKenney, Thomson.

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Choctaw Nation.

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Folsom family.

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LeFlore, Forbis.

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Folsom, David, 1947-

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Hargett, J. L.

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In the early 19th century, Choctaw Indians occupied most of the area that is now Mississippi and western Alabama. In a series of treaties with the United States beginning in 1796, Choctaw leaders ceded various parcels of land. In 1820 in the Treaty of Doak's Stand, the Choctaw ceded five million acres of their land in Mississippi to the United States in exchange for 13 million acres in Indian Territory. When the Choctaw attempted to enter their new lands, however, they found white p...

McKenney, Thomson.

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Kingsbury, Cyrus.

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Choctaw Nation. Laws, statutes, etc.

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LeFlore family.

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Choctaw Nation. Treaties, etc.

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Byington, Cyrus, 1793-1868

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Folsom family.

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Choctaw Nation. Constitution.

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Pitchlynn, Peter Perkins, 1806-1881

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