Miscellaneous manuscripts about North American Indians, 1695-[ca.1929]

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Miscellaneous manuscripts about North American Indians, 1695-[ca.1929]

Manuscripts and other materials relating to North American Indians include papers on Spanish relations with Indians of New Orleans and Florida, 1765-1802; a 1695 document in French concerning the encroachment of the French towards New Mexico; minutes of conferences held with Indians at Easton, Pa., 1765 and at Fort Pitt, Pa., 1760; journal of events among the Indians of the Six Nations of the Iroquois, written by Col. Daniel Claus, 1762-1766; treaty made by Sir William Johnson with the Delaware and other nations of Indians, 1765; six documents pertaining to Mohegan Indians, 1716-1791; letters from travellers providing observations about Seneca Indians, late 1700's-mid 1800's; letter written by Joseph Brant of the Mohawk Indians, 1803; letters sent to President Andrew Jackson from George Graham of the War Department about Chickasaw Indians of the Southeast, 1816-1817; 1817 copy of treaty between Governor of New York and Onondaga, Seneca, and Cayuga Indians, 1788; appeal made by Chippewa of Canada to the Queen of England for a training school, 1844; correspondence from army and government officers about Indians of the West, late 1800's; copy of a pictograph on a painted buckskin recording Oglala Sioux tribal history for 80 years, 1894; correspondence and notes concerning visit of Zuñi Indians to George Heye in New York, 1920-1929; field notebook of Foster Saville's excavation of a site in Rhode Island, n.d.; and notes written by George Emmons about Tlingit Indians of eastern Alaska, n.d.

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Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845

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Andrew Jackson, 7th President of the United States. Born on March 15, 1767 in the Waxhaw Settlement in South Carolina; though just a boy, participated in the battle of Hanging Rock during the Revolution, captured by the British and imprisoned. He worked for a time in a saddler's shop and afterward taught school before studying law in Salisbury, N.C. In 1788 he was appointed solicitor of the western district of North Carolina, comprising what is now the State of Tennessee. Upon the admission of T...

Saville, Foster H. (Foster Harmon), 1874-1942

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Photographs, notes, and sketches of artifacts found in Rhode Island. Includes excavation photos and field notes as well as some biographical information of individuals from the 17th century. Some of the photos of Indian artifacts have Museum of the American Indian artifact numbers. Includes a photo of a coin showing the Maurice, Prince of Orange. Pictures of pipes, utensils, and pottery. From the description of Rhode Island field notebook, [undated]. (Cornell University Library). Wor...

Brant, Joseph, 1742-1807

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Joseph Brant, also known as Thayendanega, (born March 1743 in Ohio Country along the Cuyahoga River - died Burlington Beach, Upper Canada, November 24, 1807), Mohawk Chief and an officer in the British military during the American Revolutionary War. He served in expeditions during the French and Indian War. As a Captain during the American Revolution, he led the four Iroquois Nations that sided with the British as well as a group of loyalists. He married three times, lastly to Catharine Adonwent...

Heye, George G. (George Gustav), 1874-1957

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George Heye was the President of the Museum of the American Indian. From the description of Letters to George and Thea Heye from Lorenzo Chavez and other Zuni Pueblo Indians, 1916-1930. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 64063650 ...

Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1901

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Queen Victoria was the only child of Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn and Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld. She was born on May 24, 1819 at Kensington Palace in London and she became heir to the throne when her father died. In 1837, she became Queen at the age of 18. During the early part of her reign, she was influenced by two men: her first Prime Minister, Lord Melbourne, and then her husband, Prince Albert, whom she married in 1840. Both men taught her much about how to be ...

Johnson, William, 1715-1774

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British official in America. From the description of Receipt signed to an autograph letter signed (signature obliterated) dated Schonectady [sic] 24 December, 1764 : [n.p.], 1764 Dec. 25. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270496465 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Johnson Hall, to an unidentified correspondent, 1769 Apr. 9. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270487684 Sir William Johnson was a wealthy land owner and trader, controlling most of the lands in...

Claus, Daniel.

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Graham, George Frederick

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George Graham (1770-1830) served as acting US Secretary of War from 1815-1818, president of the Washington branch of the Bank of America from 1817-1823, and from 1823-1830 as commissioner of the general land office of the United States. In 1818 Graham traveled to Galveston, Texas on a secret mission to obtain information on French exiles in Texas. He also inspected the Texas coast with pirate Jean Lafitte and wrote an account of his mission, the first Anglo-American description of a sea voyage t...

Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation. Library.

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Collecting area: Material relating to archaeology, ethnology, languages, and contemporary issues of Indians and Eskimos of the Western hemisphere. From the description of Repository description. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155463242 Munsee and Oneida Indian tribes were moved to Stockbridge, Mass. in 1763, and in the early 19th century to Stockbridge, Wisconsin. The groups were jointly called the Stockbridge Tribe. From the description of Stockbridge papers, 17...

United States. War Department

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Marcy served as Secretary of War under James K. Polk, 1845-1849. From the description of William L. Marcy letter : Washington [D.C.], to Col. J.D. Stevenson, New York City, ALS, 1846 June 26. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 43771263 Officer, Second U.S. Cavalry, 1868-1892. From the description of Report of Lieutenant Gustavus C. Doane, 1870 Dec.15. (Montana State University Bozeman Library). WorldCat record id: 43955079 U.S. gov...

Emmons, George Thornton.

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Emmons was a naval lieutenant from whom the American Museum of Natural History acquired extensive collections of Northwest Coast Indian material, 1880s-1920. From the description of Manuscript, [ca. 1920]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155511653 Emmons was a U.S. Naval Academy graduate who was stationed on board the U.S.S. Pinta during the 1880s and 1890s. After retiring from the Navy in 1899, he took on special projects for the U.S. government that involved working with th...