Letter : Yazoo, Mississippi, to the President of the United States, 1844 Dec.

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Letter : Yazoo, Mississippi, to the President of the United States, 1844 Dec.

Bound holograph draft of a letter to President John Tyler regarding the claims of the Choctaw Indians under the 1830 Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek, and the difficulties encountered in removing all the Indians to the west. Contains considerable revisions to the text throughout.

1 v. (23 p.)

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United States. Board of Choctaw Commissioners.

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The Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek (1830) provided that Choctaw Indians who agreed to remove from Mississippi would receive land in southeastern Indian Territory. The treaty also provided for the relocation within Mississippi of Choctaw who did not want to remove to Indian Territory. Samuel Rush was one of the Choctaw Commissioners who oversaw the implementation of the treaty. From the description of Letter : Yazoo, Mississippi, to the President of the United States, 1844 Dec. (Unkno...

Siebert, Frank T. (Frank Thomas), 1912-1998

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Frank T. Siebert was a pathologist, self-taught linguist and collector of books on North American Indians and the American frontier. He was dedicated to preserving the Penobscot language and was the compiler of a Penobscot dictionary. Bryant Richard Garrett, the donor of the collection, worked closely with Dr. Siebert and carries on the work of documenting and preserving the Penobscot language. From the description of Penobscot and Algonquian related notes of Frank T. Siebert. 1934-1...

United States. President (1841-1845 : Tyler)

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Among the articles of the 1830 Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek, which provided for the removal of the Choctaw Nation from Mississippi to lands west of the Mississippi River, was the provision of land reservations for members of the tribe who wished to remain in the state. About 5,000 Choctaws stayed in Mississippi and received allotments as stipulated by the treaty. From the description of United States of America, to all to whom these presents shall come, greeting : whereas under the...

Rush, Samuel, 1795-1859

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Samuel Rush was a lawyer, recorder of Philadelphia, and the son of Benjamin Rush. From the description of Occasional glimpses at the world, 1824. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122489481 From the description of Notebook, 1859. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 154298217 From the guide to the Samuel Rush notebook, 1859, 1859, (American Philosophical Society) From the guide to the Occasional glimpses ...