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1. Correspondence from Cyrus Byington to Samuel Folsom re: biography of David Folsom, October 26, 1857.
2. Correspondence
from Cyrus Byington to Israel Folsom re:
David Folsom's biography, grammar, missions and boarding schools, etc.,
May 27, 1859.
3. Correspondence
from T. G. Bend to Reverend J. P. Murrow re:
mission and church business, personal welfare, and greetings, March 10,
1871.
4. Part
of the Choctaw-Chickasaw Treaty of 1837 (Articles 1 and 2 are not included),
February 25, 1837; President Martin Van Buren's approval and confirmation of
the treaty, March 24, 1837.
5. Correspondence
from Secretary of War William H. Crawford to Major General Andrew Jackson
re: the forced removal of all
unauthorized settlers from Public Lands, January 27, 1816.
6. Correspondence
from George W. Hawkins to an unknown person re: the Choctaw-Chickasaw Treaty of 1855, September 30, 1855.
7. Correspondence
from R. M. Jones to an unknown person re:
lawlessness in Kiameche (sic) County.
Kiamiche County was located in the Pushmataha District of the Choctaw
Nation. July 23, 1858.
8. Correspondence
from David Folsom to Reverend Elias Cornelius re: missions and mission schools in the Choctaw Nation, March 5,
1820.
9. Correspondence
from David Folsom to Mr. and Mrs. Elias Cornelius re: personal, June 21, 1821.
10. Correspondence
from David Folsom to Elias Cornelius re:
personal, June 28, 1818.
11. Correspondence
from David Folsom to Elias Cornelius re:
the lack of council meetings in the Choctaw Nation (incomplete). July
16, 1818.
12. Correspondence
from David Folsom to Elias Cornelius re:
a treaty meeting in Washington, DC and personal information, October 1,
1818.
13. Correspondence
from David Folsom to Reverend Elias Cornelius, October 9, 1818.
14. Correspondence
from David Folsom to Reverend Elias Cornelius re: the Choctaw Treaty, November 3, 1818.
15. Correspondence
from David Folsom to Reverend Elias Cornelius re: missions in the Choctaw Nation, June 14, 1819.
16. Correspondence
from David Folsom to Reverend Elias Cornelius, objecting to removal and land
exchange, July 9, 1819.
17. Correspondence
from David Folsom to Reverend Elias Cornelius re: objection to exchange of land, donations for Choctaw schools and
a plea for more help, September 13, 1819.
18. Correspondence
from David Folsom to Cyrus Byington re:
personal, July 6, 1822.
19. Correspondence
from David Folsom to Cyrus Byington re:
personal, June 22, 1822.
20. Correspondence
from David Folsom to Cyrus Byington re:
personal, September 11, 1824.
21. Correspondence
from David Folsom to Cyrus Byington re:
traveling with the delegation, September 25, 1824.
22. Correspondence
from David Folsom to Cyrus Byington re:
traveling with the delegation, October 13, 1824.
23. Correspondence
from David Folsom to Cyrus Byington re:
death of Folsom's son, government talks, missionaries, etc. December 7,
1824.
24. Correspondence
from David Folsom to Cyrus Byington, January 7, 1829.
25. Correspondence
from David Folsom to Cyrus Byington re:
help in translating the Choctaw Constitution and laws, August 29, 1839.
26. Correspondence
from Peter Pitchlynn to Thompson McKenney re:
orphan claims in the Supreme Court, a Choctaw claim against the
Chickasaws for $5000, the slave question, and cholera in New York, December 13,
1848.
27. Correspondence
from Peter Pitchlynn to Thompson McKenney re:
Choctaw tribal business before Congress, January 20, 1854.
28. Will
of Alfred Wade of the Choctaw Nation, August 18, 1877.
29. Correspondence
from Thompson McKenney to Israel Folsom re:
Choctaw claims against the U. S. Government, June 3, 1852.
30. Correspondence
from Israel Folsom to Thompson McKenney re:
an accusation of bribery on the part of the Chickasaw delegation, August
3, 1855.
31. Correspondence
from David Folsom to Reverend Cyrus Byington re: the death of Pushmataha, December 24, 1824.
32. Correspondence
from Israel Folsom to T. Bond, giving Folsom's reasons for objecting to the
proposed allotment system. Incomplete. February 26, 1870.
33. Correspondence
from Israel Folsom to one of his daughters re:
Choctaw tribal affairs and personal matters, March 10, 1870.
34. Correspondence
from Czarina Bond to J. S. Murrow re:
personal, March 16, 1871.
35. Certificate
from the Choctaw Academy to Thompson McKenney, December 24, 1836.
36. Cherokees: General Order #74, Headquarters, Army E. T.
and C. N., Fort Cass by Major General John E. Wool, November 3, 1836.
37. Correspondence
from Winfield Scott to John Ross, Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation,
re: requisitions of supplies during
removal, November 14, 1838.
38. Correspondence
from Richard Fields, Hair Conrad, Bushyhead, and Thomas Woodard to John Ross,
re: report of the Cherokee delegation
to mediate for peace between the U.S. and the Seminoles, February 17, 1838.
39. Correspondence
from George Hicks and Collins McDonald to Chief John Ross re: need of supplies to be sent, March 15, 1839.
40. Correspondence
from Campbell to Johnston re: supplies
for the Confederate Army, December 16, 1862.
41. Correspondence
from J. S. Murrow to S. Buckley re:
supplies ordered for Seminoles loyal to the Confederacy, December 1862.
42. Correspondence
from Peter Pitchlynn to Thompson McKenney re:
personal, February 18, 1848.
43. Correspondence
from R. M. Jones to Thompson McKenney, October 15, 1849.
44. Correspondence
from Israel Folsom to Colonel Thompson McKenney re: the desirability of just one principal chief for the Choctaws,
rather than four, June 3, 1850.
45. Correspondence
from Israel Folsom to Thompson McKenney re:
rejecting the treaty with the U. S. and the Chickasaws, August 8, 1855.
46. Correspondence
from Israel Folsom to Thompson McKenney re:
early Choctaw history, January 26, 1849. Incomplete.
47. Correspondence
from Stand Watie to “Sally” re: the
Battle of Cabin Creek, July 12, 1863.
48. Genealogy
of David Folsom.
49. Treaty
(printed) between the U. S. and the Choctaw and Chickasaw tribes, 1855.
50. Document
in both English and Choctaw re:
official business concerning payments for relief of the Choctaw
refugees. Also, a claim of Cole Nelson
for services rendered to the Choctaw refugees in 1864-1865, with endorsements
by Peter Pitchlynn and Basil LeFlore, and an act for “Relief of Nelson,”
November 1, 1875.
51. Bill
#4 of the Choctaw National Council, authorizing an investigation of Forbes
LeFlore, former Superintendent of Public Schools, October 21, 1874.
52. Correspondence
from H. Balentine to ---- Ward re:
Balentine's trip east and preaching in various places in the New
York-Connecticut area, his trip back to Doakesville, arrival and work in the
mission and school, difficulties encountered by the School Superintendent's
wife in running and Boarding School, and some questions, August 5, 1856.
53. Correspondence
from N. Cochnaner, County and Probate Clerk of Blue County, C. N., to Mrs.
Lovica Nail Folsom, appointing her as administratrix of the estate of her
husband, Reverend Israel Folsom, January 2, 1871.
54. Correspondence
C. E. Nelson to Reverend H. B. Cushman, containing an autobiographical sketch
of Nelson, 1831-1891, with a brief note by Victor M. Locke, October 13, 1891.
55. Correspondence
from David Folsom to Reverend Cyrus Byington re: missionaries and their work in the Choctaw Nation, and removal,
July 23, 1821.
56. Correspondence
from David Folsom to Reverend Cyrus Kingsbury, reporting on negotiations and
the activities of the delegation to Washington. Folsom mentions the deaths of Puckshunubbee and Pushmataha,
January 14, 1825.
57. The Lord's
Prayer in the Choctaw language.
58. Will
of John A. Bynum of Mississippi, January 21, 1836.
59. Memoir
of Nathaniel Folsom, as told to Cyrus Byington, June 1829.
60. Correspondence
from Nathaniel Folsom to Mr. Byington, January 11, 1831.
61. Correspondence
from Nathaniel Folsom to Cyrus Byington, 1821, and 1830.
62. Will
of Israel Folsom, certified in Choctaw, January 1, 1861.
63. Constitution
of the Choctaw Nation, done in convention at Doaksville, Choctaw Nation. Signed by Jeremiah Folsom, President of the
Convention, and attested by Sampson Folsom. Also signed by the delegates to the
convention, May 5, 1858.
64. Genealogy
data on the Pitchlynn and Folsom families; Correspondence from Peter Pitchlynn
to Alfred Emerson Folsom re:
legislation on tribal appropriations in the U. S. Congress, and a
discussion of business in the next tribal congress, July 13, 1870.
65. Correspondence
from Peter Pitchlynn to Lorenzo Thomas re:
personal, 1842.
66. Correspondence
from Peter Pitchlynn to Thompson McKenney re:
tribal business in Washington, DC.
Pitchlynn mentions the Nebraska Bill, and territorial government for the
Choctaws, Creeks and Cherokees, March 2, 1854.
67. Manuscript
(possibly incomplete) on the administrations of Chiefs Green McCurtain, David
Folsom, and John Garland. This fragment
discusses how they attained and kept power, and their administration of tribal
affairs, n.d.
68. Correspondence
from Sampson Noland to an unidentified person, 1850.
69. Correspondence
from Douglas H. Cooper to P. Pitchlynn, D. W. Lewis, Samuel Garland and Israel
Folsom, Choctaw delegates re: an
enclosure of a statement of property claims by Choctaws, January 8, 1857.
70. Correspondence
from E. G. Corder to Colonel Peter Pitchlynn re: an account for paying a blacksmith for work done for Colonel G.
E. Dencale's Choctaw V Regiment, April 4, 1862.
71. Correspondence
from Douglas H. Cooper to Stand Watie re:
Civil War in Indian Territory--supplies, requisitions, and troop
movements, June 31, 1864.
Diaries:
-Diary containing verse, notes on
world geography, ancient history, and English grammar.
-Diary for 1913 containing money
paid out and an original poem concerning temperance.
-Diary for August 4 to November 21,
1914, containing notes about travel, mining camps and Galena, Kansas.
-Diary for December 1867 to January
1892, containing expense accounts, verses, and funds paid.
Daily expense accounts for the U. S. Indian
Service:
-January 1920 - 1921
-January 1929 - December 1929
-January 1933 - January 1934
-January 1934 - January 1935
Box H-58
Folder:
1. a. Ladies
Road Improvement Assn., Webbers Falls, I.T. c. 1890, solicitation letters (two
copies).
b. Correspondence from “George” to ----
October 2, 1861; Camp Lincoln, Washington, DC, discusses Civil War camp life,
food, etc.
c. Correspondence from R. Blackstone to
his father, January 2, 1865; Boggy Depot, Choctaw Nation, general war news,
mentions failure to capture supply boats near Ft. Smith, Ark.
d. Commencement program of Willie Halsell
College, 1895.
e. Report card for George Blackstone,
1897.
2. a. Photostat. Correspondence from George Washington to
Cherokee Nation, June 14, 1792, mentions general relations, Treaty of Hopewell,
and disturbances in Georgia.
b. Correspondence to Forbis LeFlore, July
10, 1870 and August 11, 1888.
c. Britt Willis memoirs of his days in
Indian Territory, Chickasaw Nation; discusses general history from 1857 to an
unknown date; tribal government; various Chickasaw laws, anecdotes, prominent
families, etc.
3. Correspondence
dated 1889 concerning the Indian Territorial Convention.
4. Correspondence
dated 1891; miscellaneous.
5. Correspondence
dated 1892; most sent to Messrs. Lane, Kent and Kelley.
6. Correspondence
dated 1893; business correspondence re: promotion of business interests in
Guthrie, OK.
7. Correspondence
dated 1894.
8. Correspondence
dated 1895.
9. Correspondence
dated 1901.
10. Financial
matters, mostly checks.
11. Legal
material, mortgage release, 1896.
12. Table
of classification of lands and appraised value per acre in Cherokee Nation.
13-17. Correspondence between Edwin
Ludlow and his wife, 1894-1902; Ludlow lived in Hartshorne, I.T., but was also
General Superintendent for the Mexican Coal and Coke Company.
18. Correspondence
between Chester Howe and Azel Hatch, attorneys, 1902; re: allotment of land
among Cherokees and Choctaws.
Two copies of the Atoka Agreement.
Ten miscellaneous postcards.
19. a. Correspondence
dated August 30-31, 1874, from a J. J. Carnes in Georgetown, TX, writing to his
wife concerning the business and cotton
crop prospects for Texas that year.
b. Correspondence dated March 30, 1884,
which handwriting comparison suggests was written by a Mary Carnes of Forrest
City, Ark. to her sister. Letter
discusses births, deaths, weather, etc. during the winter in the district.
c. Correspondence from J. J. Carnes on
November 29, 1874, from Georgetown, TX, writing to his wife at their home discussing
weather and the wife's health.
d. Correspondence from L. Newberges
acknowledging the receipt of $108 on account for wholesale chewing and smoking
tobacco materials. Letter is to J. J.
Carnes from Memphis to Vicksburg (probably Miss.). March 5, 1873.
e. Correspondence from Mary Carnes of
Lancaster County, to her daughter-in-law on December 26, 1883. (probably wife of J. J. Carnes, Vicksburg,
Miss.). Exchange of protestation of
good health and good cheer.
f. Correspondence from a M. H. Lowe to
Cornith, Miss., writing to her sister in Colorado on June 20, 1874. Trivial family news.
g. Correspondence from an unidentified
woman in Denver, Colorado, writing to her husband on January 10, 1874. Exchange of health and family finance news.
h. Correspondence from R. L. Hinton of
Prescott, Ark., to his sister (apparently wife of J. J. Carnes) on January 8,
1881, thanking her for her letter of condolence after losing his wife and
business.
i. A statement of $107 from L. Newberge's Cigar, Tobacco, and Pine
Wholesaler of 316 Main Street, Memphis, Tenn. on March 4, 1873 to J. J. Carnes
of Vicksburg (Miss.).
j. A Park Cemetery deed selling a NE
quarter lot in a cemetery to J. J. Carnes by Timothy Regan, dated February 8,
1888.
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