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94 From Ish-to-pa-to-pa, Shap-pow-wa and William McGilverry. To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated June 12, 1845. Re: asking Pitchlynn's attendance at the July 14, 1845 Chickasaw Council meeting. 95 From Alfred Wade. To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated July 5, 1845. Re: progress of students at the school and asks trustees to visit the school. 96 From Jacob Folsom (Buffalo Scull). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated July 31, 1845. Re: description of his weaving, criticism of Choctaw government and Agent Armstrong, praise for the area in which he lives and for his neighbors who mustered troops for Mexico. 97 From Henry O'Reilly (Albany, New York). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Sept. 11, 1845. Re: admission of Choctaw nation as a state. Also news clipping from the "Albany Argus" regarding Choctaw and Cherokee application for organization as a territory of the United States. 98 From George S. Gaines (Mobile, Alabama). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Dec. 7, 1845. Re: inability to get into business, offers himself as government agent, congratulating Pitchlynn on his appointment as Choctaw Delegate to Washington, D.C., and expressing remorse over the treatment of Indians. 99 From Thomas J. Pitchlynn. To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Dec. 28, 1845. Re: family news--mentions also 4,000 Choctaws on the road traveling toward the far West. 100 From David Folsom (Doaksville, C.N.). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Jan. 16, 1846. Re: relations between the Choctaws and the U.S., family news and deaths, Chickasaws, and the school. 101 From Lycurgus Pitchlynn (Spencer Academy). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Jan. 31, 1846. Re: his studies and requests for books.
Object Description
Collection | Pitchlynn, Peter Perkins (1806-1881) |
Tribe | Choctaw |
Description | Indian chief. Correspondence (1824-1881) of Pitchlynn with prominent citizens and family members in the Choctaw Nation regarding events and troubles within the nation; Pitchlynn's personal journals (1815); Pitchlynn's diary (1828-1832); official reports (1825-1841) of the Choctaw Academy and Missionary Station in Kentucky; and Pitchlynn family records (1806-1867). The collection also includes a signed copy of the articles of surrender and peace negotiated between the Choctaw Nation and the United States at the close of the Civil War, and extensive correspondence reflecting the state of the Choctaw Nation just prior to, and during the Civil War years, with special regard to slavery. |
Date | 1815-1888 |
Is Part of | Native American Manuscripts Collection |
Special Collection | Western History Collections |
Rights | University of Oklahoma Libraries Western History Collections |
Language | English |
Type | Text |
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