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78 From Harkins (Doaksville, C.N.). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated April 27, 1856. Re: ratified treaty and the need for Pitchlynn to continue his work in the Senate; possibility of Kansas becoming a free state; and the need to push the government to set boundaries of the Nation. Also, invasion of grasshoppers in the crops. 79 From Rhoda Mary Pitchlynn. To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated May 4, 1856. Re: the visits of Abe Harwell--she promises not to run off to marry him or anyone else without her father's permission, and tells of men asking Harwell to leave town. 80 From Samuel Garland. To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated May 8, 1856. Re: illness of wife; steamboats on the Red River and marriage of Leonidas Pitchlynn. 81 From Lycurgus Pitchlynn (Eagletown, C.N.). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated May 22, 1856. Re: Leonidas and Lycurgus run in with the sheriff for assault of a "vagabond," he asks for his father's advice of whether or not he should turn himself in. 82 From Tandy Walker. To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated June 1856. Re: death of Capt. Kincaid's wife and the need for Pitchlynn to search the treaties with the U.S. to prove Choctaws never sold their land. 83 From Dixon W. Lewis (Somerville, Tennessee). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated June 3, 1856. Re: requesting funds from the college fund for the expense of James Riley and the travel expenses for two girls form Mississippi. 84 From Loring S.W. Folsom (Lukfata, C.N.). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated June 19, 1856. Re: family fights; family illness; and runaway slaves. 85 From Peter P. Pitchlynn. To Lycurgus Pitchlynn. Dated June 24, 1856. Re: family news; advising him that the amnesty provision of the treaty won't help out regarding the charges against him.
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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