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27 From Peter P. Pitchlynn (Washington, D.C.). To Daniel Folsom. Dated June 15, 1858. Re: the disappointing session of Congress just adjourned, and why it was so in regard to the Choctaw Nation; working with Col. Peter Folsom; his health; his intention to write and publish a history of the Nation. 28 From Thomas J. Bond (Boggy Depot, C.N.). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated June 25, 1858. Re: the removal of an 8-pound tumor from a local man; the proceeding of the Skullyville Constitution; the continued killing; the Harkins party strategies. 29 From Lycurgus P. Pitchlynn. To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Aug. 6, 1858. Re: grandmother near death and wanting to see him once more; Byington sick; continued murders and anarchy. 30 From H.M.C. Brown (Fort Smith, Arkansas). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Aug. 27, 1858. Re: rumors of a band of Comanches and Apaches of hostile nature gathering. 31 From Peter p. Pitchlynn (Washington, D.C.). To Joseph Dukes. Dated Sept. 2, 1858. Re: forwarding schools and colleges in the Nation; his views regarding the constitutional crisis in the Nation as well as the need for compromise. 32 From Peter P. Pitchlynn and Sampson Folsom (Washington, D.C.). To Charles E. Nix. Dated Sept. 3, 1858. Re: history of the constitutional crisis in the Choctaw Nation--its origins, personalities, and causes. 33 From Thomas J. Bond (Boggy Depot, C.N.). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Sept. 18, 1858. Re: improving of roads and the bridging of streams; the start of daily Overland Mail Service to Boggy Depot; number of people killed weekly and the presence of alcohol. 34 From Lycurgus P. Pitchlynn (Eagle Town, C.N.). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Nov. 15, 1858. Re: Pitchlynn's bad health and inability to return home; Cyrus Byington's concern; grandmother's good health.
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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