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82 From Jubal B. Hancock (Mission (?), Mississippi). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Sept. 16, 1860. Re: warning that the missionaries might be abolitionists who will incite the slaves to rioting and the danger of this occurring great. 83 From Peter P. Howell (Agri College, Maryland (?)). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Oct. 1860. Re: the extreme fear in the Nation of a black insurrection; of a former slave on the plantation caught elsewhere as an insurrectionist; confusion over the death of John Pitchlynn; suspicion that the missionaries are behind the slave insurrections. 84 From Sampson Folsom (Doaksville, C.N.). to Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Oct. 8, 1860. Re: starvation in the nation; no law of justice and near anarchy; Harkins murder trial. 85 From Lycurgus P. Pitchlynn (Doaksville, C.N.). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Oct. 8, 1860. Re: the Pitchlynn family and plantation nearly starving; national affairs distressing. 86 From Leonidas Pitchlynn (Eagle Town, C.N.). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Oct. 17, 1860. Re: turning against Peter. 87 From George W. Harkins (Fort Smith, Arkansas). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Oct. 21, 1860. Re: the jailing of his boys for murder; Choctaw laws regarding the arrest of whites within the Nation. 88 From Sampson Folsom (Fort Smith, Arkansas). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Oct. 21, 1860. Re: U.S.A. versus David Harkins, Choctaw laws regarding white citizens and intermarriage. 89 From George W. Harkins (Van Buren, Arkansas). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Dec. 10, 1860. Re: refusal of the government prosecuting attorney to follow the Attorney General's orders regarding the murder charges against his sons.
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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