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44 From Lycurgus P. Pitchlynn (Eagle Town, C.N.). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Jan. 9, 1866. Re: death of his newborn son; contracts offered the plantation slaves and their affection for Pitchlynn; a message from Mr. Byington. 45 From Samuel Garland. To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Jan. 24, 1866. Re: Pitchlynn's former slaves continuing at the plantation; hopes for a good treaty with the federal. 46 From Allen Wright (Boggy Depot, C.N.). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated March 1, 1867. Re: death of Peter P. Pitchlynn's son, Lycurgus; Comanche raids on horses; procurement of a Great Seal for the Choctaw Nation. 47 From Israel Folsom (Perryville, C.N.). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Feb. 24, 1870. Re: issue of a territorial government; Gov. Wright's move to call a General Council to debate statehood and admission to the Union as a state or territory. 48 From Loring S.W. Folsom (Chahta Tamaha). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Aug. 29, 1870. Re: U.S. Marshals and their habitual arrests; treatment of civil and criminal matter in the Nation; the new territorial bill; Ku Klux Klan activities. 49 From Mary Rhoda Pitchlynn. To Charles G. Lombardi. Dated Oct. 27, 1870. Re: the blacks and sectionalizing land. 50 From Loring S.W. Folsom (Armstrong Academy). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Nov. 7, 1870. Re: appointing delegates to Okmulgee; sectionalizing land--the controversy; the Mustang Party. This is only to page two; the rest is unreadable. 51 From Horace Greely, Editor, New York Tribune (New York, New York). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Feb. 3, 1871. Re: sympathy for the Indians and statements about the injustices done them; the mistrust of Northerners because pro-Rebel elements in the Choctaw government; plea that if moneys be granted they not fall into such hands.
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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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