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- 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.
- 3-1-1867
- Western History - Native American Manuscripts - Pitchlynn, Peter Perkins
- From James Gamble (Fort Smith, Arkansas). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated July 20, 1857. Re: sentencing of Lycurgus and Leonidas; the Choctaw elections.
- 7-20-1857
- Western History - Native American Manuscripts - Pitchlynn, Peter Perkins
- From John B. Luce (Moores Rocks, Arkansas). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated May 31, 1857. Re: sentencing of Leonidas and Lycurgus to three years in prison and his attempts to get the $5,000 bail.
- 5-31-1857
- Western History - Native American Manuscripts - Pitchlynn, Peter Perkins
- From Loring S.W. Folsom (Ziglzay). To Lycurgus Pitchlynn. Dated April 27, 1849. Re: need for Lycurgus to apply himself to his studies and the return and condition of Peter P. Pitchlynn.
- 4-27-1849
- Western History - Native American Manuscripts - Pitchlynn, Peter Perkins
- 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
- 10-8-1860
- Western History - Native American Manuscripts - Pitchlynn, Peter Perkins
- From Lycurgus P. Pitchlynn (Eagle Town, C.N.). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Aug. 19, 1860. Re: confusion as to who was elected Principal Chief; the Nation full of runaway slaves from slave states due to the possibility of Dukes'...
- 8-19-1860
- Western History - Native American Manuscripts - Pitchlynn, Peter Perkins
- From Lycurgus P. Pitchlynn (Eagle Town, C.N.). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Dec. 6, 1859. Re: bad snowstorm, affairs at the plantation, the court at Van Buren.
- 12-6-1859
- Western History - Native American Manuscripts - Pitchlynn, Peter Perkins
- From Lycurgus P. Pitchlynn (Eagle Town, C.N.). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Feb. 10, 1860. Re: affairs at the Plantation; Byington upset because of no pay for translating the treaty which Cooper promised would come; Indians starving.
- 2-10-1860
- Western History - Native American Manuscripts - Pitchlynn, Peter Perkins
- From Lycurgus P. Pitchlynn (Eagle Town, C.N.). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Feb. 5, 1860. Re: the new Doaksville Constitution and the Skullyville Constitution; changes made in the government structure by the new constitution.
- 2-5-1860
- Western History - Native American Manuscripts - Pitchlynn, Peter Perkins
- From Lycurgus P. Pitchlynn (Eagle Town, C.N.). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Feb. 6, 1859. Re: the awful mail service; idea of purchasing Cuba; hopes Peter P. will write soon.
- 2-6-1859
- Western History - Native American Manuscripts - Pitchlynn, Peter Perkins
- 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.
- 1-9-1866
- Western History - Native American Manuscripts - Pitchlynn, Peter Perkins
- From Lycurgus P. Pitchlynn (Eagle Town, C.N.). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated July 26, 1860. Re: the vicious summer heat of which hasn't been seen ever in the Nation; the crops dying and the impending starvation; the disappearance of all...
- 7-26-1860
- Western History - Native American Manuscripts - Pitchlynn, Peter Perkins
- From Lycurgus P. Pitchlynn (Eagle Town, C.N.). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated June 17, 1860. Re: Col. Harkins in trouble due to his sons; unlawfulness in the Lighthorsemen Corps; the Liquor Law unabided by; Dukes; race for Principal...
- 6-17-1860
- Western History - Native American Manuscripts - Pitchlynn, Peter Perkins
- 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.
- 11-15-1858
- Western History - Native American Manuscripts - Pitchlynn, Peter Perkins
- From Lycurgus P. Pitchlynn (Eagle Town, C.N.). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Nov. 30, 1859. Re: the state of Lavinia; all well at the Plantation and with Peter.
- 11-30-1859
- Western History - Native American Manuscripts - Pitchlynn, Peter Perkins
- From Lycurgus P. Pitchlynn (Eagle Town, C.N.). To Sampson Folsom. Dated July 13, 1860. Re: the story of Peter's murder of Lorenzo Harris.
- 7-13-1860
- Western History - Native American Manuscripts - Pitchlynn, Peter Perkins
- From Lycurgus P. Pitchlynn (Eagletown, C.N.). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Jan. 3, 1859. Re: confirmation that Richard is dead with a full account of his murder, and hopes that he would send his blacks to Liberia.
- 1-3-1859
- Western History - Native American Manuscripts - Pitchlynn, Peter Perkins
- From Lycurgus P. Pitchlynn. To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated 1858. Re: total failure of the new constitution and the ordeal of the Nation; it more advanced than the Choctaws; his decision to write a new, original Choctaw Constitution to replace the...
- 1858
- Western History - Native American Manuscripts - Pitchlynn, Peter Perkins
- From Lycurgus P. Pitchlynn. To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated 1861. Re; slave insurgency and the disarming of blacks in the Choctaw Nation.
- 1861
- Western History - Native American Manuscripts - Pitchlynn, Peter Perkins
- From Lycurgus P. Pitchlynn. To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated April 27, 1858. Re: the concern of Cyrus Byington about McLain the mail contractor and his wish that Peter P. have him removed.
- 4-27-1858
- Western History - Native American Manuscripts - Pitchlynn, Peter Perkins
- 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.
- 8-6-1858
- Western History - Native American Manuscripts - Pitchlynn, Peter Perkins
- From Lycurgus P. Pitchlynn. To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Dec. 11, 1857. Re: message from grandmother's about her blacks; the blacks and horses the fattest in the county; opposition to the new constitution disappearing.
- 12-11-1857
- Western History - Native American Manuscripts - Pitchlynn, Peter Perkins
- From Lycurgus P. Pitchlynn. To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Dec. 27, 1857. Re: Mayor Skelton's dishonesty; strength of the Pitchlynn family. Note: this document incomplete--page(s) missing.
- 12-27-1857
- Western History - Native American Manuscripts - Pitchlynn, Peter Perkins
- From Lycurgus P. Pitchlynn. To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Dec. 31, 1858. Re: possible death of Richard Harkins.
- 12-31-1858
- Western History - Native American Manuscripts - Pitchlynn, Peter Perkins
- From Lycurgus P. Pitchlynn. To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Feb. 2, 1858. Re: their intense poverty, and a plea for a coat.
- 2-2-1858
- Western History - Native American Manuscripts - Pitchlynn, Peter Perkins
- From Lycurgus P. Pitchlynn. To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Feb. 8, 1859. Re: several deaths in the family there and in the plantation.
- 2-8-1859
- Western History - Native American Manuscripts - Pitchlynn, Peter Perkins
- From Lycurgus P. Pitchlynn. To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Jan. 22, 1858. Re: murders of various people.
- 1-22-1858
- Western History - Native American Manuscripts - Pitchlynn, Peter Perkins
- From Lycurgus P. Pitchlynn. To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Jan. 24, 1859. Re: county offices occupied; grandmother's good health.
- 1-24-1859
- Western History - Native American Manuscripts - Pitchlynn, Peter Perkins
- From Lycurgus P. Pitchlynn. To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Jan. 4, 1858. Re: squabble over the boundary line; his wish to live in intellectual society and to be appreciated; deranged state of national affairs; near death of Governor Wade and his...
- 1-4-1858
- Western History - Native American Manuscripts - Pitchlynn, Peter Perkins
- From Lycurgus P. Pitchlynn. To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Jan. 4, 1859. Re: Aunt Eliza's sudden death and grandmother's reaction.
- 1-4-1859
- Western History - Native American Manuscripts - Pitchlynn, Peter Perkins
- From Lycurgus P. Pitchlynn. To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated July 11, 1860. Re: death of Lorenzo Harris at the hand of Peter Pitchlynn; Peter's whereabouts and the community's attitude.
- 7-11-1860
- Western History - Native American Manuscripts - Pitchlynn, Peter Perkins
- From Lycurgus P. Pitchlynn. To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated June 2, 1858. Re: submitting of the abolition constitution.
- 6-2-1858
- Western History - Native American Manuscripts - Pitchlynn, Peter Perkins
- From Lycurgus P. Pitchlynn. To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated March 22, 1858. Re: tornado which struck; the impending constitutional convention, and the support of the people for it; the distrust of �half-breeds by full-breeds,� the rumor that...
- 3-22-1858
- Western History - Native American Manuscripts - Pitchlynn, Peter Perkins
- From Lycurgus P. Pitchlynn. To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated March 28, 1860. Re: plantation affairs; grandmother's various activities; the boarding of a little white orphan girl at grandmother's; many Indians starving; livestock...
- 3-28-1860
- Western History - Native American Manuscripts - Pitchlynn, Peter Perkins
- From Lycurgus P. Pitchlynn. To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated March 31, 1858. Re: impending death of Mr. Byington; continued anarchy of murder and drunkenness as a daily occurrence; the excellent condition of Peter P.'s farm.
- 3-31-1858
- Western History - Native American Manuscripts - Pitchlynn, Peter Perkins
- 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...
- 5-22-1856
- Western History - Native American Manuscripts - Pitchlynn, Peter Perkins
- From Lycurgus Pitchlynn (Lebanon). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Nov. 22, 1854. Re: temperance lecture against ""King Alcohol.""
- 11-22-1854
- Western History - Native American Manuscripts - Pitchlynn, Peter Perkins
- From Lycurgus Pitchlynn (Memphis, Tennessee). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Jan. 6, 1855. Re: his leaving Lebanon to go to Texas to practice law.
- 1-6-1855
- Western History - Native American Manuscripts - Pitchlynn, Peter Perkins
- From Lycurgus Pitchlynn (Oxford, Georgia). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Aug. 23, 1854. Re: criticism of state of Georgia and Oxford School; recommends that Peter, Jr. be transferred.
- 8-23-1854
- Western History - Native American Manuscripts - Pitchlynn, Peter Perkins
- From Lycurgus Pitchlynn (Oxford, Georgia). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Aug. 25, 1856. Re: the need for Peter, Jr. to be at home and not at school; Rhoda Mary's embarrassment of Peter, Jr., and Lycurgus' desire to leave for...
- 8-25-1856
- Western History - Native American Manuscripts - Pitchlynn, Peter Perkins
- From Lycurgus Pitchlynn (Oxford, Georgia). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated July 24, 1854. Re: comparison of Tennessee and Georgia; his dislike for Georgians who are after ""the almighty dollar.""
- 7-24-1854
- Western History - Native American Manuscripts - Pitchlynn, Peter Perkins
- From Lycurgus Pitchlynn (Spencer Academy). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Jan. 31, 1846. Re: his studies and requests for books.
- 1-31-1846
- Western History - Native American Manuscripts - Pitchlynn, Peter Perkins
- From Lycurgus Pitchlynn (Van Buren, Arkansas). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated June 17, 1857. Re: description of the jail and his disappointment that his father is not putting up the money toward their release.
- 6-17-1857
- Western History - Native American Manuscripts - Pitchlynn, Peter Perkins
- From Lycurgus Pitchlynn. To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated April 28, 1857. Re: his attempt to control his bad temper, drinking, and association with bad company; the loss of crops to rabbits and weather; the accusation against Agent Cooper; his...
- 4-28-1857
- Western History - Native American Manuscripts - Pitchlynn, Peter Perkins
- From Lycurgus Pitchlynn. To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated July 7, 1857. Re: urging him to get him out of jail by September in order to prepare for the General Council meeting.
- 7-7-1857
- Western History - Native American Manuscripts - Pitchlynn, Peter Perkins
- From Lycurgus Pitchlynn. To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated June 1857. Re: his need for bail money to avoid prison and the betrayal by Walker and John B. Luce.
- 6-1857
- Western History - Native American Manuscripts - Pitchlynn, Peter Perkins
- From Lycurgus Pitchlynn. To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated June 19, 1857. Re: his fear of prison and his request that his father put up their bail money and/or come to Van Buren to work for their pardon.
- 6-19-1857
- Western History - Native American Manuscripts - Pitchlynn, Peter Perkins
- From Lycurgus Pitchlynn. To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated May 7, 1857. Re: he will run for attorney unless he goes to prison--but he reassures his father all will be well.
- 5-7-1857
- Western History - Native American Manuscripts - Pitchlynn, Peter Perkins
- From Lycurgus Pitchlynn. To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Nov. 1857. Re: Choctaw legislative session to set up duties of officials; incompetence of Governor Wade; preaching the evils of intemperate behavior; calling his daughter ""Miss...
- 11-1857
- Western History - Native American Manuscripts - Pitchlynn, Peter Perkins
- From Lycurgus Pitchlynn. To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Nov. 23, 1857. Re: family illness; his desire for money and his intent to concentrate his efforts to improve the lot of his family and the future; request from Gov. Wade to be his private...
- 11-23-1857
- Western History - Native American Manuscripts - Pitchlynn, Peter Perkins

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