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| Pitchlynn, Peter Perkins (1806-1881)
Papers 1815-1881
2.75 feet
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.
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| 1 | From M. Mackey, agent. To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Feb. 19, 1824. Re: Choctaws and whiskey. |
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| 2 | From John Pitchlynn. Dated Sept. 11, 1824. Re: last will and testament. |
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| 3 | From Mingo Moshulatubbee. To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Re: appointment of Pitchlynn as Captain of the Lighthorsemen |
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| 4 | From John Pitchlynn. To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Sept. 29, 1824. Re: instructions for farm work while John Pitchlynn travels to Washington with Choctaw delegates. |
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| 5 | From Uncle Mooshulatubbee (Georgetown, Kentucky). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Oct. 10, 1824. Re: progress of Moshulatubbee's trip to Washington, D.C. |
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| 6 | From J.S. McDonald (Paris, Kentucky). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Oct. 14, 1824. Re: progress of trip to Washington and a request for important papers left at home. |
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| 7 | From John Pitchlynn Chillicothe, Ohio--enroute to Washington. To Col. William Ward (Choctaw Agency, Mississippi). Dated Oct. 17, 1824. Re: reference to the death of Chief Puckshunabbee of Maysville. |
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| 8 | From William Ward (Choctaw Agency). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated January 10, 1825. Re: agent's talk with Capt. P.P. Pitchlynn. |
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| 9 | From J.D. Hunter (Arkansas Territory). To John Pitchlynn (as U.S. Interpreter for the Choctaw Nation). Dated Sept. 28, 1825. Re: Description of lands granted to the Choctaws by treaty. |
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| 10 | From Richard M. Johnson (Blue Springs, Kentucky). To the Professors of Transylvania University. Dated March 11, 1827. Re: letter of recommendation for Capt. P. Pitchlynn. |
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| 11 | From John Pitchlynn. To Peter P. Pitchlynn (Nashville, Tennessee). Dated Feb. 25, 1828. Re: John Pitchlynn sends Peter P. money. |
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| 12 | From Oscar Willis. To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated March 17, 1828. Re: sending an Indian ball-playing team to the North, with an invitation for Pitchlynn to come. |
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| 13 | From President Lindsley of The University of Nashville (Tennessee). To unidentified. Dated April 15, 1828. Re: a certification that Peter P. Pitchlynn has been a student in good standing at the university and leaves of his own choice. |
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| 14 | From J.S. McDonald (near Jackson, Mississippi). To Capt. Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated July 1, 1828. Re: McDonald gives up the study of law. |
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| 15 | From J.C. Hastings (Rankin, Mississippi). To Capt. P.P. Pitchlynn. Dated Feb. 26, 1830. Re: Hastings solicits Pitchlynn's political opinion of Col. Folsom. |
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| 16 | From J.C. Hastings (Rankin, Mississippi). To Capt. Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated June 13, 1830. Re: Hastings gives Pitchlynn political advice. |
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| 17 | From R.D. Hallin, court clerk of Somides County, Mississippi. To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated July 13, 1830. Re: notice that Pitchlynn has been nominated for the position of Justice of the Peace. |
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| 18 | From Robert M. Jones (Jackson, Mississippi). To Capt. Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated August 6, 1830. Re: an encounter with an armed group of Chief Moshulatubbee's men. |
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| 19 | From J.S. McDonald. To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated December 13 and 17, 1830--there are tow separate letters within this folder. Re: the ancient art of story telling, and several Choctaw stories as well as "The Spectre of the Hunter, A Legend of the Choctaws." |
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| 20 | From Robert M. Jones (near Jackson, Mississippi). To Col. P.P. Pitchlynn. dated March 26, 1831. Re: encouragement and advice on his political career. |
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| 21 | From J.S. McDonald (Jackson, Mississippi). To Col. Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated March 18, 1831. Re: concern regarding Moshulatubbee's conduct. |
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| 22 | From J.S. McDonald (Jackson, Mississippi). To Alexander H. McKee (Erie, Alabama). Dated March 30, 1831. Re: the political plans of McDonald to run for the legislature |
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| 23 | From Thomas Wall (Choctaw Agency). To Dr. Alexander McKee (Demopolis, Alabama). Dated April 28, 1831. Re: an invitation to McKee to attend a General Council, the purpose of which is to remove Chief Moshulatubbee and install Peter P. Pitchlynn in his place. |
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| 24 | From Robert M. Jones. To Col. Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated June 25, 1831. Re: congratulations regarding his election as Chief. |
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| 25 | From Greenwood LeFlore. To Major P.P. Pitchlynn. Dated Sept. 9, 1831. Re: the appointment of G.S. Gaines to remove the Choctaws to the Mississippi River and no further, and his request for the assistance of Pitchlynn and Folsom in the removal. |
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| 26 | From Henry Vose (Natchez, Mississippi). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Re: the death of J.L. McDonald, inquiry as to the impending removal, hopes that the Choctaws will become knowledgeable in the arts and sciences. Sept. 13, 1831. |
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| 27 | From M. Foster, Jr. (Vicksburg, Mississippi). To Capt. Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Sept. 20, 1831. Re: distress over the removal of the Choctaws. |
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| 28 | From John Jolly and Black Coat, the Principal Chiefs of the Cherokee Nation (Illinois, Cherokee Nation). To the Chiefs of the Choctaws (Fort Smith, Arkansas Territory). Dated march 18, 1832. Re: a proposal of peace from the Delaware Nation to the Choctaws. |
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| 29 | From the Council on the Poteau River--Joseph Pickens, Nituckachu, Ben Camp, Nat Folsom, Wash. Folsom, Thomas Wall, John Riddle (Choctaw Nation). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated April 8, 1832. Re: the issuing of rations, a report on the behavior of Acting Chief Oghlanoah, who is presiding in Pitchlynn's absence. |
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| 30 | From Edmond Folsom (Choctaw Nation West). To Col. Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated August 12, 1832. Re: reports on the misconduct of the slave, Battice, owned by Pitchlynn with a request for instructions on how to handle him, and reports of sickness around the Poteau River. |
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| 31 | From John Pitchlynn (at home). To Col. Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Nov. 23, 1832. Re: his plans for moving West, reports that white men are stealing property from the Indians remaining in Mississippi. |
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| 32 | From Governor William Clark of Missouri. To Thomas Henderson. Dated Nov. 28, 1832. Re: the arrival of two Omaha boys at the Choctaw Academy, Sans Souci and Ihenonbah, who wish to become students. |
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| 33 | From John Doughtery, Indian Agent (St. Louis). To Richard M. Johnson. Dated Nov. 23, 1832. Re: letter of introduction of two students from the Omaha Nation who wish to study at the Choctaw Academy. (See above entry, for folder #32.) |
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| 34 | From Governor William Clark of Missouri. To Thomas Henderson. Dated Jan. 3, 1833. Re: the impending arrival of two students from the Sioux Nation to be students at the Choctaw Academy. |
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| 35 | From John Pitchlynn. To Col. Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Feb. 21, 1833. Re: the theft of livestock, and plans for moving to the new Choctaw Nation next fall. |
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| 36 | From John Pitchlynn. To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated March 10, 1833. Re: inquiry as to whether the new Choctaw Nation is good cotton country, as he has been told. |
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| 37 | From J.H. Vose (Fort Towson, Choctaw Nation). To Mittuchuchu, Choctaw Chief. Dated May 14, 1833. Re: advice regarding how to deal with whiskey runners and Indian bandits. |
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| 38 | From David McClellan, sub. agent. To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated June 21, 1833. Re: appointment of Pitchlynn as Captain of the Light Horsemen. |
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| 39 | From Samuel Garland (Chickasaw Nation). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Nov. 28, 1833. Re: hopes for Pitchlynn's contentment in the Red River Country, also selling of the Choctaw Purchase and Garland's intent to buy and raise cotton. |
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| 40 | From John Pitchlynn. To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Jan. 30, 1834. Re: family news, his reasons for refusing to move to the new Nation in the West, and a recent land sale. |
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| 41 | From John Pitchlynn. To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated June 13, 1834. Re: illness in the family, mother intends to visit P.P. Pitchlynn in the fall, why John Pitchlynn is staying in the east and the refusal of many Choctaws to leave for the West. |
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| 42 | From John Pitchlynn. To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Sept. 13, 1834. Re: illness in family, Chickasaw settlement and John Pitchlynn's intent to buy land and die on it, and his views on his old age and the life he lived. |
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| 43 | From John Pitchlynn. To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Sept. 30, 1834. Re: illness of P.P. Pitchlynn's sister Rhoda, Chickasaw plans to hold council meeting October 8, and the probability that more land-buying whites will be in attendance than Indians. |
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| 44 | From John Pitchlynn (Chickasaw Nation). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated October 7, 1834. Re: plans to go to the Chickasaw National Council to buy land. |
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| 45 | From John Pitchlynn (Chickasaw Nation). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated January 10, 1835. Re: bad treatment of Choctaws by Chickasaws and John's advice to all his children to move to the West as Indians and whites don't mix, and John's plans to move West as well after the settlement of all his business. |
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| 46 | From John Pitchlynn. To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Jan. 30, 1835. Re: selling of cotton and telling Peter P. to keep land open for his mother and sisters when the Chickasaws begin arriving in the West. |
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| 47 | From John Pitchlynn. To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated April 5, 1835. Re: wishes his children could have their own Nation before he dies; distrusts whites and says Chickasaws sold all their land and will be poor upon arrival in the West. |
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| 48 | From Thomas Pitchlynn, brother. To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated May 9, 1835. Re: bad health of John Pitchlynn. |
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| 49 | From Peter Folsom and Wart Folsom (Arkansas Territory). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated June 7, 1835. Re: investments for Wart Folsom and peace between the Choctaws and the Creeks. |
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| 50 | From Loring J. Williams. Statement: denies he wanted to disturb Choctaw meetings and that he did not "positively declare" that there would be no schools unless on his terms.Statement: offers his daughter, Louisa, as school teacher and her terms. |
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| 51 | From G.I. Pitchlynn, brother (Plymouth). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated July 29, 1836. Re; possibility that he might be drafted to fight against the Spanish. |
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| 52 | From William Armstrong, Choctaw Agent (Choctaw Agency). To the General Council of the Choctaw Nation. Dated October 3, 1836. Re: claims of Joseph Boggy for losses sustained by the Choctaws in 1807, warning Choctaws to keep their land unlike the Chickasaw who sold everything, and warning that white men who couldn't get along with each other might well cause disturbance inside the Choctaw Nation as well. |
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| 53 | From McKee Folsom and Chillater, uncle. To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated May 15, 1837. Re: going to the Choctaw Agency, his hogs going wild; Chillater's request to Pitchlynn to buy him a new wife to replace the one that ran away. |
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| 54 | From Peter P. Pitchlynn (Low Blue, Choctaw Nation). Dated Sept. 10, 1837. Re: his plans not to return for 3 months, details for upkeep of the home and farms, the education of the children, and describes the Low Blue country. |
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| 55 | From William Armstrong. To the Choctaw Council in current session. Dated Oct. 1, 1838. Re: a solicitation of the Choctaws’ views regarding the "A Bill to Provide for the Security and Protection of the Immigrant and the Indians West of the States of Missouri and Arkansas" passed by the U.S. Senate, with a description of the provisions within. |
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| 56 | From John Gregg (Ban Buren, Arkansas). To Col. Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Jan. 23, 1840. Re: the Chihuahua trade. |
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| 57 | From Pierre Juzan, John McKinney and James Fletcher (General Council House). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Oct. 7, 1840. Re: approval of Pitchlynn's appointment as teacher and superintendent of the Choctaw Academy. |
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| 58 | From John Pages. To Col. Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated 1841. Re: monitors request more meat and utensils in the dining room (of the Academy?) |
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| 59 | From Richard M. Johnson (Washington, D.C.) To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Jan. 29, 1841. Re; approving Pitchlynn's recommendation for the Choctaw school and advising him on some points on running the school and what to write in letters to keep the school funded. |
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| 60 | From Richard M. Johnson (Washington, D.C.) To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Jan. 31, 1841. Re: Choctaw School and number of boys that will probably be attending, as well as the need to keep it located where it is. |
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| 61 | From Richard M. Johnson (Washington, D.C.) To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Feb. 7, 1841. Re: advising Pitchlynn to come to Washington, D.C. March 4, asking him to stay with the School as much a possible and speaks of the possibility that tribes in Indiana may be sending boys to the school. |
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| 62 | From Thomas Wall (Choctaw Agency). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated April 1, 1841. Re: preparations for war on the Choctaws and Cherokees by the Indians "on the Blue and the Washita" Rivers, and his political runnings. |
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| 63 | From Amziah Robinson (Eagletown, C.N.) To Col. Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated June 29, 1841. Re: advising Pitchlynn he has been appointed Captain. |
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| 64 | From Peter P. Pitchlynn. To Rhoda Pitchlynn. Dated Aug. 8, 1841. Re: asking her to be a good Christian and as to the children. |
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| 65 | From Rhoda Pitchlynn. To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Aug. 30, 1841. Re: death of Adam's son and illness in the family. |
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| 66 | From Israel Folsom (New Hope, C.N.) To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Sept. 13, 1841. Re: plans to open a separate female school for girls. |
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| 67 | From Rhoda Pitchlynn. To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Sept. 23. 1841. Re: illness of children, blacks, and neighbors. |
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| 68 | From Israel Folsom (New Hope, C.N.) To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Sept. 24, 1841. Re: need for Pitchlynn to continue his good work and Folsom's intention to nominate Pitchlynn to go to Washington to represent the Choctaws. |
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| 69 | From Jacob Folsom (Daniels). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Oct. 20, 1841. Re: General Council's decisions to close the Kentucky School, to locate the school in the Choctaw Nation, to nominate Pitchlynn as superintendent and as representative to Washington and the Council's "deranging" of Sloan Love. |
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| 70 | From Rhoda Pitchlynn. To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Oct. 26, 1841. Re: deaths caused by whooping cough. |
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| 71 | From Israel Folsom (New Hope). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Dec. 7, 1841. Re: asking assistance for John Morris Nail and the need for a female school. |
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| 72 | From Lavinia Pitchlynn. To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Dec. 14, 1841. Re: plans of family to move back to Eagle Town and illness in the neighborhood. |
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| 73 | From Rhoda Pitchlynn. To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Dec. 29, 1841. Re: health of children. |
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| 74 | From Rhoda Pitchlynn. To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Jan. 5, 1842. Re: health of children and neighbors and requests for items to bring home. |
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| 75 | From Rhoda Pitchlynn. To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Jan. 15, 1842. Re: missing him and wanting him to take care of the children when she dies. |
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| 76 | From Israel Folsom (New Hope, C.N.) To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Jan. 16, 1842. Re: elections in nation; female school administration and purpose. |
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| 77 | From Thomas Pitchlynn (Red River district). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Jan. 24, 1842. Re: trip to mountain, the need to enforce the intercourse law due to trespassing on Choctaw lands by whites and health of family. |
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| 78 | From David Folsom (Chahta Tamaha). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Jan. 26, 1842. Re: problems with Folsom's land claim, need for Choctaw schools, Pitchlynn's possible appointment as head of school and the need for the school to be run by Choctaws and not whites. |
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| 80 | From Israel Folsom (New Hope). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated June 14, 1842. Re: celebrations before election, David Folsom's address at a temperance celebration, and suggesting that Pitchlynn speak on patriotism. |
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| 81 | From Israel Folsom (New Hope). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Aug. 22, 1842. Re: request for Pitchlynn to come up immediately due to problem with slaves and speaks of his fears of Speckman. |
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| 82 | From David Folsom (Doaksville, C.N.). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Oct. 1, 1842. Re: list of suggestions about school and the need to remove whites from the nation (10 in all) as well as to convince the General Council to take strong measures. |
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| 83 | From George W. Harkins (Doaksville, C.N.) To Peter P. Pitchlynn and Robert M. Jones. Dated Nov. 17, 1842. Re: his inability to attend the General Council meeting and his request that it pass a law on finders' rights in the mines during the current session of such Council. |
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| 84 | From John McDonna. "Chief Fletcher's Ball Play Song." 1842. |
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| 85 | From Peter P. Pitchlynn. To James Fletcher. Dated Dec. 1842. Draft re: petition for blacks to be returned to Pitchlynn from Elizabeth Perry since she did not fulfill the debts of his deceased father's estate. |
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| 86 | From John Gregg (Van Buren, Arkansas). To Peter Pitchlynn. Dated Feb. 14, 1843. Re: inquiry as to the Choctaws. |
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| 87 | From Josiah Gregg (Van Buren, Arkansas). To Peter Pitchlynn. Dated April 4, 1843. Re: inquiry for information as to the Choctaws. |
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| 88 | From David Wall (Mayhew, C.N.). to Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Sept. 23, 1843. Re: report of two Cherokee gamblers in the area--one of them visiting Pitchlynn's daughter. |
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| 89 | From Noshoba Lakna (Doaksville, C.N.). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Oct. 5, 1843. Re: uncertain. |
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| 90 | From Peter P. Pitchlynn. To McKee Folsom. Dated Aug. 15, 1844. Re: death of Aunt Elisja and attack on David Folsom by his son. |
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| 91 | From Peter P. Pitchlynn. To the General Council of the Choctaw Nation. Dated 1845. Re: request that the Council pay the Pitchlynns some $500 for breach of contract fine. |
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| 92 | From H.N. Barstow (Madison). To John B. Forester. Date Jan. 28, 1845. Re: letter of introduction for Peter P. Pitchlynn. |
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| 94 | From Ish-to-pa-to-pa, Shap-pow-wa and William McGilverry. To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated June 12, 1845. Re: asking Pitchlynn's attendance at the July 14, 1845 Chickasaw Council meeting. |
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| 95 | From Alfred Wade. To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated July 5, 1845. Re: progress of students at the school and asks trustees to visit the school. |
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| 96 | From Jacob Folsom (Buffalo Scull). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated July 31, 1845. Re: description of his weaving, criticism of Choctaw government and Agent Armstrong, praise for the area in which he lives and for his neighbors who mustered troops for Mexico. |
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| 97 | From Henry O'Reilly (Albany, New York). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Sept. 11, 1845. Re: admission of Choctaw nation as a state. Also news clipping from the "Albany Argus" regarding Choctaw and Cherokee application for organization as a territory of the United States. |
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| 98 | From George S. Gaines (Mobile, Alabama). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Dec. 7, 1845. Re: inability to get into business, offers himself as government agent, congratulating Pitchlynn on his appointment as Choctaw Delegate to Washington, D.C., and expressing remorse over the treatment of Indians. |
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| 99 | From Thomas J. Pitchlynn. To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Dec. 28, 1845. Re: family news--mentions also 4,000 Choctaws on the road traveling toward the far West. |
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| 100 | From David Folsom (Doaksville, C.N.). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Jan. 16, 1846. Re: relations between the Choctaws and the U.S., family news and deaths, Chickasaws, and the school. |
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| 101 | From Lycurgus Pitchlynn (Spencer Academy). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Jan. 31, 1846. Re: his studies and requests for books. |
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| 102 | From Thomas J. Pitchlynn. To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Feb. 10, 1846. Re: Mountain Fork revival meeting, health of family, coming election and the white men killing his hogs. |
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| 103 | From Joseph Vann (Spring Creek, Saline District, Cherokee Nation). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Feb. 20, 1846. Re: request that Pitchlynn get his son in the Choctaw School and Sending his regards to his friends in the Cherokee delegation. |
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| 104 | From Thomas J. Pitchlynn. To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated March 19, 1846. Re: rumors that Pitchlynn is selling the Choctaw Nation; the coming elections, and T.J. Pitchlynn's indebtedness. |
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| 105 | From Thomas J. Pitchlynn. To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated June 9, 1846. Re: health of family, coming election, and troubles with Comanches in Texas. |
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| 106 | From Gideon Lincecum (Columbus, Mississippi). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated June 13, 1846. Re: his "Electro-Mismuric Clairvoyance" that follows Pitchlynn wherever he goes. |
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| 107 | From David Folsom (Doaksville, C.N.). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated June 27, 1846. Re: problems between whites and Choctaws and willingness of Choctaws and Chickasaws with the United States. |
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| 108 | From Peter P. Pitchlynn. To Lycurgus Pitchlynn. Dated Aug. 31, 1846. Re: the family, the school and reading suggestions for Lycurgus. |
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| 109 | From Peter P. Pitchlynn. To "Dear Brother" (Thomas J. Pitchlynn?). Dated Sept. 23, 1846. Re: visiting home land and recollections of his father and Choctaw Wars. |
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| 110 | From Peter P. Pitchlynn. To Gideon Lincecum. Dated Nov. 12, 1846. Re: meeting of Indians on his travels, description of the Indian dance in his honor, and his intent to continue to work on the emigration. |
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| 111 | Dated Dec. 17, 1846: "Articles of Agreement Between A. Harris, Samuel Tafforany, P.P. Pitchlynn, John J. Smith, and James Tate...of emigrating the Choctaw Indians, now in Mississippi to the Country in the West..." |
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| 112 | From A. Harris (Vicksburg, Mississippi). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Dec. 26, 1846. Re: removal of Indians through Mississippi. |
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| 113 | From A. Harris (Vicksburg, Mississippi). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated March 23, 1847. Re: steamboat for Indians' removal. |
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| 114 | From Peter P. Pitchlynn. To A. Harris. Dated March 30, 1847. Re: loading of Indians on steamboat, diseases, and the need to coordinate what is being told to the Indians by the agents. |
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| 115 | From Israel Folsom (Mineral Bayou, C.N.). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Sept. 27, 1847. Re: murder of Ben Love. |
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| 1 | From William H. Goode (Greencastle, Indiana). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Feb. 9, 1848. Re: the forwarding of the power of attorney to Pitchlynn and about the work of Hiram (?). |
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| 2 | From Israel Folsom (Mineral Bayou, C.N.). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Feb. 23, 1848. Re: abolitionists and Methodists; his "warfare" with abolitionists; his desire not to join church associated with abolitionists; his belief the Bible justifies slavery, and the need to get abolitionists out of the Choctaw Nation. |
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| 3 | From Peter P. Pitchlynn. To Lycurgus Pitchlynn. Dated June 4, 1848. Re: family news and the murder of Alexander Campbell. |
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| 4 | From Peter P. Pitchlynn. To Lycurgus Pitchlynn. Dated June 29, 1848. Re: the need for Lycurgus to apply himself to his studies and offering any help he needs; also family news. |
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| 5 | From Robert M. Jones (Doaksville, C.N.). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated July 13, 1848. Re: school, elections, and asks for Pitchlynn to use his influence with Pitman to appropriate Chickasaw funds to education. |
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| 6 | From Emuckpha (Fort Towson, C.N.). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Nov. 20, 1848. Re: relating the letter written by Gabriel Long which accused Pitchlynn of being a drunken, loafing scoundrel. |
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| 7 | From Peter P. Pitchlynn. To Lycurgus Pitchlynn. Dated Dec. 21, 1848. Re: begging him to reform his bad ways and to act as a gentleman and not a fool--to remember his noble mother. |
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| 8 | From Henry R. Schoolcraft (Washington, D.C.). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Feb. 28, 1849. Re: the similarities of the Chickasaw and Choctaw languages. |
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| 9 | From Peter P. Pitchlynn. To Lycurgus Pitchlynn. Dated April 21, 1849. Re: death and illness in the family; the need for Lycurgus to improve his conduct; the cotton crops and blacks; and downfall of Spencer Academy due to conditions there. |
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| 10 | 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. |
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| 11 | From Malvina Pitchlynn Folsom. To Lycurgus Pitchlynn. Dated May 20, 1849. Re: family news; her husband, Loring and married life; the death of William and Lycurgus; need to be good. |
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| 12 | From Loring S.W. Folsom (Ziggay). To Thomas Pitchlynn. Dated June 12, 1849 (and copied by Peter P. Pitchlynn). Re: proclaiming his innocence of the hanging of Dr. Ward; accuses the Pitchlynns of not paying his expenses, pointing out that they were in a position to avoid the trap of being accused of another man's crime. |
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| 13 | From Peter P. Pitchlynn. To Lycurgus Pitchlynn. Dated June 25, 1849. Re: warning him that Loring S.W. Folsom is trying to cheat the Pitchlynn family and to avoid contact; also of the terrible life being led by the young. |
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| 14 | From Peter P. Pitchlynn. To Lycurgus Pitchlynn. Dated July 8, 1849. Re: illness and family news; Loring S.W. Folsom's intent to disgrace the Pitchlynn family and warning to Lycurgus to beware of Folsom's friendship as he intends to take their property. Also stresses the importance of applying oneself to one's studies and of ignoring rather than confronting one's enemies (Essentially, Peter P. Pitchlynn's philosophy in life). |
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| 15 | From Charles Fishback (Spencer Academy). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated July 10, 1849. Re; recommend care for ill women and health precautions for servants' houses. |
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| 16 | From Peter P. Pitchlynn. To Lycurgus Pitchlynn. Dated Aug. 17, 1849. Re: sickness among family and slaves; warning him not to trust Loring S.W. Folsom and states he will not leave any money for his daughter, Malvina, since she is married to the gambler. |
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| 17 | From J. Wall. To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Nov. 11, 1850. Re: invitation to join in a hunt and the Chickasaws' secret council meeting and their plans to separate from the Choctaws. |
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| 18 | From Adrian Rouquette (Louisiana). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated 1850. Re: asking for elementary Choctaw books and dictionary to learn the language and better save their souls. |
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| 19 | From Thomas J. Pitchlynn. To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated March 30, 1851. Re: the bill currently before Congress; family news including the marriage of Daniel Folsom to a white woman; movements of the Comanches; and hopes that the government will put a stop to the influx of whites. |
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| 20 | From George Folsom (Pushmataha District, C.N.). To William Wilson, Choctaw agent. Dated Jan. 23, 1852 (a copy). Re: band of Indians and blacks that have built a fort--requesting assistance. |
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| 21 | From Thomas J. Pitchlynn. To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Dec. 22, 1852. Re: Chickasaws' intent to declare their independence and set up their own nation. |
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| 22 | From Joseph B. Folsom. To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated April 13, 1853. Re: his approval of Pitchlynn's old maids; his employment by U.S. government in a mission in California; description of mission Indians physically and culturally; and the hanging of William Turner. |
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| 23 | From Edmund McKinney. To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated April 19, 1853. Re: the increased number of murders by the Choctaws; the need for long term education for the Choctaw boys; and conversation with Patison about Chickasaws. |
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| 24 | From Thompson McKinney. To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Aug. 31, 1853. Re: the need to do something for the future of the Choctaw Nation; the composition of the Council with uneducated men; the need to support the passage of the railroad through the country and the need to unite the Choctaw, Chickasaws, Cherokees and Creeks under the general government. |
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| 25 | "Session of 1853." Dated Nov. 9, 1853. Re: granting of Choctaw Nation citizenship to various families. |
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| 26 | General Council Resolution--passed Nov. 15, 1853. Re: request for Choctaw delegate in Washington to represent the interests of the Nation. |
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| 27 | From Douglas H. Cooper. To Peter P. Pitchlynn, Samuel Garland and Dixon W. Lewis. Dated Jan. 20, 1854. Re: United States government's intent to move the Indians even farther west and the possibility of large profits by letting other tribes settle in their area; other tribes including Chickasaws would become districts and could pass laws as long as it wasn't in conflict with Choctaw law, and government agents would become subagents to the Choctaw Nation. |
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| 28 | From Nathan Green (Lebanon Lennapu). To David Lowry. Dated Feb. 10, 1854. Re: fights of Lycurgus Pitchlynn at law school. |
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| 29 | From Thompson McKenney. To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Feb. 14, 1854. Re: extension of the Territorial Government and the possibility of Shawnee and Delaware tribes settling in the Nation. |
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| 30 | From Eli T. Perry (Fort Washita, C.N.). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Feb. 19, 1854. Re: application to go to school. |
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| 31 | From David W. Haley (near Jackson, Mississippi). To the Choctaw delegates. Dated Feb. 26, 1854. Re: his role in the Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek and the violations of the treaty; the defense of Andrew Jackson's role and the fairness of President Franklin Pierce. |
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| 32 | From Edmund McKinney. To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated March 1, 1854. Re: Peter Folsom's intent to run for District Chief's Office and northern tribes intent to join the Choctaw Nation. |
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| 33 | From Thompson McKinney. To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated March 22, 1854. Re: John Harrison cheating Chunku Choctaw Indians out of money, and asks Pitchlynn to make arrangements for their immigration to avoid their being swindled again. |
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| 34 | From Allen Wright (Union Theological Seminary). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated March 30, 1854. Re: studies at the seminary school, the plight of the Nebraska Territory and the hardship placed on all Indians by the whites. |
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| 35 | From Peter P. Pitchlynn, Jr. To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated April 18, 1854. Re: fight in his school. |
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| 36 | From Gustavus J. Orr (Oxford, Georgia). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated May 3, 1854. Re: dismissal of peter, Jr. from school. |
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| 37 | From Thomas j. Pitchlynn (Blue, C.N.). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated May 5, 1854. Re; death of Jerry Leyer; election for chief; Indians leaving for California gold; and his admiration for Sam Houston. |
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| 38 | From Samuel Corley. To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated may 21, 1854. Re: need for Choctaw interpreter; his wish for Pitchlynn to return; and that his poor health may cause him to retire from preaching. |
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| 39 | From Peter P. Pitchlynn, Jr. (Oxford, Georgia). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated may 23, 1854. Re: music (violin) lessons. |
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| 40 | From Alexander Means (Oxford, Georgia). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated May 23, 1854. Re: Peter P., Jr.'s dismissal from school and his intemperance. |
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| 41 | From Peter P. Pitchlynn, Jr. (Oxford, Georgia). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated May 27, 1854. Not legible. |
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| 42 | From Peter P. Pitchlynn, Jr. (Oxford, Georgia). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated June 18, 1854. Re: new teacher arriving so he will start school again. |
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| 43 | From Rhoda Mary Pitchlynn. To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated July 1854. Re: coming commencement and her desires for vacation. |
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| 44 | From Gilbert C. Russell (Washington, D.C.). Statement of 1854 re; War of 1812, Tecumseh, rise of Choctaw, move to Alabama, and John Pitchlynn. |
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| 45 | From Robert M. Jones (near Doaksville, C.N.). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated July 21, 1854. Re: elections for chiefs; rumors among missionaries that Pitchlynn and Israel Folsom are attempting breakdown the missionaries; funding of schools and asking Pitchlynn to purchase a plantation for Senator Brown of Mississippi. |
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| 46 | 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." |
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| 47 | From Israel Folsom (Good Spring, nr. Blue). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated July 24, 1854. Re: meeting of Chickasaw secret Council; blames whites' for Indian troubles; the rumors regarding Pitchlynn and Folsom's attempt to displace the missionaries; district chief elections; and Folsom's discouragement in being on the General Council. |
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| 48 | 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. |
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| 49 | 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 Lebanon to go to law school. |
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| 50 | From Robert M. Jones (Doaksville, C.N.). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Nov. 6, 1854. Re: orphan roll, new district for the Chickasaws and statehood for the territory. |
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| 51 | From Cyrus Kingsbury and Sampson Folsom (Doaksville, C.N.). To George W. Manypenny. Dated Nov. 13, 1854. (Copy). Re: the "Beam Family" --a free black family that John Davis of Mississippi claimed as being slaves. The state reports their plight and requests the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to pay their legal fees. |
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| 52 | From Lycurgus Pitchlynn (Lebanon). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Nov. 22, 1854. Re: temperance lecture against "King Alcohol." |
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| 53 | From Isaac Shook (Lebanon, Tennessee). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Dec. 11, 1854. Re: report of apprenticeship of Choctaw boys in care of the mission. |
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| 54 | From John H. Eaton (Washington, D.C.). To Peter P. Pitchlynn " and Others." Dated Dec. 19, 1854. Re: provisions of the treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek and the government's intentions in making the treaty. |
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| 55 | From Reuben H. Grant, General (Washington, D.C.). To Peter P. Pitchlynn "and others." Dated Dec. 21, 1854. Re: signing of Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek--believes the Choctaws signed under fear, coercion and duress. |
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| 56 | From Mary H. Eastman. To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated 1854. Re: asking him to relate the legend "The Sun Falls into the Water." |
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| 57 | From Mary H. Eastman. To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated 1854. Re: begging him to come see her. |
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| 58 | From Lycurgus Pitchlynn (Memphis, Tennessee). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Jan. 6, 1855. Re: his leaving Lebanon to go to Texas to practice law. |
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| 59 | From Leonidas Pitchlynn (Eagle Town, C.N.). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Jan. 12, 1855. Re: planting of crops, family news and the Indians killing each other off due to whiskey. |
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| 60 | From George S. Gaines (State Line Station, Alabama.) To Peter P. Pitchlynn "and others." Dated Feb. 26, 1855. Re: claims Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek was an attempt to protect Indians from the State of Mississippi, but admits there were blunders in enforcing the provisions. |
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| 61 | From Robert M. Jones (Doaksville, C.N.). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Jan. 26, 1855. Re: the Chickasaw annuity (?), requests to apply for a patent of a section of land granted Jones' wife; lawsuit over Molly McDonald's patent; and the need for publishing a newspaper in the Nation. |
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| 62 | From Peter P. Pitchlynn. To "Dear John." Dated Aug. 2, 1855. Re: majority of Choctaws oppose Chickasaws' separate jurisdiction; his intent to defend the treaty to the Council and get it passed. |
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| 63 | From Thomas J. Pitchlynn (Blue River, C.N.). to Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Sept. 22, 1855. Re: fight at ballgame; crops; wishing Peter P.'s success in finding a wife; and Thomas' intent to get married after the General Council meeting. |
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| 64 | From R.P. Harwell (Madison, Georgia). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Oct. 23, 1855. Re: professing his love for Peter P.'s daughter, Rhoda Mary and asking his approval for his visits to her. |
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| 65 | From George W. Hawkins (Doaksville, C.N.). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Oct. 19, 1855. Re: criticizing abolitionists and the missionary schools; suggestion that the Choctaws should be sent to other states so they can learn something and the Chickasaws' intent to put off government treaty until they learn if the Choctaws will approve or not. |
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| 66 | From A.G. Moffat (Armstrong Academy, C.N.). To the Board of Trustees and the Choctaw Council. Dated Nov. 18, 1855. Re: objections to 3rd and 6th conditions of the agreement between the Choctaws and the Southern Baptist Convention for the operation of the school and suggests replacements; answers charges against him as the superintendent. |
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| 67 | From the Board of Trustees and the Choctaw Council. To A.G. Moffat. Dated Nov. 20, 1855. Re: rejecting Moffat's revisions and requesting that he turn over his post and the academy to the supervision of Captain Robert Nail. |
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| 68 | From Thomas J. Pitchlynn. To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Jan. 6, 1856. Re: his bad health. |
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| 69 | From Thomas J. Pitchlynn. To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Jan. 18, 1856. Re: the pursuit of John who shot Mr. Love by the Lighthorse Brigade, and treaty pending before the General Council. |
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| 70 | From George W. Harkins (Doaksville, C.N.). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Jan. 18, 1856. Re: advising him not to change the treaty and to play up to the Senators, especially Cass, and local gossip. |
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| 71 | From George W. Harkins (Doaksville, C.N.). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Jan. 31, 1856. Re: intent of h.X. Coincorn to claim damages for from the Choctaw Nation; intent of Chickasaws, Choctaws and whites to go to Washington to oppose the treaty; and the need to keep one agent for both Choctaws and Chickasaws. Urges Pitchlynn to keep an eye on Congress for attempts to change the treaty. |
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| 72 | From Samuel Worcester. To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Feb. 8, 1856. Re; asking for the removal of his son from Armstrong Academy to Georgetown in Kentucky due to the high tuition and poor conditions. |
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| 73 | From William P. Brown (Fresno, California). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Mar. 10, 1856. Re: his mining life in California; health of Joseph Folsom, Pitchlynn's nephew; arrest of King William Folsom; and the character of Chinese and Indians in California. |
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| 74 | From George W. Harkins. To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated March 18, 1856. Re: passage of treaty; need to keep General Cooper in office; and also asks P.P. Pitchlynn to defend the treaty from Sampson Folsom. |
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| 75 | From Thomas J. Pitchlynn. To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Mar. 27, 1856. Re; talk of U.S. Marshal's coming to arrest him; trial of John; and his intent to leave the Nation if necessary. |
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| 76 | From Allen Wright (Armstrong Academy). To Samuel Garland. Dated March 28, 1856. Re: movement of boats; offering his services as surveyor; family news; including the trial of John; and meeting of the Presbytery. |
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| 77 | From Nicholas Cochnaver (Pushmataha District, C.N.). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated March 18, 1856. Re; death of his wife; ratifications of treaty; new stealing law; and attempt of Baptists to try Rev. A. Moffat for adultery with a mulatto. |
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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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 86 | From Leonidas Pitchlynn (Eagletown, C.N.). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated July 1856. Re: gathering of men to run off his prosecutor and his hopes to get Stanley out of the state. |
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| 87 | From George W. Harkins (Doaksville, C.N.). to Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Aug. 12, 1856. Re: General Council efforts to get money from U.S. government; election results; actions of Israel Folsom; asks him to inquire if doctors and merchants can bring in drinks that are alcohol; states that war will result if whites continue to harass Choctaws; and the need for “half breeds” not to overindulge their children. |
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| 88 | From H.F. Thomason (Van Buren, Arkansas). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Nov. 27, 1856. Re: requesting Pitchlynn to come to the trial of Leonidas for assault with intent to kill since the treaty will not allow amnesty. |
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| 89 | From Allen Wright (Bennington, C.N.). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Jan. 19, 1857. Re: Constitutional convention; sees recent "wife stealing" at the Academy due to nonreligious men; and request for a job as surveyor of the eastern boundary. |
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| 90 | 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 realization that his failures are his own fault; his criticism of classes and education ant the possibility he may be put up for attorney general. |
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| 91 | 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. |
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| 92 | From William McKean (Van Buren, Arkansas). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated May 21, 1857. Re: both Leonidas and Lycurgus found guilty of assault with intent to kill; asks Pitchlynn to use his influence to get them pardoned. |
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| 93 | 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. |
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| 94 | 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. |
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| 95 | From Loring S.W. Folsom (Lukfata, C.N.). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated June 2, 1857. Re: his attempts to raise money for Pitchlynn's sons and list of candidates and their nominators for governor. |
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| 96 | 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. |
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| 97 | 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. |
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| 98 | From Thompson McKenney. To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated June 24, 1857. Re: his attempts to get a petition for the pardon of Lycurgus and Leonidas Pitchlynn. |
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| 99 | From Sampson Folsom and James Gamble (Washington, D.C.). To James Buchanan. Dated June 29, 1857. Copy. Re: petition of pardon the Pitchlynn brothers; gives a description of the assault. |
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| 100 | 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. |
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| 101 | From William R. Guy and Cyrus Harris. To James Bamble. Dated July 15, 1857. Re: the problems of farmers and crops; advice on how to run Gamble's own farm; and the need to set up an independent and efficient Chickasaw government. |
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| 102 | From James Patterson and Joseph D. Harris (Pontotoc County, Chickasaw Nation). To James Gamble. Dated July 15, 1857. Re: the murders of John Brown and Gilbert Allen; opposition to new Chickasaw Constitution and treaty with U.S. |
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| 103 | From James Gamble (Fort Smith, Arkansas). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated July 20, 1857. Re: sentencing of Lycurgus and Leonidas; the Choctaw elections. |
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| 104 | From Peter P. Pitchlynn. To Loring S.W. Folsom. Dated Aug. 23, 1857. Re: his broken spirits and health since the jailing of his two sons; the release of his sons from jail and what Pitchlynn considers the self-destruction of his people. |
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| 105 | From Peter P. Pitchlynn. To Green and Walker, attorneys. Dated Oct. 1857. Copy. Re: expressing gratitude for their help in the trial of his sons and the loss of Indians' rights by prejudiced whites. |
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| 106 | 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 Buchanan" in honor of President James Buchanan letting him out of jail; the hard economic times of the nation. |
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| 107 | From George W. Harkins (Doaksville, C.N.). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Nov. 16, 1857. Re: congratulations to Pitchlynn for his work as delegate; describing the election for governor; payment for Pitchlynn and Samuel Garland; complaints about white men giving jobs over Indians; the arrest of John Pitchlynn. |
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| 108 | 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 secretary; and his intent to clean up his life. |
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| 109 | From Lycurgus Pitchlynn. To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Nov. 27, 1857. Re: failure of Superintendent Rector to draw out Indian claims in Doaksville; Creek and Chickasaw petitions to remove Rector; burning of Fort; and murder by David Harkins of a white man. |
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| 110 | From Robert M. Jones (Doaksville, C.N.). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Nov. 29, 1857. Re: division of Delela's property; division within the Choctaw Nation and between the Chickasaws and Choctaws and Jones' fear of the territory becoming another Kansas. |
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| 1 | From Sampson Folsom (Norwalk, C.N.). To Col. Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Dec. 9, 1857. Re: total failure to elect officers in any of the counties; rejection by the Council of the peoples' petition regarding the New Court; who is to blame for the turmoil; anarchy approaching. |
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| 2 | From Sampson Folsom (Doaksville, C.N.). To Uni Oshi Ma (Peter P. Pitchlynn). Dated Dec. 9, 1857. Re: eastern Choctaw-Chickasaw boundary line and the Treaty of June 1855; the loss of Choctaw nationality; lack of allegiance to the new constitution; election of a new governor; council dissention; Chief Pushmataha; question of creating a new state or territory of the Indian Nations and the fear that North-South disagreement would create another Kansas. |
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| 3 | From Solomon. To Master (Peter P. Pitchlynn). Dated Dec. 11, 1857. Re: affairs on the farm fine in Peter P. Pitchlynn's absence. |
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| 4 | 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. |
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| 5 | 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. |
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| 6 | 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 new, and to be called "Pitchlynn's Code." |
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| 7 | 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 loss of sound mind; the lack of law and peace in the Nation, the abundance of drunkenness. |
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| 8 | From Leonidas H. Pitchlynn (Eagletown, C.N.). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Jan. 9, 1858. Re: Hope of better days for Indians in the future; an astounding fox chase; her baby a perfect Indian. On same document: To Uncle Peter. From Alice Pitchlynn. Re: her animals. |
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| 9 | From A.H. Jones (Fort Smith, Arkansas). To Col. Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Jan. 10, 1858. Re: agreement between the Choctaws and the State of Arkansas; fine attributes of Mayor Rector. |
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| 10 | From Edward J. Nail (Russellville, Kentucky). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Jan. 10, 1858. Re: lack of money damaging his chances of education; request for money. |
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| 11 | From Jacob Folsom. To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Jan. 19, 1858. Re: disagreement with an editorial stating that the Choctaws are advancing in education and self-government, and the reasons for disagreeing. |
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| 12 | From Lycurgus P. Pitchlynn. To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Jan. 22, 1858. Re: murders of various people. |
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| 13 | From Lycurgus P. Pitchlynn. To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Feb. 2, 1858. Re: their intense poverty, and a plea for a coat. |
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| 14 | From Peter P. Pitchlynn (Washington, D.C.). To Israel Folsom. Dated Feb. 15, 1858. Re: Choctaw delegates in Washington. |
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| 15 | From George Hudson (Eagle County, C.N.). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Feb. 23, 1858. Re: total lawlessness in the Nation, the resignation of the Governor, and the root cause of the killing being disagreement on the new Constitution. |
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| 16 | From Joseph Dukes. To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated March 5, 1858. Re: the meeting of Towson County to try and restore peace and order, the decision there to abide by the Constitution of 1850 until further legal action occurred; revival of the three-chief system; majority opposition to the new constitution. |
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| 17 | From Sampson Folsom (Doaksville, C.N.). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated March 15, 1858. Re: Chickasaw affairs. |
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| 18 | 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 the missionaries are at the head of the opposition to the new constitution. |
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| 19 | From Tandy Walker. To Pete Folsom. Dated March 29, 1858. Re: continued opposition of Col. Harkins to the new constitution. |
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| 20 | 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. |
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| 21 | From George W. Harkins (Doaksville, C.N.). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated April 19, 1858. Re: wretched condition of the nation, and the men responsible by name, the ills of the new constitution; the threat of U.S. troops; the problems created by the incompetent U.S. agent. |
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| 22 | 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. |
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| 23 | From Sampson Folsom (Doaksville, C.N.). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated may 19, 1858. Re: constitutional convention of May 5; the old Nanih Waiyah constitution and the Skullyville Constitution and Doaksville Constitution; historical origins of the Skullyville Constitution. |
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| 24 | From Joseph and Nancy Dukes (Norwalk, C.N.). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated May 21, 1858. Re: proceedings of the constitutional convention; the submitting of the constitutions to the people for a general vote. |
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| 25 | From Nathaniel Folsom (Russellville, Kentucky). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated May 29, 1858. Re: request for money so he can return home. |
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| 26 | From Lycurgus P. Pitchlynn. To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated June 2, 1858. Re: submitting of the abolition constitution. |
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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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 35 | From John F.H. Claiborne (Bay St. Louis, Mississippi). To John J. McRae. Dated Dec. 26, 1858. Re: book being written. |
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| 36 | From John McRae. To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated after Dec. 26, 1858. Re: book being written by John F.H. Claiborne. |
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| 37 | From Lycurgus P. Pitchlynn. To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Dec. 31, 1858. Re: possible death of Richard Harkins. |
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| 38 | From Loring S.W. Folsom. To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Jan. 1859. Re: death of Richard Harkins confirmed and the confession of the black murderer. |
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| 39 | 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. |
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| 40 | From Lycurgus P. Pitchlynn. To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Jan. 4, 1859. Re: Aunt Eliza's sudden death and grandmother's reaction. |
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| 41 | From Tandy Walker (Governor's Office, C.N.). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Jan. 8, 1859. Re: orders to settle the dispute of the eastern boundary; matters in the Nation becoming under control. |
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| 42 | From Melvina Pitchlynn Folsom (Lukfata, C.N.). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Jan. 10, 1859. Re: visit to Aunt Rhoda and Lavinia. |
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| 43 | From Lycurgus P. Pitchlynn. To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Jan. 24, 1859. Re: county offices occupied; grandmother's good health. |
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| 44 | 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. |
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| 45 | From Lycurgus P. Pitchlynn. To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Feb. 8, 1859. Re: several deaths in the family there and in the plantation. |
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| 46 | From Thomas J. Bond (Boggy Depot, C.N.). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated March 12, 1859. Re: inability to be paid for his medical services due to no law in Boggy Depot; payments to him voted by the General Council; Indian sickness. |
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| 47 | From Sophia Folsom Pitchlynn. Dated April 23, 1859. Re: last will and testament. |
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| 48 | From Albert Pike (Little Rock, Arkansas). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Aug. 30, 1859. Re: request to become citizen of the Choctaw Nation. |
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| 49 | From George W. Harkins (Doaksville, C.N.). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Nov. 26, 1859. Re: settlements of the claimants for the Choctaw Indians; Agent Cooper's role in the settlement. |
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| 50 | 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. |
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| 51 | 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. |
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| 52 | From Israel Folsom (Elm Hill, C.N.). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Jan. 29, 1860. Re: the winter the most severe in memory, the deaths caused by it, the puzzling lack of mail, Armstrong Academy. |
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| 53 | From John Conner (Delaware Reservation). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Jan. 30, 1860. Re: Peter P.'s predictions proving true, the dilemma of the Indian Nations against the white man, and the divided republic. |
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| 54 | From Martin Folsom (Kiamichi County, C.N.). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Feb. 2, 1860. Re: the recent convention at Doaksville, the severe winter. |
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| 55 | From Joseph Dukes (Norwalk, C.N.). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Feb. 3, 1860. Re: the convention and the changes made to the system of government, the new Doaksville Constitution. |
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| 56 | 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. |
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| 57 | From Hiram R. Pitchlynn (Greencastle, Indiana). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Feb. 7, 1860. Re: inquiries about relatives. |
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| 58 | From George W. Harkins (Doaksville, C.N.). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Feb. 10, 1860. Re: settlement of Choctaw claims in Washington; U.S. Agent wanting Choctaw lands sectioned; problem of renegade whites settling in Choctaw Nation; the new constitution; Treaty of 1855; effects of the severe winter. |
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| 59 | From Tandy Walker (Skullyville, C.N.). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Feb. 10, 1860. Re: opinions on the new constitution; instructions to vote on it; possibility the legislators are keeping things hidden from the public regarding the constitution. |
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| 60 | 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. |
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| 61 | From Sampson Folsom (Horse Prairie, C.N.). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Feb. 12, 1860. Re: sickness among plantation blacks, deaths of Aunt Susan Jones and Uncle Isaac Folsom and others; Choctaw Constitutional Convention; blacks’ territorial rights in Kansas and elsewhere and the South's stake in the matter; sentiments for Stephen Douglas as President; opinions regarding slavery and of free and slave states; the LeCompton and Skullyville Constitutions regarding slavery; the U.S. House of Representatives and "Niggerism." |
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| 62 | From Solomon and Peter P. Pitchlynn, Jr. (Eagle Town, C.N.). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated March 8, 1860. Re: crop planting. |
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| 63 | From Tandy Walker (Skullyville, C.N.). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated March 18, 1860. Re; sectionalizing the Nation; displeasure with the new constitution; status of the claims proceedings in Washington. |
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| 64 | From Israel Folsom (Elm Hill, C.N.). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated March 19, 1860. Re: sectionalizing the Nation; flaws of the new constitution; attitudes just like before Treaty of 1830; LeFlore's possible resignation; doom ahead for the Red Men; the attitudes in the North harming the Red Men; missionaries taking sides. |
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| 65 | 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 dying. |
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| 66 | 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 Chieftainship. |
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| 67 | From James Gamble (Boggy Depot, C.N.). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated June 26, 1860. Re: Harkins case in court; murders of Wall Folsom and Cyrus Folsom and role of the Lighthorsemen. |
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| 68 | From Edmund Pickens (Fort Washita, C.N.). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated July 7, 1860. Re: the smoking of the pipe on July 4. |
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| 69 | 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. |
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| 70 | 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. |
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| 71 | From Caroline V. (Webb) Pitchlynn (Eagle County, C.N.). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated July 13, 1860. Re: plea for Peter P. to come home and help her husband, Peter; his distressful condition. |
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| 72 | From Peter P. Pitchlynn, Jr. To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated July 13, 1860. Re: his condition; his location; plea for advice and money. |
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| 73 | From Malvina (Pitchlynn) Folsom. To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated July 15, 1860. Re; Peter at her house; his condition |
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| 74 | From Sampson Folsom (Doaksville, C.N.). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated July 16, 1860. Re; the death of his brother Wall; the problem of drunks in the Nation; probability that Dukes will be elected as Principal Chief. |
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| 75 | From James Gamble (Washita, C.N.). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated July 20, 1860. Re: news/rumors that $1,000 reward was issued for Peter's apprehension by the family of the slain Harris; of Peter's death at the hands of the Lighthorsemen; news of all the murders occurring in the Nation and the disaster quickly coming. |
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| 76 | From Israel Folsom ( Elm Hill, C.N.). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated July 24, 1860. Re: black insurrection in north Texas; candidates for Principal Chief of the Nation; plea for Peter P. to return home and help Peter; danger of black insurrection in the nation. |
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| 77 | 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 law, order and religion since Peter P.'s move to Washington; reluctance through fear by the officials to enforce the laws; doesn't know where Peter is. |
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| 78 | From John Howell (Eagle Town, C.N.). To Peter P. Howell. Dated Aug. 2, 1860. Re: distressing events in the Nation; killings of various people; the rest is unreadable. |
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| 79 | Sevier County, Arkansas--Grand Jury: Presentment. Dated Aug. 10, 1860. Re: Peter P. Pitchlynn, Jr. |
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| 80 | 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' election as an abolitionist; Peter's health and location; proof that Peter acted in self-defense when he killed Lorenzo Harris. |
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| 81 | From Joseph Dukes (Norwalk, C.N.). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Sept. 5, 1860. Re: the Choctaws in a situation worse than ever before; effects of the recent harsh drought upon the situation; the impending starvation of many. |
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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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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 |
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| 86 | From Leonidas Pitchlynn (Eagle Town, C.N.). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Oct. 17, 1860. Re: turning against Peter. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 90 | From Peter P. Pitchlynn. To John. Dated 1861. Re: the capture of female prisoners--treatment and care; Peter P. going on the warpath. |
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| 91 | From Lycurgus P. Pitchlynn. To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated 1861. Re; slave insurgency and the disarming of blacks in the Choctaw Nation. |
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| 92 | From Jacob Folsom. To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Jan. 9, 1861. Re; memories of the autumn of 1834; Jacob's settlement in the C.N.; a joke about Abe Lincoln; the Southern states; secession; his view on the whole matter. |
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| 93 | From Peter Folsom. To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Jan. 19, 1861. Re: dissolution of the Union; the necessity of attending to the Choctaw bonds and securities in U.S. government holdings so as not to lose them if the government goes defunct; the delegation to Washington should be empowered to act with full authority for the C.N. as circumstances develop; the need for the C.N. to be silent and observe events transpiring regarding the United States; plans to depart for Washington immediately. |
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| 94 | From Sampson Folsom (Doaksville, C.N.). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated May 14, 1861. Re: the invasion of the Choctaw Nation by Texans at war with U.S. troops, the capture by Texas of military forts in the C.N., Sampson's plans to visit the Confederate capital, then Washington, and the mustering of a Choctaw army to repel the invaders. |
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| 95 | From Sampson Folsom (Doaksville, C.N.). To Albert Pike. Dated Sept. 5, 1861. Re: the creation of a Choctaw army to serve the Confederate States of America. |
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| 96 | From Peter P. Pitchlynn (Doaksville, C.N.). To Peter P. Howell. Dated Oct. 21, 1861. Re; the War Dance and preparation of troops; killing and scalping Yankees. |
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| 97 | From General Albert Pike, C.S.A. (Richmond, Virginia). To George Hudson. Dated Dec. 29, 1861. Re: Confederate President Jefferson Davis' message to the Confederate Congress and Congress' resolutions and treaties passed concerning the Indian Nations; the admission of Indian Territory to the Confederate States. |
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| 98 | From Peter P. Pitchlynn (Eagle Town, C.N.). To William Cass. Dated Jan. 16, 1862. Re: President Davis' orders to raise a Choctaw regiment, Confederate opinions regarding Choctaws, plans to send warriors to Virginia and an agreement of supplies to be given them; plans to accompany the warriors to Virginia. |
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| 99 | From Albert Pike, C.S.A. (Little Rock, Arkansas). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Jan. 29, 1862. Re: serious disagreement over money promised the Choctaw delegates, and Pike's full intention to present the matter to the National Council. |
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| 100 | From Albert Pike, C.S.A. (Little Rock, Arkansas). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Jan. 29, 1862. Re: serious disagreements over money promised the Choctaw delegates; the numerical amounts involved. |
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| 101 | From Mary Rhoda Pitchlynn. To the Hon. George Durant. Dated March 4, 1862. Re: annulment petition for her marriage to John Arnold. |
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| 102 | From Peter P. Pitchlynn, Jr. (Camp Watie, C.N.). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated May 30, 1862. Re: affairs in his battalion and his officer status; the new Conscript Law. |
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| 103 | From Sampson Folsom (Doaksville, C.N.). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated June 19, 1862. Re: Albert Pike's wishes that slaves work in the new fortification to be called Fort McCollough; the people of Texas not responding to their patriotic call; the defense of Boggy Depot; clamor against Pike's plans for the fort; appeal to the ladies of the C.N. for clothing for next winter. |
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| 104 | From Leonidas Pitchlynn (Camp Clear Creek). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Aug. 8, 1862. Re: trip to Ft. Washita for supplies; orders expected; Leonidas' attempts to attain the status of colonel. |
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| 105 | From William K. McKean. To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Dec. 18, 1862. Re: his company and its numerical strength. The rest is unreadable. |
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| 106 | From Turner B. Turnbull (Boggy Depot, C.N.). To Samuel Garland. Dated Dec. 22, 1862. Re; the return of slaves to the proper owners. |
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| 107 | From Trimble and Martin (Washington, Arkansas). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated may 13, 1863. Re; mail service. |
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| 108 | From Samuel Garland (Locust Hill, C.N.). to Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated May 13, 1863. Re: the Cherokees and the Lincoln (U.S.) government. |
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| 109 | From Samuel Garland (Locust Hill, C.N.). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated may 20, 1863. Re: intentions of carrying out the duties of office and the Choctaw Constitution; profession of ignorance regarding military regulations and militias. |
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| 110 | From James Penney. To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated June 6, 1863. Re: flag made by local ladies to be presented to a regiment by same. |
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| 111 | From John T. Chesnut and John T. Fears. To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated June 26, 1863. Re: presentation of Confederate flag to Choctaw Regiment. |
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| 112 | From Robert M. Jones (Kiamichi, C.N.). To George Hudson. Dated Aug. 22, 1863. Re: Col. Hunter and his wishes to organize a regiment with which to defend the C.N. and his guarantee that Choctaw soldiers would not fight outside their Nation; two Choctaw companies recently sworn into Confederate army. |
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| 113 | From Alfred Wade. To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Sept. 4, 1863. Re: reports of engagements between Gen. Cooper and the federals at Perryville, Cooper's Station and Honey Springs; assistance rendered locals by Gen. Thompson; locals hiding livestock in the mountains; cry to rally to the aid of a commander at Poteau; federal infantry marching on Skullyville and the surrounding plantations; Col. Cooper's regiment from Texas advancing on Fort Gibson; report of near-fight at Poteau. |
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| 114 | From Samuel Garland. To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Sept. 5, 1863. Re: Col. Hunter given permission to raise regiment but under certain conditions; half of militia without guns. |
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| 115 | From Alfred Wade. To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Sept. 10, 1863. Re: Col. Cabble's retreat from Fort Smith; Cooper at Middle Boggy; the federals treating the Indians much better than expected; the Pins' attempt to destroy the Choctaws. |
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| 116 | From Alfred Wade. To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Sept. 27, 1863. Re: scouting expedition toward Skullyville and the strong federal guard there; 500 deserted from Gen. Price; federals taking food from the locals, who have no clothes to wear and go naked. |
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| 117 | From Alfred Wade (Wade County, C.N.). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated 1863. Re: the companies of Gen. Cooper, Col. Tandy Walker, Col. Martin and Col. J.M. McCurtain; and where these are stationed as well as their activities; complaints by each district that the other isn't mustering troops; skirmish in the Cherokee Nation. |
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| 118 | From Alfred Wade (Wade County, C.N.). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Oct. 14, 1863. Re: engagement with federal army and report of the dead; Cen. Cooper still at Perryville but preparing to depart; federal trains to Ft. Smith entirely stopped; militias in need of provision. |
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| 119 | Newspaper clipping: Dated Oct. 21, 1863. Re: in defense of Peter P. Pitchlynn and a statement of his Southern Loyalties; by P.P. Pitchlynn himself. From the "Washington (Arkansas) Telegraph." |
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| 1 | From Albert Pike, C.S.A. (Arkansas). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Oct. 24, 1863. Re: the Choctaws proving fine people; the arrival of Capt. Chisholm to the Choctaw country. |
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| 2 | From E. Kirby Smith (Headquarters, Department of the Trans-Mississippi; Shreveport, Louisiana). To Samuel Garland. Dated Oct 30, 1863. Re: impending convention of Indian Nation delegates to the Confederate States. |
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| 3 | From Samuel Garland. To E. Kirby Smith. Dated Oct. 30, 1863. Requests Confederate troops or a Confederate agent as protection against "Jay-hawkers." |
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| 4 | From E. Cunningham (Headquarters, Department of the Trans-Mississippi; Shreveport, Louisiana). To Samuel Garland. Dated Oct. 31, 1863. Re: the arrest of those soldiers in Indian Country that are there without authority. |
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| 5 | From Peter P. Pitchlynn (Eagle Town, C.N.). To Sam. Dated Nov. 20, 1863. Re: Wade; military orders; his lack of confidence in the military system; orders dispatched to the various counties. |
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| 6 | From Albert Pike, C.S.A. (Peach Orchard Springs). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Nov. 23, 1863. Re: sorry upon hearing there are slanderous reports regarding Pitchlynn; the loss of Arkansas to the North; his worries as to the Indians' future and his declaration that he had done all in his power for them; bad remarks about Confederate President Davis. |
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| 7 | From Alfred Wade (Wade County, C.N.). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Dec. 2, 1863. Re: many people destitute; the disbanding of Col. Jackson McCurtain's militia until invading armies appear on the frontier; enemy troop camp locations in Arkansas; Northerners doing less damage to the Indians than Southerners. |
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| 8 | From Albert Pike, C.S.A. (Peach Orchard Springs). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Dec. 9, 1863. Re: advice about jayhawkers. Note: see back side of document. |
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| 9 | From Albert Pike, C.S.A. (Walnut Springs). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Jan. 21, 1864. Re: request that Pitchlynn join he and the Chief in a meeting which could save the Choctaw people. |
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| 10 | From Albert Pike, C.S.A. (Washington, Arkansas). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated May 13, 1864. Re: the hopes that Southern troops retake Little Rock; Cooper inciting the Indians against Pike, and the reasons why. |
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| 11 | From Brig. Gen. D.H. Cooper (Headquarters, Camp Bragg). "General Orders" No. 27. Re: fine behavior of the First Choctaw Battalion in an engagement with federals on Sept. 23, 1864. |
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| 12 | Document: Resolution of the General Council of the Choctaw Nation. Dated Oct. 10, 1864. Re: honors given the Choctaw warriors who fought in the War. |
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| 13 | From Joseph P. Folsom (Bennington, C.N.). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Oct. 13, 1864. Re: national Council appeal to Pitchlynn to call an election to replace the Choctaw delegate to the Confederate Government in Richmond, Virginia. |
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| 14 | From Brig. Gen. Douglas H. Cooper (Headquarters, Indian Division, Boggy Depot, C.N.). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Dec. 28, 1864. Re: Pitchlynn's Inaugural Address and call for defense of Southern liberty and independence; the myth that the Confederates desire all able bodied men to fight; treaty requirements that the Indian Nations give a number of men. |
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| 15 | From Samuel B. Maxey (Headquarters, Dist. Indian Territory). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Dec. 31, 1864. Re: destitution of the refugees in the C.N. and among the families of soldiers; a battalion at Shawneetown in Stand Watie's command removed to Arkansas; supplies along the Red River. |
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| 16 | From Samuel B. Maxey (Headquarters, Dist. Indian Territory). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Jan. 10, 1865. Re: grave problem of the destitution of the Choctaws and scarcity of supplies; the fall of New Orleans, Vicksburg and other places; reasons for the scarcity of supplies. |
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| 17 | From Douglas H. Cooper. To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated March 18, 1865. Re: filling the vacant post of Indian agent with Capt. Thornton Heiston. |
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| 18 | From Douglas H. Cooper. To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Apr. 25, 1865. Re; able to supply only half of the corn needed by the Choctaws; removal of remaining troops from Shawneetown to the front lines. |
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| 19 | From Peter P. Pitchlynn (Executive Office, Choctaw Nation). To E. Kirby Smith. Dated may 17, 1865. Re; request to confirm the rumors that the Confederate armies met with disaster east of the Mississippi; request to know as soon as possible if the Department of the Trans-Mississippi is to be surrendered; request that Indian troops not be surrendered as prisoners of war so that the Indian Nations can make their own terms. |
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| 20 | From Douglas H. Cooper. To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated June 3, 1865. Re: agreement of peace between the pro-Confederate Indian Nations and the pro-Union Plains tribes reached. |
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| 21 | From Francis C.J. Herron (Headquarters Northern Division Louisiana--Shreveport, Louisiana). To Asa G. Matthews. Dated June 9, 1865. Re: orders to proceed with little delay to Ft. Towson and then Council Grove to attend the grand council of the various tribes; orders to make a treaty with the Indians and to announce the war's end. |
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| 22 | From Asa G. Mathews and W. H. Vance (Doaksville, C.N.). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated June 16, 1865. Re: invitation to meet them in Doaksville to reestablish relations between the Indian Nations and the united States of America. |
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| 23 | From Peter P. Pitchlynn (Executive Office, Choctaw Nation). To Jeremiah Ward. Dated June 18, 1865. Re: peace between the U.S.A. and the Choctaw Nation, and Ward's safety if he returns. |
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| 24 | Document: Articles of Surrender: treaty stipulations between United States Commissioners Asa G. Matthews and W.H. Vance and Peter P. Pitchlynn, Governor and Principal Chief of the Choctaw Nation. Dated June 19, 1865. Three pages. NOTE: what appears to be "article II" on page one is actually old script for "article I." |
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| 25 | Typescript of the preceding document, "articles of surrender," in folder 24. |
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| 26 | From Peter P. Pitchlynn (Executive Office, Choctaw Nation). To Commissioner of Indian Affairs. Dated June 20, 1865. Re: reasons the Choctaw sided with the Confederates and public opinion regarding them; peace with the other tribes with the United States; resolutions of the Grand Council; Pitchlynn to make every effort to have every Indian tribe in the U.S.A. in existence at the Grand Council; hopes for U.S. commissioners to attend the Council. |
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| 27 | From Peter P. Pitchlynn (Executive Office, Choctaw Nation). To Edmond Gardner. Dated June 20, 1865. Re: treaty stipulations with the U.S.A.; future of the Choctaw Nation and request for law and order. |
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| 28 | From William T. Stephens (Fort Smith, C.N.). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated June 27, 1865. Re: the state of the Southern States as compared to the Northern: eventual return of the exiles to the Choctaw Nation; reestablishing relations with the U.S.; convention held at New Hope in March 1864; Kansans coveting the Nation. |
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| 29 | From A.J. Stanton (Fort Smith, Arkansas). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated June 27, 1865. Re: opinion that the Choctaws have not violated any old treaty with the U.S.A., so peace needn't be made; matters of reconciliation. |
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| 30 | From Jeremiah Ward (Skullyville County, C.N.). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated June 27, 1865. Re: peace for the Choctaw Nation; his protection by federal troops. |
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| 31 | From Peter P. Pitchlynn (Executive Office, Choctaw Nation). To Cyrus Bussey. Dated July 1865. Re: letter to the Chickasaw Governor; the arranging for delegates to go to Washington; Treaty of Peace; arrangements made with the U.S. in conflict. |
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| 32 | From Asa G. Matthews (Shreveport, Louisiana). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated July 14, 1865. Re: unreadable. Five pages. |
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| 33 | From Cyrus Bussey (Headquarters, 3rd Division of the 7th Army Corps--Fort Smith, Arkansas). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Aug. 2, 1865. Re: Washington commissioners to meet in Grand Council with Indian delegates at Ft. Smith; the nature of General Order No. 30 in regard to cattle. |
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| 34 | From Winchester Colbert, Governor of the Chickasaw Nation (Tishomingo, Chickasaw Nation). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Aug. 7, 1865. Re: invitation to Choctaw commissioners to meet in consultation with the Creek and Chickasaw before the convening of the Grand Council with federal representatives. |
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| 35 | From Peter P. Pitchlynn (Executive Office, Choctaw Nation). To Cyrus Bussey. Dated Aug. 9, 1865. Re: reasons why the meeting place for the Grand Council cannot be moved. |
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| 36 | From Peter P. Pitchlynn (Executive Office, Choctaw Nation). To Winchester Colbert. Dated Aug. 9, 1865. Re: letter received from Bussey regarding the meeting place of the Grand Council. |
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| 37 | From J.T. Cochrane (Washington, D.C.). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Aug. 24, 1865. Re: Pike not a friend of the Indians and why; Cochrane's inability to attend the Grand Council; inflexibility of the federal government toward the Indians and advice that they submit; the reason the U.S. withdrew troops from the Indian Territory and what the Indians' reaction should have been. NOTE: Incomplete--pages missing. |
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| 38 | From Winchester Colbert, Governor of the Chickasaw Nation (Tishomingo, Chickasaw Nation). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Aug. 24, 1865. Re: Transferring the site of the Grand Council to Ft. Smith; irritation that the Choctaws have yet to appoint their delegates. NOTE: incomplete--pages missing. |
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| 39 | From Cyrus Bussey (3rd Division of the Army Corps--Ft. Smith, Arkansas). To peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Aug. 25, 1865. Re: federal authorities to appear at Armstrong Academy to invite the Indians to adjourn at Ft. Smith. |
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| 40 | From James G. Blunt (Ft. Smith, Arkansas). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Sept. 23, 1865. Re: railroad interests represented at Grand Council; possibility of railroads dissecting Indian Territory. |
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| 41 | From Winchester Colbert (Executive Office, Chickasaw Nation--Tishomingo, Chickasaw Nation). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Oct. 12, 1865. Re: the Chickasaw National Legislature's move to ratify the treaty of peace with the U.S.; its moves regarding slavery. |
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| 42 | From J.P. Kingsbury (Boggy Depot, C.N.). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Nov. 28, 1865. Re; the Indians misjudged for their role in joining the Confederacy; request to remember the missionaries if forced to cede land. |
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| 43 | From Albert Pike (Memphis, Tennessee). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Dec. 7, 1865. Re: impending Choctaw trip to Washington; no one better able to serve the Choctaws than Pike; his wish to organize a company with Pitchlynn's help; request to settle in the Choctaw Nation. |
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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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 49 | From Mary Rhoda Pitchlynn. To Charles G. Lombardi. Dated Oct. 27, 1870. Re: the blacks and sectionalizing land. |
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| 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. |
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| 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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| 52 | From Peter P. Pitchlynn (Washington, D.C.). To Mary Pitchlynn Garland. Dated Nov. 22, 1871. Re: Pitchlynn's trip to Washington and safe arrival there; hopes she will stop smoking; no one will be appointed to fill Garland's place in the delegation. |
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| 53 | From Loring S.W. Folsom (Armstrong Academy, C.N.). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Mar. 19, 1872. Re: whiskey and drunkards. |
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| 54 | From Loring S.W. Folsom (Armstrong Academy, C.N.). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated March 26, 1872. Re: Cooperites and Cooper's Army and listing of those who fought in it. |
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| 55 | From Robert M. Jones (Goodland, C.N.). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated July 17, 1872. Re: the interrogation of Jones regarding his knowledge of the Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek and other matters and treaties. |
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| 56 | From Robert M. Jones (Goodland, C.N.). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated July 24, 1872. Re: the problem of getting the U.S. Government to pay the Indians what it owes them; Cooperite claims. |
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| 57 | From Robert M. Jones (Goodland, C.N.). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Aug. 14, 1872. Re: Allen Wright publishing bad things about Jones and Pitchlynn. |
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| 58 | From Robert M. Jones (Rose Hill, C.N.). to Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Aug. 17, 1872. Re: election returns from the four counties of Pushmataha District. |
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| 59 | From Robert M. Jones (Armstrong Academy, C.N.). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Oct. 27, 1872. Re: Pitchlynn and Jones' loss to the Cooperites total. |
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| 60 | From Robert M. Jones (Armstrong Academy, C.N.). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Nov. 7, 1872. Re: passage of the Oklahoma Bill by Congress and protests regarding it; railroad men attempting entry into the Nation. |
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| 61 | From John T. Howell (Fort Arbuckle, C.N.). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Jan. 27, 1873. Re: claim mad against the U.S. government regarding a theft of horses by Comanches. |
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| 62 | From Loring S.W. Folsom (Chahta Tamaha, C.N.). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Jan. 19, 1874. Re: Council in progress; territorial bill opposition; settlement of the eastern boundary. |
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| 63 | From Loring S.W. Folsom (Chahta Tamaha, C.N.). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Mar. 1, 1874. Re: Gov. LeFlore's son marries a black woman. |
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| 64 | From Peter P. Pitchlynn (Washington, D.C.). To Loring S.W. Folsom. Dated Mar. 7, 1874. Re: status of a Congressional bill to pay claim to Indians by the U.S.A.; status of Chickasaw attempts to allot their land in severalty. |
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| 65 | From Loring S.W. Folsom (Chahta Tamaha, C.N.). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Nov. 22, 1874. Re: unreadable. |
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| 66 | From Loring S.W. Folsom (Chahta Tamaha, C.N.). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Sept. 18, 1875. Re: election returns from the C.N.; the marriage of Rhoda. |
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| 67 | From Loring S.W. Folsom (Chahta Tamaha, C.N.). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Mar. 8, 1876. Re: Memorial passed by the council with Peter P. Pitchlynn's name on it (to PPP?). |
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| 68 | From Loring S.W. Folsom (Chahta Tamaha, C.N.). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Mar. 9, 1876. Re: passage of a bill regarding Peter P. Pitchlynn (?). |
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| 69 | From Loring S.W. Folsom (Chahta Tamaha, C.N.). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Mar. 9, 1876. Re: passage of the memorial bill through council; moving the capital to Atoka. |
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| 70 | From Loring S.W. Folsom (Chahta Tamaha, C.N.). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Nov. 1, 1876. Re: Council's adjournment, what was attended to. |
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| 71 | From John M. Hodges (Lukfata, C.N.). To Loring S.W. Folsom. Dated April 15, 1877. Re: improvements to Eagle Town and Lukfata; Rhoda's sudden death after giving birth to a child.From Loring S.W. Folsom. To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated April 20, 1877. Re: the enclosed letter of John M. Hodges and Rhoda's death. |
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| 72 | From Malvina (Pitchlynn) Folsom (Lukfata, C.N.). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated May 2, 1877. Re: death of Rhoda and Malvina's trip there and naming the baby after Peter P. Pitchlynn; Kannedy refuses to let Malvina take the babies; Pitchlynn's farm in ruins. |
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| 73 | From D.L. Kannedy (Eagle Town, C.N.). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated May 28, 1877. Re: death of his wife, inquiry as to who is in charge of the farm; statement of his reputation. |
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| 74 | From Malvina (Pitchlynn) Folsom (Caddo Hill, C.N.). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated July 12, 1877. Re: the disastrous Mr. Kannedy; the sad shape of the farm; inquiry as to who is in charge of the farm. |
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| 75 | From Malvina (Pitchlynn) Folsom. To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated July 12, 1877. Re: D.L. Kannedy and his motherless babies; the state of the farm; suggestion that Pitchlynn take the farm from Kennedy and give it to her; charges and accusations against Kannedy by Malvina. |
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| 76 | From Malvina (Pitchlynn) Folsom. To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Aug. 7, 1877. Re: drought weather; election returns; Kannedy a bad man, and she determined to get his children; death of General Cooper. |
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| 77 | From Zach Bottom. To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Aug. 22, 1877. Re: legal problems concerning his residency in the Choctaw Nation. |
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| 78 | From Peter P. Pitchlynn. To Caroline V. (Lombardi?) Pitchlynn. Dated Oct. 12, 1877. Re: impending death of Kannedy; Malvina going for the children; resolutions of impeachment regarding Cole; Pitchlynn's support in both houses of the legislature. |
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| 79 | From Loring S.W. Folsom (Caddo, C.N.). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Nov. 11, 1877. Re: Malvina in charge at the farm and reviving it from financial ruin; poor state of Rhoda's children. |
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| 80 | From Loring S.W. Folsom (Caddo, C.N.). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Nov. 18, 1877. Re: Malvina and the farm; state of Loring's estate. |
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| 81 | From Malvina (Pitchlynn) Folsom (Caddo, C.N.). To Loring S.W. Folsom. Dated Jan. 23, 1878. Re: the death of little Peter.From Loring S.W. Folsom. To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Jan. 24, 1878. Re: enclosed letter by Malvina. |
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| 82 | From Loring S.W. Folsom (Caddo, C.N.). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Jan. 24, 1878. Re: unreadable.From Malvina (Pitchlynn) Folsom. To Loring S.W. Folsom. Dated Jan. 19, 1878. Re: condition of little Peter. |
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| | From Peter Folsom. To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Aug. 15, 1879. Re: Congress' recent action regarding Indian claims. |
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| 83 | From Malvina (Pitchlynn) Folsom. To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated March 12, 1878. Re: death of little Peter; conditions at the farm. |
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| 84 | From Loring S.W. Folsom (Caddo, C.N.). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated April 29, 1878. Re: local affairs. |
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| 85 | From Loring S.W. Folsom (Caddo, C.N.). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated April 30, 1878. Re; Chief Cole calling up the Lighthorsemen to protect McKee King and Mushulatubbee in delivering their speeches; McCurtain Party; the possible lynching of David Harkins; several arrests by the marshals. |
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| 86 | From Mollie Folsom (Caddo Station, C.N.). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated may 1, 1878. Re: affairs. |
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| 87 | From Malvina (Pitchlynn) Folsom. to Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Aug. 19, 1878. Re; gunfight and murder in Caddo involving David; affairs at the farm well. |
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| 88 | From Edward Morris (Caddo, C.N.). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Feb. 13, 1879. Re: inquiry regarding the extensive tree-cutting for railroad ties occurring throughout the C.N.. |
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| 89 | From Calvin Robinson (Caddo Station, C.N.). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated April 29, 1879. Re: gospel meeting on the Red River; reason for wickedness in the C.N. the white people; sectionalizing the land. |
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| 90 | From Loring S.W. Folsom (Caddo, C.N.). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated May 27, 1879. Re: death of Calvin Robinson's wife. |
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| 91 | From Loring S.W. Folsom (Chiselhurst, C.N.). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated July 28, 1879. Re: crops.From Loring S.W. Folsom. To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated July 28, 1879. Re: refusal of U.S. citizens to be taken to court in the Choctaw Nation. |
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| 92 | From Peter Folsom. To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Aug. 15, 1879. Re: Congress' recent action regarding Indian claims. |
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| 93 | From Loring S.W. Folsom (Caddo, C.N.). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Nov. 16, 1879. Re: the imprisonment of the man who killed Kannedy; William Pitchlynn; death of Chief Cole and nomination prospects of Garvin. |
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| 94 | From Loring S.W. Folsom (Chiselhurst, Blue Co., C.N.). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Jan. 1, 1880. Re; health; troublesome white men. |
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| 95 | From Loring S.W. Folsom (Caddo, C.N.). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Jan. 29, 1880. Re: David's success; blacks multiplying in number. |
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| 96 | From Nathanial F. Krebs (Skullyville County, C.N.). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Feb. 26, 1880. Re: Indian opposition to the Territorial Bill; white intruders taking over various counties in the C.N. and the illegality of such and the situation becoming critical. |
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| 97 | From Malvina (Pitchlynn) Folsom. To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Feb. 1880. Re: the murder of her son David Folsom. |
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| 98 | Document: of the Grand Jury of Blue County, held at Chahta Tamaha, C.N. Dated March 1880. Re: inquiry as to the murder of David Folsom. |
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| 99 | From Loring S.W. Folsom (Caddo, C.N.). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Mar. 7, 1880. Re: the murder of David Folsom and the grand jury of Blue County. |
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| 100 | From Joseph P. Folsom (Caddo, C.N.). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Mar. 20, 1880. Re: his official role of interpreter for the Grand Jury of Blue County--statement of the case. |
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| 101 | From Adam Burris (Pitchlynn's former slave) (Eagle Town, C.N.). To Suckey Burris. Dated April 13, 1880. Re: living in the C.N. |
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| 102 | From Mary (Pitchlynn) Garland. To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated April 27, 1880. Re: health of the family. |
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| 103 | From William P. Pitchlynn (McAlester, C.N.). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated July 14, 1880. Re: death of his son Simpson; probability that McCurtain be the next chief. |
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| 104 | From Jacob B. Jackson (Jack's Fork County, C.N.). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Nov. 9, 1880. Re: new laws passed by the National Council to forbid the carrying of weapons and to accept freed slaves as citizens and several other major passages. |
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| 105 | From Peter Folsom (Hickory, Mississippi). to Sophia C. Pitchlynn. Dated Sept. 5, 1882. Re: progress of the Gospel and his expected arrival in Ft. Smith. |
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| 106 | From Loring S.W. Folsom (Caddo, C.N.). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated April 20, 1883. Re: the probable abandonment of all mines in the Choctaw Nation (coal); Loring's failing health; state of affairs since the death of Malvina; his marriage to Mrs. Frazier and his subsequent divorce; Emmet's education. |
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| 107 | From Loring S.W. Folsom (Caddo, C.N.). To Caroline V. (Lombardi?) Pitchlynn. Dated July 29, 1888. Re; status of the money owed him; his son Emmet Kannedy; reports of family members; complaints of U.S. citizens overrunning the country. |
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| 1 | Typed copies of original documents--documents not identified. |
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| 2 | Typescript of original document--diary of Peter P. Pitchlynn. |
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| 3 | Report and student listing of the Choctaw School at Blue Springs, Scott County, Kentucky. |
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| 4 | First Quarterly Report of Choctaw School at Blue Springs, Scott County, Kentucky. Dated post-January |
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| 5 | Report of the Choctaw Academy for the quarter ending |
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| 6 | Third Quarterly Report of the Choctaw Academy in Blue Springs, Scott County, Kentucky. |
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| 7 | Report of the Choctaw School at Blue Springs, Scott County, Kentucky for the quarters ending April and July 1826. |
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| 8 | Student listing of the Choctaw school at Blue Springs, Scott County, Kentucky |
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| 9 | Quarterly Report of the Choctaw School at Blue Springs, Scott County, Kentucky. |
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| 10 | List of boys |
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| 11 | Report of the Choctaw Academy. |
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| 12 | Quarterly Report of the Choctaw Academy for the term ending |
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| 13 | Report Choctaw Academy. |
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| 14 | Report of the Choctaw Academy for the term ending January |
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| 15 | Quarterly Report of the Choctaw Academy for the term ending July 1829. |
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| 16 | Quarterly Report of the Choctaw Academy for the term ending January 1830. |
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| 17 | Quarterly Report for the Choctaw Academy for the term ending April 1830. |
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| 18 | Quarterly Report of the Choctaw Academy for the term ending August 1831. |
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| 19 | Quarterly Report of the Choctaw Academy for the term ending January 1832. |
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| 20 | Quarterly Report of the Choctaw Academy for the term ending April 1832. |
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| 21 | From Thomas Henderson, Superintendent, Choctaw Academy. To Lewis Cass, U.S. Secretary of War. Dated may 8, 1832. Re: hopes for adding mechanical skills shops to the Academy. |
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| 22 | Quarterly Report of the Choctaw Academy. Dated August 1832. |
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| 23 | Quarterly Reports of the Choctaw Academy for the term ending January 1833. |
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| 24 | Quarterly Report of the Choctaw Academy of the term ending April 1833. |
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| 25 | Quarterly Report of the Choctaw Academy for the term ending April 1833. |
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| 26 | Quarterly Report of the Choctaw Academy as of August 1833. |
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| 27 | Quarterly Report of the Choctaw Academy as of Nov. 1, 1833. |
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| 28 | Quarterly Report of the Choctaw Academy as of February 1, 1834. |
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| 29 | Quarterly Report of the Choctaw Academy as of Feb. 18, 1834. |
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| 30 | Quarterly Report of the Choctaw Academy as of May 1, 1834. |
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| 31 | Quarterly Report of the Choctaw Academy as of July 31, 1834. |
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| 32 | Quarterly Report of the Choctaw Academy as of Feb. 1, 1835. |
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| 33 | Quarterly Report of the Choctaw Academy as of May 1, 1835. |
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| 34 | Quarterly Report of the Choctaw Academy as of Aug. 1, 1835. |
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| 35 | Quarterly Report of the Choctaw Academy as of Nov. 18, 1835. |
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| 36 | Quarterly Report of the Choctaw Academy as of Jan. 1, 1836. |
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| 37 | List of students at the Choctaw Academy: dated July 7, 1836. |
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| 38 | From M. Stokes, U.S. Agent for the Cherokees. To Principal, Choctaw Academy. Dated July 7, 1836. Re: the acquisition of new students. |
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| 39 | List showing boys who left the Choctaw Academy for the West in June 1837. |
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| 40 | "Tabular Statement relative to the Choctaw Academy." Dated May 13, 1837. |
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| 41 | Quarterly Report of the Choctaw Academy as of Dec. 31, 1837. |
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| 42 | Quarterly Report of the Choctaw Academy as of Apr. 1, 1838. |
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| 43 | Quarterly Report of the Choctaw Academy as of Sept. 30, 1838. |
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| 44 | Quarterly Report of the Choctaw Academy as of Sept. 30, 1838. |
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| 45 | Quarterly Report of the Choctaw Academy as of Jan. 1, 1839. |
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| 46 | Quarterly Report of the Choctaw Academy as of Jan. 1, 1839. |
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| 47 | List of students received on Jan. 18, 1839. |
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| 48 | Quarterly Report of the Choctaw Academy as of Apr. 1, 1839. |
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| 49 | Quarterly Report of the Choctaw Academy as of July 1, 1839. |
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| 50 | Report of the Subcommittee of the Choctaw Academy to the Trustees. Dated Sept. 4, 1839. |
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| 51 | Quarterly Report of the Choctaw Academy as of Oct. 1, 1839. |
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| 52 | Quarterly Report of the Choctaw Academy as of Jan. 1, 1840. |
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| | Committee Report. Dated Nov. 1839. |
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| 54 | Quarterly Report of the Choctaw Academy as of Apr. 1, 1840. |
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| 55 | Quarterly Report of the Choctaw Academy as of Oct. 1, 1840. |
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| 56 | List of students received on Oct. 24, 1840. |
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| 57 | Report of the Board of Inspectors. Dated Sept. 29, 1841. |
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| 58 | List of students received. Undated. |
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| 59 | List of all students at the Choctaw Academy on Jan. 1, 1841. |
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| 60 | From J. Hartley Crawford, Office of Indian Affairs. To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated March 13, 1841. Re: Pitchlynn's appointment as superintendent of the Choctaw Academy. |
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| 61 | Quarterly Report of the Choctaw Academy as of Apr. 1841. |
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| 62 | List of students received on May 27, 1841. |
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| 63 | List of all students at the Choctaw Academy on Aug. 29, 1841. |
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| 64 | From the Department of War. To the Choctaw Academy. Re: expenses of the various students for part of 1841. |
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| 65 | Original manuscript: the diary of Peter P. Pitchlynn--segment one. |
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| 66 | Original manuscript: the diary of Peter P. Pitchlynn--segment two. |
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| 67 | Original manuscript: the diary of Peter P. Pitchlynn--segment three. |
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| 68 | Original manuscript: the diary of Peter P. Pitchlynn--segment four. |
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| 69 | Pitchlynn family records--genealogical (birth and death) records. |
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| 1 | Personal journal of Peter P. Pitchlynn. Written from Choctaw Agency in 1815. |
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| 2 | Personal journal of Peter P. Pitchlynn. Re: military planning and an exploratory expedition out West. |
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| 3 | Personal journal of Peter P. Pitchlynn. No date. |
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| 4 | Personal journal of Peter P. Pitchlynn. No date. |
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| 5 | Magazine, The Atlantic Monthly. April 1870 issue. See article, "Peter Pitchlynn, Chief of the Choctaws" on p. 486. |
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| 6 | Typescript of speech: "The Inaugural Address of Gov. Pitchlynn." |
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| 7 | Typescript of newspaper article: "Letter of Peter P. Pitchlynn to Hon. Jas. Barbour." Dated Nov. 5, 1825. |
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| 8 | Typescript of manuscript: "Address of Peter P. Pitchlynn." Dated July 12, 1866. |
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| 9 | Typescript of newspaper article: "An Address of P.P. Pitchlynn and Winchester Colbert." Dated Aug. 27, 1873. |
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| 10 | Typescript of newspaper article: "Letter of Henry G. Rind to Editors Vindicator." Dated May 25, 1875. |
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| 11 | Typescript of newspaper article: "Synopsis of the Governor's Message." Dated Oct. 13, 1875. |
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| 12 | Typescript of newspaper article: "News Item of P. Pitchlynn." Dated Feb. 10, 1877. |
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| 13 | Typescript of newspaper article: "Biographical Sketch of Peter Pitchlynn." Dated Feb. 28, 1877. |
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| 14 | Typescript of newspaper article: "Letters of P.P. Pitchlynn." Dated July 5, 1877. |
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| 15 | Typescript of newspaper article: "Editorial on P.P. Pitchlynn." Dated Oct. 20, 1877. |
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| 16 | Typescript of article: "Peter Pitchlynn." Dated June 1928. |
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| 17 | Typescript of article: "Peter Pitchlynn." Dated December 1928. |
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| 18 | Typescript of article: "Peter Pitchlynn." Dated June 1929. |
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| 19 | Typescript of article: "Peter P. Pitchlynn." |
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| 20 | Typescript of article: "Peter P. Pitchlynn." |
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| 21 | Typescript of article: "Peter P. Pitchlynn." |
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| 1 | Miscellaneous papers and correspondence (1).Two letters from William Pitchlynn Poland, Ardmore, Oklahoma to his cousin, Sophia Pitchlynn, Washington, D.C. re. Folsom family and Pitchlynn family genealogies. Dec. 15, 1914 & July 1, 1916"CHAHTA OKLA HAT PIT." 1878.List of Choctaw personal names (heading: ki isht kostini). n.d.List of female names among the Choctaw, also note re. the killing of Capt. Jack Downing. n.d.Letter from Thomson McKenney, Choctaw Agency, re. Choctaw politics, work of the Senate, and repudiation of the contract and pay of the Delegation. May 12, 1857.Petition to the U.S. Congress re. delivery of mail between two towns in Arkansas. July 1, 1856. |
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| 2 | Miscellaneous papers and correspondence (2). Letter from R. Forrest to Thomas Turner, attorney at law, re. settlement of salary dispute and petitioning Congress. Sep. 11, 1922. Letter from Robert Crittenden, Little rock, to Mr. N. Philbrook re. the "depredations of the Osage Tribe of Indians on our frontiers during this winter..." and requests that Philbrook "explain to them the indignation and resentment of their great Father at the Cawlip (?) murders they have committed." March 1824. Land agreement entered into by D.G. Harris, Elizabeth Harris, W.R. Harris, and Eliza Harris. Jan. 1, 1844. Personal letter from N.G. Mapy to cousin Needham Mapy. April 22, 1852. "In the Circuit Court of Eagle County, Choctaw Nation, "dissolution of the marriage between Mary R. Pitchlynn and John Arnold. March 4, 1862. Two letters. One is addressed to Major Lewis and both are addressed in Paris. They mention Jefferson, Madison, governmental affairs, etc.. July 1, 1842 & Oct. 28, 1842.Letter to P.P. Pitchlynn from Thomas Stul (?) re. court case concerning the marriage of Mary Pitchlynn and John Arnold. Jan. 9, 1862. Confederate States purchase order for 820 bushels of corn, signed by Captain Pitchlynn of the Choctaw Battalion. March 10 to May 17, 1862.Letter to Col. B.P. Pitchlynn from Sampson Folsom re. John King and the Haskins case. Dec. 5, 1860. |
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| 3 | Papers relating to the controversy between the Choctaws and Chickasaws - dispute over the eastern boundary of the Chickasaw District and financial matters. Letter to Col. Wm. Wilson, Choctaw Agent, from his brother, George Folsom, Chief of Pusha District re. whether the Choctaws should abide by the fourth article of the treaty between the Choctaws and Chickasaws or whether they should appoint new commissioners. Nov. 1851. Memorial approved by the Chickasaw Council and sent to the General Council of the Choctaw Nation from Jas. N. McLish, President re. violations of the Compact of 1837. Oct. 2, 1852. Letter to the Chiefs of the Choctaw Nation from Winchester Colbert, Davis Iames, Sampson Folsom, and Jackson Frazier, re. proposal to amend the portion of the Treaty of 1837 concluded between the Choctaws and Chickasaws. Nov. 10, 1857. Motion to appoint four Commissioners on the part of the Choctaw Nation to meet the Chickasaw Commissioners re. the boundary line dispute. Nov. 12, 1857. Eleven (11) letters between the Choctaw Commissioners and the Chickasaw Commissioners re. an amendment to the 2nd article of the Treaty of 1837 which would have altered the eastern boundary of the Chickasaw District taking in a portion of the Pushmataha District. Another issue discussed was the financial difficulties of the Chickasaw District. The letter of November 18, 1857 indicates that the Choctaw Commissioners stated that they had no right to amend the Treaty of 1837 or change the eastern boundary. They did propose a national fund for the purpose of supporting the government of the Choctaw Nation. Nov. 13, 1857-Nov. 18, 1857. |
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| 4 | Papers relating to Choctaws' education and the Armstrong Academy.Letter to the Trustees of the Armstrong Academy from Jos. Waller of the Domestic mission of the Southern Baptist Convention re. the Armstrong Academy's passing from under the control of the Baptist denomination by an act of the Choctaw National Council. Dec. 17, 1855. Articles of agreement between the board of School Trustees for the Choctaw Nation and the Domestic Board of the Southern Baptist convention re. certain conditions necessary for the Domestic Board of the Southern Baptist Convention to assume the control and management of Armstrong Academy. Nov. 15, 1855.Letter to Robt. Nail stating that Rev. A.G. Moffat had rejected the 3rd and 6th conditions of the articles of agreement placing Armstrong Academy under the control of the Domestic Board of the Southern Baptist Convention. "We have, therefore, accordingly come to the conclusion to take charge of the institution, and have appointed Allen Wright to teach the school for the remainder of the present session." Nov. 20, 1855.Letter to col. P. P. Pitchlynn from Samuel Worcester, Substitute Clerk of the Pushmataha District, re. register of the names of Choctaw Children, and their parents provided for by a provision in the Choctaw Treaty of 1830. Includes a list of orphans. n.d.Letter to Col. P.P. Pitchlynn from Robert Nail concerning the conduct of the Baptist board in regards to Armstrong Academy. Also, includes a proposition from the Trustees of Public Schools for the districts of Apukshenobe and Pushmataha. Jan. 12, 1855.Letter to Hon. P.P. Pitchlynn from Alfred Wright re. specific conditions in the placing of the Wheelock Female Boarding School under his superintendence as a missionary of the American Board. April 26, 1868.A Bill (School Act of 1853) enacted by the Choctaw Nation to amend various acts in relation to education and for other purposes. Nov 16, 1853.Act by the General council of the Choctaw nation re. the funds granted under the Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek (1830) for the education of forty youths. Several other provisions in this act. Nov. 10, 1852.Joint Resolution re. clause in contracts providing for dissolution of connection between Board of Missions and the Choctaw Nation. Nov. 16, 1853.Act by the General Council of the Choctaw Nation re. the interest accrued from the provisions of the Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek. Nov. 14 and 16, 1853.Letter to the Trustees of the Public School in the Choctaw Nation accompanying the annual report of the Armstrong Academy re. financial matters. Nov. 6, 1855. |
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| 5 | Choctaw manuscript materials (1)."In General Council of the Chahtas, August 5th, 1826." This ten (10) page document contains laws of the Choctaw passed before 1830. Aug. 5, 1826, June 12, 1827, Aug. 26, 1828."Chahta Nation N E District, August 28th 1828, Be it resolved that if any person cuts off, bites off or takes off in any way whatever the ear of a person, he or she so offending, shall pay a fine of ten dollars; if not, receive on the bare back ten stripes..." This twelve (12) page document also contains eleven other resolution adopted by the District Committee and Council. Aug. 27, 1828, Aug. 28, 1828, Aug. 29, 1828.Letter to the Chiefs, Captains and Warriors of the Choctaw Nation from Eaton and Coffee re. "differences and disturbances" among the Choctaw, and urging passage of the Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek. Also includes articles of the treaty proposal. Sep. 18, 1830. |
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| 6 | Choctaw manuscript materials (2).Letters to Messrs. Cunningham & Henry from Wm. R. Guy re. the purchase of a set of saw-mill irons, saws, etc. together with gristmill irons. March 18, 1844.Register of P.P. Pitchlynn's Company by order of Major William Armstrong. Register includes name and numerical totals for the following headings: men, women, male children, and female children. Aug. 12, 1845."Sect. 1. Be it enacted by the General council of the Choctaw Nation assembled that the sum of four thousand and five hundred dollars..." Section 1 through 40 of a bill (11 pages) approved by Chiefs Peter Folsom and Thomas LeFlore. Oct. 8 - Oct. 12, 1849.Letter to the Senate and House of Representatives of the General Council from Tandy Walker providing an assessment of the state of the government and such measures as deemed expedient. Oct. 1858. |
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| 7 | Choctaw manuscript materials (3)."Acts and Resolutions passed at the called Session of the General Council of the Choctaw Nation, in June 1861." This document (18 pages) contains numerous acts and resolutions. June 11, 1861 - Oct. 18, 1862."Fellow Citizens of the Senate and the House of Representatives..." Address by P.P. Pitchlynn re. the Confederate cause and the effects of the Civil War on the Choctaw Nation, government, Armstrong Academy, etc.. Jan. 9, 1865."Fellow Citizens of the Senate and of the House of Representatives..." Address by P.P. Pitchlynn to Extra Session re. the cessation of existence of the Government of the Confederate States. June 15, 1865."No. 5 Chahta Tamaha C.N. June 15th 1865. Indian Council. Resolutions of Grand Indian Council held at Chahta Tamaha, C.N.." Resolutions of the Cherokee, Choctaws, Creeks, Chickasaws, Seminoles, Comanches, Caddos, Osages, Cheyennes, Kiowas, Arapahoes, Sipans, northern Caddos, and Annada kos that hostilities among the Indians should cease, that the integrity of the Indian Territory as the present and future home of these Indian tribes should be maintained, and that commissioners be appointed to represent the tribes in their dealings in Washington, D.C.. Approved June 16, 1865."No. 6 Doaksville Ark June 19th 1865." copy of Treaty Stipulations made and entered into on June 19, 1865 at Doaksville, C.N. between Lieutenant Colonel A.C. Mathews and Adjutant William H. Vance, commissioners appointed by military authorities of the U.S., and P.P. Pitchlynn, Principal Chief and Governor of the Choctaw Nation. This document (8 pages) contains a copy of a treaty stipulations (June 19, 1865), copy of Commissioners letter of instructions (June 9, 1865), and proclamation by P.P. Pitchlynn re. calling a Grand Council of all Indians, and cessation of all hostilities between the Indians and the U.S. Government (June 19, 1865)."Executive Department, Choctaw Nation September 1st, 1865. To the Honorable the Grand Council of the Confederated Nations..." Proclamation by P. P. Pitchlynn re. change in meeting of the Grand Council from Armstrong Academy to Fort Smith, urging the tribes to make peace with Government of the U.S., and "that agricultural pursuits will have to be soon adopted as a permanent means of obtaining subsistence..." Sep. 1, 1865. |
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| 8 | Miscellaneous papers and correspondence.Letters to and from Ellis Freeny, W. David Baird, and Dan G. Poland re: a letter written by P.P. Pitchlynn, Jan. 12, 1835. The recipient of the letter is unknown, and a copy is included. The letter relates the background and names of Pitchlynn's parents, grandparents, siblings, and children. 1835, 1976-1997.Photocopies of typescript correspondence at the Gilcrease Museum, sent by Ellis Freeny:§ Calvin H. Howel to Col. P. P. Pitchlynn, May 23, 1833, regarding Plymouth Bay and family news.§ C. H. Howell to Col. P. P. Pitchlynn, Aug. 21, 1835, regarding illness and family news. |
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