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Creek Indians.

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings DO NOT USE

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Augustus Ward Loomis papers

 Collection
Identifier: 2474
Abstract Collection includes letters to relatives in Cazenovia, New York, from Augustus Ward Loomis and his wife, Mary Ann, Presbyterian missionaries to Chekiang Province, China (1845-1849), Indian Territory (1852), and to the Chinese in San Francisco (1865-1867). Also included are papers (1803-1849) of Ward's father, Seba Loomis, among them deeds for lands in Coventry, Connecticut, and Cazenovia, New York; a survey of his farm in Road Township, Madison County, New York; debtors' writs from Tolland...
Dates: 1803-1897.

Documents pertaining to the Wheeler-Howard or Indian Reorganization Act

 Collection — Huntington box 26
Identifier: 9182
Scope and content Collection contains transcripts and proceedings of testimony and hearings, meeting minutes, copies of bills, and a letter to Frederick A. Blossom from Will Rogers, chairman of the Committee. Contents include: Readjustment of Indian affairs, Hearings before the Committee on Indian Affairs, House of Representatives, 73d Congress, 9 parts; Bills H. R. 7902 and S.2755; The purpose and operation of the Wheeler-Howard Indian rights bill; Amendments to Wheeler-Howard bill; Testimony taken at ...
Dates: 1934.

Letters from Little River, Creek Nation

 Collection — Huntington box 8 - folder 1
Identifier: 9029
Scope and content Eight letters from Robert Buckham. Some of the letters are addressed to Andrew Buckham, the others to George Buckham in New York City. Most of the letters are from Little River, Creek Nation. Letter one is entirely cross-written, and mentions a trip to Spanish America. Letter two discusses working for Abel Warren and meeting with David Benett. Letter three discusses Buckham's family life and wife Elizabeth and his sadness that he has been unable to father children, so he has adopted some...
Dates: 1841-1844.

Photostats of scattered Indian documents in the Archives of the Indies.

 Collection
Identifier: 9254
Abstract

Photostats of a selection of important manuscripts and documents regarding Indians from the Archivo General de Indias, Seville, Spain, particularly the section of Papeles procedentes de Cuba.

Dates: 1765-1802.

United States War Department correspondence and records regarding Indian affairs and activities with Indian nations

 Collection
Identifier: 9188
Abstract

Typed transcripts of correspondence and records of activities with Indian nations. Transcripts include information on Indian census, Indian removal, reports from Indian agencies, United States policy, trade regulations, emigration, crime, and treaties. Many of the reports are from Indian agents to commanding officers or superintendents of the Office of Indian Affairs, some correspondence giving instructions to agents. Includes an index.

Dates: 1798-1874.