National Anthropological Archives

MS 1912 Assorted historical texts

Summary

Collection ID:
NAA.MS1912
Creators:
Mooney, James, 1861-1921
Preston, William Col
Springstone, William
Dates:
undated
Languages:
Undetermined
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Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
Contains copy of letter dated August 9, 1780, addressed to Col William Preston, relative to a threatened attack by the Indians (Cherokee), signed by Jas. Martin. Also copy of an affidavit by William Springstone, formerly a trader in the Cherokee town of Sciligo (Tciligo) referring to a "treaty" between Raven Chief of the Cherokee and the British Agent in Georgia, and an agreement to attack the inhabitants of Virginia and Carolina. (undated) Includes note on "Black Padoucas" (Bowles, (1792) quoted by Bowen, 1876. Note on the Illinois, Ottawa, Chippewa and Potawatomi, and the Miami,-purchase of land by the U. S. Notes on Civil War, etc.
Scope and Contents
Bibliographic notes from "Arthur, John Preston- Western N. C., 1730 to 1913. Published by the D.A.R. of (?), Raleigh, Edwards and Broughton, 1914."

Administration

Custodial History
Previously titled "Historical texts, miscellany"

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Using the Collection

Citation
Manuscript 1912, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

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Local Numbers

Local Numbers
NAA MS 1912


Keywords

Keywords table of terms and types.
Keyword Terms Keyword Types
Treaties -- Cherokee Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Land tenure and claims -- Miami Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Odawa (Ottawa) Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Chippewa Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Anishinaabe (Chippewa/Ojibwa) Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Potawatomi Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Illinois Indians Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Indians of North America -- Northeast Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Raven Chief Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid

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