National Anthropological Archives

MS 4161 Notes relating to the Seminole War

Summary

Collection ID:
NAA.MS4161
Creators:
Swanton, John Reed, 1873-1958
Bailey, Joseph H.
Dates:
undated
Languages:
Undetermined
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Physical Description:
3 Folders
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
Folder 1: Notes on Cooacooche or Wild Cat and other personalities and events of the Seminole War. 9 pages. Photostat and typed transcript of 9 page manuscript by Joseph H. Bailey, 1841, and 1 map; originals in possession of F. H. Douglas, Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado. (Almost entirely duplicated in Sprague; John T., Origin, Progress, and Conclusion of the Florida War, New York, 1848, pages 90-91, 325-329.) Folder 2: Five negatives (and prints) of 1 drawing, 2 maps, and 1 letter relating to the Dade massacre and other incidents of the 2nd Seminole War; originals in possession of David I. Bushnell, Jr (later willed to Peabody Museum, Harvard University ?). To have been published by W. P. Marchman, Secy, Florida Historical Society. Folder 3: Notes by Swanton from various published sources of the 1820's and 1830's. 23 pages.

Administration

Existence and Location of Copies
Negative microfilm on file.
Custodial History
Deposited 6/30/44.

Using the Collection

Citation
Manuscript 4161, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

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Local Numbers

Local Numbers
NAA MS 4161


Keywords

Keywords table of terms and types.
Keyword Terms Keyword Types
Seminole Indians Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
War -- Seminole War Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
War -- Dade massacre Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Negatives Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Photographs Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Seminole Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Indians of North America -- Southern states Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Cooacooche Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Wild Cat Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid

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