National Anthropological Archives

MS 4484-c Memorabilia of the Reverend Cyrus Byington and the Reverend Peter Pitchlynn

Summary

Collection ID:
NAA.MS4484C
Creators:
Byington, Cyrus, 1793-1868
Nye, Anselm T.
Inman, Henry, 1801-1846
Dates:
1845 and 1870
Languages:
Undetermined
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Physical Description:
14 Pages
5 Photographs
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
Contents: Byington, Cyrus. Letter to Anselm T. Nye, Marrietta, Ohio. Stockbridge, Choctaw Nation (Indian Territory) October 20, 1845. 2 pages and cover. Photostat carbon of Autograph document. Concerns Peter Pitchlynn, who is to carry the letter. Byington, Cyrus. "A Pioneer Missionary," account of early mission work of Cyrus Byington. Bible House, New York, N.Y. October 1867. Photostat Carbon of newsclipping. 2 pages. Photographs of Cyrus Byington and Sophia Nye Byington: individual portraits painted 1827; individual photographs, photographs of both together, (ca. 1860-1868). 5 prints. Inman, Henry. "A Great Choctaw Chief (Peter Pitchlynn)." No date. Published document (News clipping) 1 column. Anonymous. "Peter Pitchlynn, Chief of the Choctaws." Atlantic Monthly, volume 25, Number 150, April, 1870, pages 486-497; in whole volume with anonymous Manuscript note on cover concerning Peter Pitchlynn and "Grandfather Byington."

Administration

Custodial History
Donated to Bureau of American Ethnology-A November, 1955 (with Numbers 4484-a and -b) by Miss Marcia A. Walton, 15 West 84th Street, New York 24, N.Y., a descendant of Byington. (Personal visit; no transmittal correspondence. Letter of acknowledgement is in Bureau of American Ethnology-A accession files.)

Using the Collection

Citation
Manuscript 4484-c, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

More Information

Local Numbers

Local Numbers
NAA MS 4484-c

Local Note

Local Note
Printed document

Other Title

Other Title
A Pioneer Missionary
Other Title
A Great Choctaw Chief (Peter Pitchlynn)
Other Title
Peter Pitchlynn, Chief of the Choctaws


Keywords

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Keyword Terms Keyword Types
Photographs Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Clippings Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Choctaw Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Indians of North America -- Southern states Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Byington, Cyrus, 1793-1868 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Byington, Sophia Nye Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Pitchlynn, Peter Perkins, 1806-1881 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid

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