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National Anthropological Archives
MS 4484-c Memorabilia of the Reverend Cyrus Byington and the Reverend Peter Pitchlynn
Summary
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS4484C
- Creators:
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Byington, Cyrus, 1793-1868Nye, Anselm T.Inman, Henry, 1801-1846
- Dates:
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1845 and 1870
- Languages:
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Undetermined.
- Physical Description:
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14 Pages5 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
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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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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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