American Historical Ephemera & Photography

Manuscript DS, State of Mississippi, November Term 1848, Chancery Court. “Interrogatories to be administered to Jesse Ivey, a Witness on behalf of the Complainants resident in Fairfield in the State of Alabama.” Three legal-sized pages, approx. 8 x 13 in, and joined with pink ribbon. Deposition in the case of land claims of John McGilvery, a Choctaw Indian.

Memorial of Certain Indians Residing in Michigan and Indiana. Jan. 16, 1871. House of Reps. Mis. Doc. No. 32, 41st Congress, 3d Session. 8vo, disbound, 8pp plus folding charts.

Force, M.F. Some Early Notices of the Indians of Ohio. Cincinnati: Robert Clarke & Co., 1879. 8vo, printed wraps, 40pp. Inscribed to Hon. Joseph Cox and signed M.F. Force. Judge Cox (1822-1900) was influential in the history of Cincinnati.

Zylyff [Thomas Tibbles]. The Ponca Chiefs. An Indian’s Attempt to Appeal from the Tomahawk to the Courts, with some Suggestions Towards a Solution on the Indian Question. Boston: Lockwood, Brooks, and Company, 1879 [1880]. 16mo, printed wraps, viii, 146pp. (wraps separating, chipping along edges)

Notice to Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. Typed page, [Washington], Dec. 1, 1907, 8 x 10.5 in., signed by Frank Churchill, U.S> Indian Inspector. This notice relates that anyone claiming to be a member of the Cherokee nation should submit their name for enrollment. Accompanied by a sample 3-page application form for enrollment. The form is so complex, likely not many Indians would have successfully filed one. It requires lots of names – English and Indian – of the applicant, spouse, parents, children, siblings, etc. plus their birth dates, and death dates if no longer living. Many of these individuals would not have had official documents giving this information.

Four Annual Reports of the Commission on the Affairs of the Narragansett Indians, made to the General Assembly (of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations), at its January Session, 1881, 1882, 1883, 1884. Providence: E.L. Freeman & Co. First (1881) is 154pp; second is 16pp; third is 21pp; and fourth is 35pp. All 8vo with printed wraps. (first is starting to chip along spine, others in very good condition)

General Land Office, Dec. 25, 1898. One of a number of assignments of land to members of the Lac du Flambeau Reservation. This one for O-g-wa and his family. 30 June 1899. Signed for William McKinley. (separations along folds, edges folded, overall a bit rough but all text present).

ALS, Huntsville, Mar 6, 1832. 7 pages (8 x 12.5 in.), Capt. William A. Harrison to Mr. Nathaniel Hood of King George County, VA. References to settling Indian lands, especially Choctaw and Creek Indian lands.