John Coffee papers relating to negotiations with the Cherokee, Creek, Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations
Container / Volume:
Box 2
Image Count:
4
Abstract:
The papers consist of correspondence, maps and documents relating to two delegations led by John Coffee to negotiate with the Cherokee, Creek, Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations. The first delegation (in 1829) was to gather information on a Cherokee and Creek boundary dispute. Two autograph letters, signed, from Secretary of War Lewis Cass and one retained copy of a letter from Coffee to Georgia Governer John Forsyth describe this mission. Two manuscript maps (stored in a portfolio) document the disputed Cherokee boundary lines. A related memorandum summarizes Cherokee and Creek boundary treaties. Coffee's second mission (in 1831-1832) was to negotiate with the Chickasaw and Choctaw nations regarding "emigration," as outlined by two autograph letters, signed, from Cass and one autograph letter, signed, from John Eaton (former Secretary of War who led the negotiations with Coffee). The Chickasaw reaction to these negotiations is documented by two letters: one from sixteen members of the Chickasaw Nation protesting plans for removal, and one from tribal leader George W. Long relating to plans for Chickasaw people to remain. Other documents include records of expenses incurred by Coffee and Eaton during the mission. The papers are accompanied by a pamphlet about and photograph of John Coffee's tomb.
Subject (Geographic):
Cherokee Nation--Boundaries, Cherokee Nation--Boundaries--Maps, and Creek Nation--Boundaries
Subject (Name):
Cass, Lewis,--1782-1866, Coffee, John,--1772-1833, Eaton, John, Forsyth, John, and Long, George W
Subject (Topic):
Cherokee Indians--Government relations, Cherokee Indians--Treaties, Chickasaw Indians--Relocation, Chocktaw Indians--Relocation, Creek Indians--Treaties, Indian Removal, 1813-1903, Indians of North America--Relocation, Indians of North America--Southern States, and Indians of North America--Treaties
Repton, Humphry, 1752-1818 Repton, J. Adey (John Adey), 1775-1860
Call Number:
GEN MSS VOL 221
Image Count:
43
Abstract:
Manuscript volume written in a formal script, with additions and corrections in another hand, possibly Repton's. With eight plates (original wash drawings), one folded and some with movable pieces; two are signed "by H[umphry] & J[ohn] A[dey] Repton 1806." The preface addressed to Lord Whitworth is signed by Repton and dated in his hand: "On the spot Decr. 1805 Hare Street near Romford 25: Feby. 1806."
This collection documents the establishment and early years of the Puget Mill Company, which manufactured lumber. The bulk of the papers are letters from Josiah Keller to his partner, Charles Foster. They discuss building plans, business development, ships and cargoes, and accounts. There are occasional mentions of Keller's personal affairs and one letter describes his voyage around Cape Horn in the schooner L. P. Foster. Two charts show Hood's Canal, the harbor, and location of the mill.
Alternative Title:
Puget Mill Company, 2 charts
Description:
Capt. Josiah P. Keller, of East Machias, Maine, was a founder of the Puget Mill Company. He sailed on the Julius Pringle from San Francisco to Puget Sound where he chose Port Gamble as a site for the mill. Keller became superintendent of the mill and in 1853 moved his family to Port Gamble.
Subject (Geographic):
Port Gamble (Wash.), Puget Sound (Wash.), and Washington (State)--Economic conditions
Subject (Name):
Foster, Charles,--d. 1876, Julius Pringle (Ship), Keller, Josiah P.,--1812-1862, L. P. Foster (Schooner), Pope, Andrew J, Puget Mill Company, and Talbot, William C
Manuscript map, in color, drawn by Bernardo Miera y Pacheco in San Felipe, Chihuahua, Mexico, in 1778. It reveals Spain's northernmost efforts to explore the interior of western North America on the Domínguez-Escalante Expedition, including present day New Mexico, Colorado, Utah, and Arizona.
Description:
Bernardo Miera y Pacheco was the cartographer on the Domínguez-Escalante Expedition. The expedition of ten men, led by Franciscan Fathers Francisco Atanasio Domínguez and Silvestre Vélez de Escalante, departed Sante Fe in late July 1776 and returned there on 2 January 1777., Note in later hand at upper edge of map: "Map of New Mexico with the latest discoveries.", and Scale [ca. 1:3,250,000] (W 112⁰ W 105⁰/N 40⁰ N 34⁰). Bar scale given in "leguas reguladas las marchas por tierra." Coordinates on map as: W260 W273/N42 N35.
Subject (Geographic):
Arizona--Maps--Early works to 1800, Colorado--Maps--Early works to 1800, New Mexico--Maps--Early works to 1800, Southwest, New--Maps--Early works to 1800, and Utah--Maps--Early works to 1800
Subject (Name):
Domínguez, Francisco Atanasio, active 1776, Domínguez-Escalante Expedition (1776), Miera y Pacheco, Bernardo de, and Vélez de Escalante, Silvestre, -1792
Henri Crublier d'Opterre journal and maps, [1776]-1783.
Container / Volume:
Bsd folder 10
Image Count:
3
Subject (Geographic):
America--Maps--Early works to 1800, Portsmouth (N.H.)--Maps--Early works to 1800, and United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Maps--Early works to 1800.
107 colored manuscript railroad maps, detailing the line of the Colorado Midland Railway between Park County and Pitkin and Garfield Counties. The highly detailed maps depict county ranges and townships, survey points and mileage markers, depots, canyons, bridges, sidings, trestles, tunnels, rivers, creeks, etc.; adjacent railroad lines and rights-of-way; hamlets, villages, settlements, ranches, farms, etc.; and plats of the towns of Buena Vista, Leadville, Glenwood Springs, and Aspen. Counties covered are Chaffee, Eagle, Garfield, Lake, Park, and Pitkin. Accompanied by an incomplete index (1 leaf) entitled "Valuation Section [?] Colo. Midland Ry" and two leaves of surveying notes.
Description:
Versos blank, not digitized.
Subject (Geographic):
Colorado--Maps and Garfield County (Colo.)--Maps
Subject (Name):
Colorado Midland Railway Company
Subject (Topic):
Mines and mineral resources--Colorado--Maps and Railroads--Colorado--Maps
