Auction # 55

[Indians - Cherokee Nation] "Dwight Mission Cherokee Nation / 8th May 1839". Dateline on folded letter that entered mails with manuscript "Kidron Ark., May 9" postmark and matching "25" rating, addressed to Coleman Younger in Liberty Mo., who was the uncle and namesake of outlaw Cole Younger, the letter from G.W. Yocum is about horse racing at the Mission and the buying and selling of race horses there, Very Fine, ex-Blueler....

[Indians - Cherokee Nation] "Park Hill, C.N., Jany 23rd / 47". Manuscript postmark with matching "5" rating on folded cover to Bates Prairie, Cherokee Nation, addressed to Daniel McCoy who is believed to be one of the many sons of Isaac McCoy; wear and staining, Fine and rare use.
Estimate; $200 - 300.

[Indians - Choctaw Nation] "Cantonment Towson A.T., Feb. 13th 1828". Dateline on letter from Lieut. J. Caale to Brig. Gen. G. Gibson, Commissary General of Substance in Washington D.C., Very Fine, This is the earliest recorded letter from Cantonment Towson.
Estimate; $300 - 400.

Fort Towson was established in May 1824 at the south-eastern edge of present day Oklahoma, six miles north of the Red River....

[Indians - Choctaw Nation] "Fort Coffee, Choctaw Nation West, 1st July 1834". Dateline on folded letter to Chicopee Factory, Mass., entered mails at the nearest post office with manuscript "Fort Smith A.T., July 4th" postmark and matching "25" rate marking, the letter is an order for four regulation swords for the four officers that signed this letter; some fold splitting, Very Fine, ex-Chase, Bleuler.
Estimate; $1,000 -...

[Indians - Choctaw Nation] Fort Towson, Ark. Nov 3. Clear strike of cds with manuscript "10" rating and "O.P.S." endorsement on blue 1845 folded letter to General Towson, Paymaster General of the U.S. Army in Washington D.C., the letter from 2nd Lieut. requesting the General to turn over his pay for one month to a doctor in New Orleans; light folds, Very Fine and choice, ex-Bleuler.
Estimate; $400 - 600.

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[Indians - Chowtaw Nation] "Choctaw Agency West of Ark. Oct 11, 1846". Manuscript postmark with matching "10" rating on folded letter to New Castle Tenn., datelined "Fort Coffee, Oct. 9th 1846", the letter is from a fellow missionary and speaks of being sent further out into the prairie to take over a new Indian school; tiny edge tear, F.-V.F.
Estimate; $200 - 300.

[Indians - Creek Nation] 1790 (Jul. 15) Philadelphia Pa. To Baltimore, Forwarded To New York N.Y. Folded signed letter of Charles Biddle Jr. to Col. Willett, Philadelphia "16 IY" Franklin mark and "2" dwt rating, letter mentions "Col. McGillivray and a number of the principal Chiefs of the Creek Nation…are expected," on this trip he signed a peace treaty with the United States, forwarded with "Baltimore July. 18" straightline and "2....

[Indians - Osage Nation] Addressed To Harmony Mission, Bates County, Mo. Incoming folded letter datelined "London, May 31st 1846" bootlegged to the U.S., red "New-York 21 Jul" cds arrival cds and manuscript "10" rating, forwarded upon arrival to Calhoun with "Forwarded from Little Osage Mo Aug 25th" postal marking and "Ford 5" rating totaled to "15" cents due, Very Fine and interesting use.
Estimate; $200 - 300....

[Indians - Osage Nation] Factory System/Fur Trade, "Ft Osage Mo - Decr 4". Red manuscript postmark with matching "25" rating on 1821 folded letter to Philadelphia Pa., datelined "Union, Arks Ter. Sep 30, 1821" and written by William F. Vail who was missionary to the Osage Indians at Union Mission in Arkansas Territory (present day Oklahoma), carried privately to Fort Osage and deposited in the mails there, Very Fine and rare....