Edward E. Ayer Manuscript Collection (Newberry Library)
Organization
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
John Norton papers
Collection
Identifier: VAULT oversize-Ayer-MS-654
Abstract
Schoolmaster, interpreter, Mohawk chief, army officer, and author; also known as Teyoninhokarawen. Probably born in Scotland of Cherokee and Scottish parents, Norton was adopted by the Mohawk chief, Joseph Brant, as nephew, deputy, and successor (appointed non-hereditary chief for war and diplomacy in 1799). Addresses and correspondence of John Norton, with speeches and petitions of the Grand River Indians, chiefly dating 1804-1810. Includes a contemporary copy of "The address of...
Dates:
1804-1816; Majority of material found within 1804-1810
Sir Alexander Cuming papers
Collection
Identifier: VAULT-Ayer-MS-204
Abstract
Commonplace books, memorials, note, and military appointment of Sir Alexander Cuming, 1734-1767, mainly concerning Cuming's attempts during 1755 to extricate himself from debtors' prison and his past services to the crown. In addition to the many draft letters and memorials noting Cuming's efforts to bring the Cherokees under British sovereignty, signs of royal favor, etc., there are numerous versions of insolvency claim statements listing properties in South Carolina and the Cherokee...
Dates:
1734-1767
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- Subject: Indigenous peoples -- Great Britain -- Colonies X
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- Bible. John. Mohawk. Norton. 1804 -- Publishing -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
- Cherokee Indians -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
- Correspondence -- Canada -- 1801-1850 1
- Correspondence -- England -- 1801-1850 1
- Debt, Imprisonment for -- England -- London -- History -- 18th century -- Sources 1
- Grand River (Ont.) -- History -- Sources 1
- Great Britain -- Colonies -- Administration -- History -- Sources 1
- Great Britain -- Colonies -- America -- History -- 18th century -- Sources 1
- Indians of North America -- Land tenure -- Ontario -- Grand River -- History -- Sources 1
- Indians of North America -- Southern States -- History -- 18th century -- Sources 1
- Indigenous peoples -- Great Britain -- Colonies 1
- Indigenous peoples -- Great Britain -- Colonies -- History -- 18th century -- Sources 1
- Iroquois Indians -- Government relations -- History -- Sources 1
- Land grants -- Ontario -- Grand River -- History -- Sources 1
- Letter books -- 1801-1850 1
- Manuscripts, Canadian 1
- Manuscripts, English 1
- Mohawk Indians -- Ontario -- Grand River -- History -- Sources 1
- Speeches -- Canada -- 1801-1850 1
- Speeches -- England -- 1801-1850 1 + ∧ less
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