Rare Books
The black gauntlet : a tale of plantation life in South Carolina
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Rare Books
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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Manuscripts
Personal correspondence and papers of Henry Rowe and Mary Howard Schoolcraft, items relating to publications of their writings, and letters of condolence at Schoolcraft's death
mssRH Boxes 5-6
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Manuscripts
This small collection contains mostly correspondence by or to Henry Rowe Schoolcraft. There are several letters written between Schoolcraft and Lewis Cass, two letters by Schoolcraft to President Andrew Jackson, a letter by Lewis Cass to Thomas Loraine McKenney, and one letter to Governor Stevens Mason. There is also an extract from a journal by George Johnson, statements made by various people regarding alleged murders by Indians. All of the items deal with the Indians in Michigan Territory including the Ottawa, Saginaw Chippewa, and the Ojibwa Indians.
mssHM 16344-16369
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Rare Books
Most volumes divided into 18 sections: General history, Manners and customs, Antiquities, Geography of the Indian country, Tribal organization, history and government, Intellectual capacity and character, Topical history, Physical type of the Indian race, Language, State of Indian art, Present condition and prospects, Demonology, magic, and witchcraft, Medical knowledge, Literature of the Indian languages, Statistics and population, Biography, Religion, Ethnology. Vol. 6 is divided into 2 sections: A condensed view of the Post-Columbian; and Economy and statistics, capacity of industrial and social development, and national position, illustrated by some notices of the mental character of the hunter race, and their ancient status and archaeology.
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