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1	Author:	Hawkins, Benjamin, 1754-1816	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Sketch of the Creek country in the years 1798 and 1799, [n.d.]
	Dates:	n.d.
	Abstract:	This document is a copy of Benjamin Hawkins report on the Creeks. In the essay, Hawkins tries to give a nearly complete picture of the Creek confederacy. He details the various Creek towns and their character, describes some individuals, conveys the oral history of an elder, and provides commentary on Creek culture, government, and tactics of war. View finding aid for a full description
	Call #:	Mss.970.3.H31
	Extent:	1 volume(s)
	Topics:	Native America
	Genre:	Manuscript Essays \| Native American Materials \| Official Government Documents and Records \| Oral History
	Subjects:	Creek Indians -- Government relations \| Indians of North America -- Government relations

2	Author:	Rogers, Robert, 1731-1795	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Estimate of the Fur and Peltry Trade in the District of Michilimackinac
	Dates:	1767
	Abstract:	This rich document provides insight into a facet of post-Seven Years War British imperial thought and planning as officials tried to consolidate their holdings. Robert Roger's manuscript essay includes a detailed plan for how the British Empire should handle its expansion, estimates the fiscal needs of western posts, and proposes a form of government for these new areas that would maintain peace for Indians, British troops, and settlers. View finding aid for a full description
	Call #:	Mss.970.1.R63
	Extent:	1 volume(s)
	Topics:	Colonial Politics \| Government Affairs \| International Trade. \| Native America \| Trade
	Genre:	Manuscript Essays \| Official Government Documents and Records
	Subjects:	Anishinaabe \| Fur trade -- Great Lakes \| Ottawa Indians

3	Author:	Braddock, Edward, 1695-1755	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Manuscripts on Indian affairs, 1755-1792, [n.d.]
	Dates:	1755-1792
	Abstract:	These volumes contain an assortment of documents relating to colonial Pennsylvania's relations with Indian groups. Most notably, the collection contains journals and treaty minutes from the Seven Years' War, including a journal by Conrad Weiser, a manuscript version of Charles Thomson's "Enquiry into the Alienation," and official government records from the war. There are other documents that do not bear directly on Indian affairs. Most notably, there is a manuscript essay by Lewis Evans on German immigration that details the often brutal experience of immigrants' journey to Pennsylvania and proposes a series of reforms. There is also a printed essay in the back of the volume that opposes capital punishment and was printed in Philadelphia in 1792. View finding aid for a full description
	Call #:	Mss.970.4.M415
	Extent:	2 volume(s)
	Topics:	Diplomatic History \| Law \| Native America \| Pennsylvania History \| Seven Years' War \| Social Life and Custom \| Travel
	Genre:	Diplomatic Material \| Manuscript Essays \| Official Government Documents and Records \| Printed Material \| Travel Narratives and Journals
	Subjects:	Braddock's Campaign, 1755. \| Delaware Indians \| Indians of North America -- Pennsylvania \| Indians of North America -- Treaties \| Pennsylvania -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 \| Shawnee Indians

4	Author:	Parker, Ely Samuel, 1828-1895	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Ely Samuel Parker Papers
	Dates:	1794-1946
	Abstract:	The Ely Parker Collection is a large and rich amalgamation of documents relating to the New York Seneca and to Ely Parker's own life. View finding aid for a full description
	Call #:	Mss.497.3.P223
	Extent:	3.5 Linear Feet
	Topics:	Education \| Government Affairs \| Language and Linguistics \| Law \| Military History \| Native America \| Religion \| Science and technology
	Genre:	General Correspondence \| Language Material \| Manuscript Essays \| Native American Materials \| Official Government Documents and Records
	Subjects:	Canals -- New York (State) \| Engineers -- New York (State) \| Freemasons -- New York (State) \| Iroquois Indians \| Ogden Land Company \| Seneca Indians -- Missions \| Seneca Indians -- New York (State) \| Seneca Indians -- Religion \| Seneca language \| Society of Friends -- Relations with Indians \| Tonawanda Indian Reservation (N.Y.)