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Porter, Pleasant Manuscript Collection

Coverage: 
1871–1902
Source: 
Papers, 1.66 feet

Description
American Indian chief. Typescripts of correspondence (1894–1901); speeches (1893–1907); and newspaper articles (1871–1902) relating to Porter as a principal chief of the Creek Nation and president of the Sequoyah Convention, the allotment of lands by the Dawes Commission, the termination of tribal government, and the movement for separate statehood for Indian Territory.