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Collection: G.W. Benge Manuscript Collection

68 Items

May 12, 1891 | ink on paper

A legal document to the Marshal for Indian Territory

1888 | ink on paper

List of names and finances written in Cherokee syllabary

April 23, 1891 | ink on paper

Summons to Ed Adair and James Tittle to appear in court on May 1, 1891

1888 | ink on paper

Letter written in the Cherokee syllabary

May 28, 1891 | ink on paper

Letter to Benge with election news from Coffeyville

1889 | ink on paper

Letter written in the Cherokee syllabary

October 17, 1891 | ink on paper

Tax receipt for Hart, Vann & Company, family grocery store in Fort Gibson, C.N.

June 17, 1889 | ink on paper

Letter from H. H. Trott, Mayor of Downingville, Cherokee Nation, to G. W. Benge

February 2, 1891 | ink on paper

Letter from Delaware District Sheriff, Percy Wyly, to Judge Benge

November 24, 1889 | ink on paper

Letter from H. H. Trott to Honorable Judge Benge

October 21, 1891 | ink on paper

An Affidavit sworn before William Rasmus, U.S. Commissioner in Indian Territory

1889 | ink on paper

Listing of names in Cherokee and English

June 25, 1891 | ink on paper

A note written in the Cherokee syllabary

June 19, 1890 | pencil on paper

Letter to Benge written in the Cherokee syllabary

June 28, 1891 | pencil on paper

A one page note written in the Cherokee syllabary

August 15, 1890 | ink on paper

Letter from Percy Wyly, Sheriff, Delaware District of the Cherokee Nation, to Benge

July 4, 1892 | ink on paper

A four-page note written in Cherokee syllabary

November 19, 1890 | ink on paper

Letter from D. M. Lipe to Benge

September 10, 1892 | ink on paper

A letter signed by Thomas Keener to the Honorable Judge Benge written in the Cherokee syllabary

1890 | ink on paper

Letter written in the Cherokee syllabary