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A Portion of the George J. Kramer Grand Prix Collection of United States Domestic Mails 1776-1869 continued...

Indian Territory
Lot Sym. Lot Description  
83 c Image(Cherokee Nation) "Cantonment Gibson, 8 Feb. 1832". Manuscript postmark with "25" rate on pinkish folded cover to Washington D.C., directed "to the care of Hon. Lewis Cass, Sec of War", file folds, Very Fine, Cantonment Gibson was renamed Fort Gibson on Sep. 14, 1842, ex Risvold (Image)

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 E. 500-750

SOLD for $500.00
Will close during Public Auction
84 c Image(Cherokee Nation) Cantonment Gibson Ar. Dec. 2. Bold circular datestamp with manuscript "25" rate on 1841 folded letter from Ethan Allen Hitchcock to Burlington Vt., fantastic content related to receiving at council the Seminole Governor "the celebrated Chief Coacoochee (also known as Wild Car) and the no less celebrated interpreter Avrom" (whom he calls "the old nigger"), continues with statement that General Clinch fired upon the Indians at the conclusion of the council, Very Fine, Ethan Allen Hitchcock was a career Army officer, rising to the rank of major general and serving the Union through the Civil War, General Clinch served as a U.S. Army commander during the First and Second Seminole Wars (Image)

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 E. 750-1,000

SOLD for $1,100.00
Will close during Public Auction
85 c ImageCHEROKEE, CHER. NATION, Apr. 8, 1844. Fantastic strike of rimless circular datestamp with "Apr. 8" in manuscript and "25" rate on folded letter datelined "Cherokee Baptist Mission, March 30th 1844" from Sarah Hibbard to Rev. E. G. Babcock in Thetford Vt., long letter discusses her experiences as a school teacher, trivial edge tear at bottom

EXTREMELY FINE. THE LATEST OF ONLY THREE RECORDED EXAMPLES OF THE CHEROKEE NATION INDIAN TERRITORY DATESTAMP. A RARE MARKING ON A FOLDED LETTER CONTAINING FASCINATING CONTENT ABOUT DAILY LIFE OF THE MISSIONARIES IN 19TH CENTURY AMERICAN INDIAN TERRITORY.

According to http://www.blogoklahoma.us/place.asp?id=13 , Rev. Jessy Busyhead settled at Baptist Mission in Oklahoma in 1839, following the Cherokee removal from the East. He held services in his home until the Baptist Mission was established in 1841 by Rev. Evan Jones. A Cherokee National School was founded near there in 1843, and the mission established a female seminary there in the same year. The Mission Board of Boston furnished a printing press, and The Cherokee Messenger was printed at this mission, which was the first periodical in Oklahoma. According to the website http://cherokeeregistry.firstlightonline.org , a rift developed between the Missionaries, with slave owners on one side (Busyhead owned slaves) and abolitionists such as Evans on the other. This led to a schism among Cherokee Baptists as early as 1844-45, with Evans expelling Cherokee slaveowners from the church. This provided an opening for Southern Baptists, who started competing missions for slaveowners, who tended to be from the wealthier class. The Mission Station was burned by Confederates during the Civil War because of the missionaries' anti-slavery teachings, and the mission was never rebuilt.

The post office at Cherokee was active from 1842 to 1844. According to the American Stampless Cover Catalog (p. 324) "This post office is not listed in Shirk's First Post Offices within the Boundaries of Oklahoma. After the eastern boundary line of the Cherokee Nation was accurately located, the town of Cherokee was found to be a few miles east of the line and actually in Arkansas. However, the markings of this 1842-44 post office are listed here (under Oklahoma) because they are among the earliest in the area to employ the 'Nation' designation."

Three examples of this marking are known: 1) Sep. 15, 1843 from Sarah Hibbard to her sister Deborah in Manchester N.H., ex Chase and Bleuler; 2) Feb. 17, 1844, from Sarah Hibbard to her parents in Gilford N.H., Siegel sale 1010, lot 2, ex Chase and Bleuler; and 3) April 8, 1844 folded letter from Sarah Hibbard to Rev. Babcock in Thetford Vt., the letter offered here, ex Risvold.

Ex Risvold (Image)

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 E. $ 7,500-10,000

SOLD for $8,000.00
Will close during Public Auction
86 c Image(Cherokee Nation) "Flint, C.N. 4th Augt/54". Manuscript postmark with "5c" rate on brown cover to Tehlaquah, Cherokee Nation, slight staining and missing part of backflap, Fine and rare, only a few are known (Image)

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 E. $ 200-300

SOLD for $275.00
Will close during Public Auction
87 c Image(Cherokee Nation) "Park Hill Ark. June 1 Forwarded". Manuscript forwarding postmark on 1843 folded letter to Sarah Hibbard at Cherokee, Cherokee Nation, Arkansas, originated with partly clear strike of red "Gilford N.H. Mar. 2" circular datestamp, manuscript rates of "25" and "6-1/4" for total of "31-1/4" due, interesting content related to a petition from the "poor Indians", slight soiling, still Very Fine and extremely rare, this is the only recorded example of the Park Hill Ark. manuscript postmark (Image)

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 E. $ 500-750

SOLD for $450.00
Will close during Public Auction
88 c Image(Cherokee Nation) Tahlequah C. N. Apr. 10. Bold strike of double-circle datestamp with "5" rate on blue 1850 folded letter to Fayetteville Ark., couple small edge tears, Very Fine, Tahlequah became the capital of the Cherokee Nation in 1838 after the Cherokee were forced west on the "Trail of Tears" (Image)

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 E. $ 300-400

SOLD for $350.00
Will close during Public Auction
89 c Image"Chickasaw Nation Decbr. 16th, 1807". Manuscript postmark and "free" on two-page folded letter to Secretary of War Henry Dearborn in Washington City, letter datelined "Return of Medical and Hospital Stores on hand at Fort Pickering (Memphis) December 1st, 1807", Jan. 12, 1808 receipt docketing on back, file folds, Very Fine and scarce Mississippi Territory use, very few covers are known during this time period (Image)

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 E. $ 1,500-2,000

SOLD for $2,100.00
Will close during Public Auction
90 c Image(Chickasaw Nation) "Fort Arbuckle C.N. June 8th, 1855". Manuscript postmark with pen cancel tying 3c Dull Red, Ty. II (11A), color oxidized, file crease thru stamp, on blue folded letter to New York City, tear on back barely extends to front at top, Very Fine appearance, Fort Arbuckle was created in 1850 to stop raids by Plains Indians on settlements of Chickasaws and Choctaws, as well as westward immigrant trains (Image)

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 E. $ 200-300

SOLD for $325.00
Will close during Public Auction
91 c Image(Choctaw Nation) "A-to-ka C.N. April 28th 1868". Clear manuscript postmark with pen cancel tying 3c Rose (65) on buff cover to former Confederate Vice President Alexander Stephens in Crawfordville Ga., backflap completely intact (unusual for this correspondence), docketing repeating the Choctaw Nation origin and "Asking for a copy of the War between the States", fresh and Very Fine, choice condition and a scarce combination of this manuscript Indian territorial postmark and address to Alexander Stephens, with 2007 P.F. certificate (Image)

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 E. $ 750-1,000

SOLD for $400.00
Will close during Public Auction
92 c Image(Choctaw Nation) "Atoka C.N. Oct. 11, 1869". Manuscript postmark ties 3c Ultramarine (114), bright color, on cover to Forsyth Ga. and forwarded to Fort Valley Ga., boxed "Forwarded" handstamp, stamp with light diagonal creases at lower right, Very Fine appearance, a rare 1869 cover from Indian Territory, ex Eubanks (Image)

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 E. $ 500-750

SOLD for $550.00
Will close during Public Auction
93 c Image"Choctaw Agency Ark. August 30th, 1852". Manuscript postmark with 3c Dull Red, Ty. II (11A), slightly oxidized, just tied by pen and by file crease on blue folded letter to Doaksville, Choctaw Nation, Very Fine appearance (Image)

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 E. $ 400-500

SOLD for $250.00
Will close during Public Auction

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