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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC05340 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to the 1900s |
| Title | Official Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations patent to freedman Morris Clark |
| Date | 4 June 1907 |
| Author | McCurtain, Green (fl. 1903-1908) |
| Additional authors | Johnston, Douglas Hancock (fl. 1898-1939) Martin, William T. (fl. 1907) Phelps, Oliver A. (fl. 1907) Wright, J. G. (fl. 1907) |
| Document Type | Government document |
| Content Description | Serves as an official document issued 3 December 1904 providing for the allotment of land to freedmen within the Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations. This particular document allots 40 acres of land to Morris Clark. Partially printed; information pertaining to acreage and specific land allotment is typed in blue ink. Signed by McCurtain as Principle Chief of the Choctaw Nation on 4 June 1907. Signed by Douglas Hancock Johnston as Governor of the Chickasaw Nation 14 June 1907. Signed by Oliver A. Phelps, clerk for the Department of the Interior on behalf of James Rudolph Garfield, Secretary of the Interior. Signed on docket by J. G. Wright, Commissioner to Chickasaw and Choctaw Nations ("The Five Civilized Tribes") and William T. Martin, a clerk, 23 July 1907. |
| Subjects | Land Grant Land Transaction American Indian History African American History Freemen |
| People | Johnston, Douglas Hancock (fl. 1898-1939) Martin, William T. (fl. 1907) McCurtain, Green (fl. 1903-1908) Phelps, Oliver A. (fl. 1907) Wright, J. G. (fl. 1907) Clark, Morris (fl. 1907) Garfield, James Rudolph (1865-1950) |
| Place written | s.l. |
| Theme | African Americans; Government & Politics; Native Americans |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945 |
| Additional Information | According to this document, an Act of Congress approved and ratified by the Choctaw and Chickasaw nations in 1902 provides for the allotment of a particular amount of land to "each Choctaw and Chickasaw freedman." |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |