Forsyth County, Georgia: 1834. Unbound. This handwritten document dated “3rd Sep 1834,” is testimony from a case related to the Georgia Land Lottery of 1833 in which ‘unused’ Cherokee land was redistributed to white settlers and speculators. The testimony reads in part: "William Harris further showeth . . . that... More about Court document regarding land owned by a mixed Cherokee-white family seized by the State of...

Camp Sibley (Henderson) and Fairmount, Minnesota: 1862 and 1863. Unbound. Stephens' first letter—on campaign stationery featuring John Fremont—was written from Camp Sible, Lower Sioux Agency. Its patriotic envelope-featuring the popular song, The Girl I Left Behind Me—was postmarked at Henderson, Minnesota on November 5, [1862]. The letter is in nice..... More about Two letters from a Minnesota militiaman who fought against the Sioux follow their barbarous...