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Title: Maturin, Gabriel to Thomas Barrow, 1773 June 9; No. 915 Gabriel Maturin to Thomas Barrow
Identifier(s): text:353493
Description: Receipt for bills drawn pursuant to Gen. [Thomas] Gage's warrant for expenses incurred by the agent for Indian Affairs in the Southern Department and for other incidental expenses.; Printed form
Subject: Indigenous peoples; Indians of North America; Indians, Treatment of--North America; Gage, Thomas, 1721-1787
Date: 1773-06-09; 2023

Title: Robert Hamilton Mathews to Isaac Minis Hays, 1897 September 27
Identifier(s): text:276148
Description: Parramatta, [N.S.Wales], A.L.S. 4p. Enc. wanting Concerns paper on Australian rock carvings and paintings. For printed paper, see: "Rock Carvings and Paintings of the Australian Aborigines," APS Proceedings, vol. 36, pp. 466-478
Creator: Mathews, R. H. (Robert Hamilton), 1841-1918et al
Subject: American Philosophical Society; Mathews, R. H. (Robert Hamilton), 1841-1918; Indigenous peoples--Australia; Petroglyphs; Painting
Date: 1897-09-27

Title: Robert Hamilton Mathews to APS, 1897 October 14
Identifier(s): text:276149
Description: Parramatta, New South Wales, A.L.S. 4p. Enc. wanting Concerns papers on rock carvings and paintings. Asks about becoming a "Corresponding Member." For printed paper, see: "Rock Carvings and Paintings of the Australian Aborigines," APS Proceedings, vol.36, pp. 466-478.
Creator: Mathews, R. H. (Robert Hamilton), 1841-1918et al
Subject: American Philosophical Society; Mathews, R. H. (Robert Hamilton), 1841-1918; Indigenous peoples--Australia; Petroglyphs; Painting
Date: 1897-10-14

Title: Robert Hamilton Mathews to Isaac Minis Hays, 1898 February 11
Identifier(s): text:276153
Description: N.S. Wales, A.L.S. 3p. Concerns his paper on initiation ceremonies. Refers to Harrison Allen. For Printed papers, see: "Initiation Ceremonies of Australian Tribes," APS Proceedings, vol. 37, pp. 54-73.
Creator: Mathews, R. H. (Robert Hamilton), 1841-1918et al
Subject: American Philosophical Society; Mathews, R. H. (Robert Hamilton), 1841-1918; Indigenous peoples--Australia
Date: 1898-02-11

Title: Maury, Rev. James to Moses Fontaine, 1756 February; No. 922 Rev. James Maury to Moses Fontaine
Identifier(s): text:353567
Description: Memorandum and sketch of a fort to provide defense against Indians.; Enclosure in no. 923.
Creator: Maury, James, 1718-1769et al
Subject: Indigenous peoples; Indians of North America; Indians, Treatment of--North America
Date: 1756-02; 2023

Title: Robert Hamilton Mathews to Harrison Allen, 1897
Identifier(s): text:276143
Description: Parramatta, N.S. Wales, A.L.S. 3p. Concerns his papers on Australian rock carvings and paintings. For papers, see: "Australian Rock Carvings," APS Proceedings, vol. 36, pp. 195-208, and "Rock Carvings and Paintings of the Australian Aborigines," APS Proceedings, vol. 36,466-478.
Creator: Mathews, R. H. (Robert Hamilton), 1841-1918et al
Subject: Mathews, R. H. (Robert Hamilton), 1841-1918; American Philosophical Society; Indigenous peoples--Australia; Petroglyphs; Painting
Date: 1897

Title: Robert Hamilton Mathews to Isaac Minis Hays, 1898 February 3
Identifier(s): text:276152
Description: Parramatta, N.S. Wales, A.L. 2p. Directions for printing map of New South Wales, possibly in relation to his article, "Initiation Ceremonies of Australian Tribes," APS Proceedings, vol. 37, pp. 54-73, which contains a color map showing Aboriginal territories.
Creator: Mathews, R. H. (Robert Hamilton), 1841-1918et al
Subject: American Philosophical Society; Mathews, R. H. (Robert Hamilton), 1841-1918; Indigenous peoples--Australia; New South Wales
Date: 1898-02-03

Title: Choloe type, Lima, Peru
Identifier(s): graphics:3985; APSimg5299
Description: Black and white portrait of a Peruvian woman wearing traditional clothing.; Image 112.
Creator: Courret Hermanos
Source: Abbot-Charnay Collection (Mss.913.72.Ab23); http://amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.913.72.Ab23-ead.xml
Subject: Native American Images; Abbot, Griffith Evans, 1850-1927; Charnay, Désirée, 1828-1915; Indigenous peoples
Date: ca. 1880

Title: Feunchal natives, Madeira
Identifier(s): graphics:3989; APSimg5311
Description: Black and white portrait of a man and woman wearing traditional clothing.; Image 124.
Creator: Camacho, J. F.
Source: Abbot-Charnay Collection (Mss.913.72.Ab23); http://amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.913.72.Ab23-ead.xml
Subject: Native American Images; Abbot, Griffith Evans, 1850-1927; Charnay, Désirée, 1828-1915; Indigenous peoples
Date: 1864

Title: R. H. (Robert Hamilton) Mathews to American Philosophical Society, 1898 July 31
Identifier(s): text:275383
Description: Parramatta, New South Wales, A.L.S. 1p., end. Thanks for separates of his paper on division of Australian tribes. For printed paper, see: "Divisions of Australian Tribes," APS Proceedings, vol. 37, pp. 151-154.
Subject: Mathews, R. H. (Robert Hamilton), 1841-1918; American Philosophical Society; Indigenous peoples--Australia; Kinship
Date: 1898-07-31

Title: R. H. (Robert Hamilton) Matthews to J [sic] Minis Hays, 1898 February 24
Identifier(s): text:275377
Description: Parramatta, N.S. Wales, A.L.S. 2p., end. Submits paper on divisions of Australian tribes. For printed paper, see: "Divisions of Australian tribes," APS Proceedings, vol. 37, pp. 151-154.
Subject: Mathews, R. H. (Robert Hamilton), 1841-1918; American Philosophical Society; Indigenous peoples--Australia; Kinship; Muruwari (Australian people)
Date: 1898-02-24

Title: Harrison Allen to Isaac Minis Hays, 1897 June 1
Identifier(s): text:276146
Description: Phila., L. on postal card 1p. and add. Returns proofs of Mathews' article on Australian rock-carvings. For printed paper, see: "Australian Rock Carvings," APS Proceedings vol. 36, pp. 195-208.
Creator: Allen, Harrison, 1841-1897et al
Subject: American Philosophical Society; Allen, Harrison, 1841-1897; Mathews, R. H. (Robert Hamilton), 1841-1918; Indigenous peoples--Australia; Petroglyphs
Date: 1897-06-01

Title: Fontaine, Rev. Peter to Moses Fontaine, 1757 March 30; No. 339 Rev. Peter Fontaine to Moses Fontaine
Identifier(s): text:346428
Description: Friendly letter; responds to his query whether breach of treaties instigated the Indians against the English colonies, comments that if the English had intermarried with the Indians it would have made them friends, and complains that whites and Negroes cohabit "by which means the country swarms with Mulattos bastards"; responds to his query whether slavery is agreeable to Christianity, complains that the [Royal] African Company and Board of Trade in England force slaves upon the colonists, and argues that the labor shortage and high prices make it almost impossible to live in Virginia without slaves; comments that if the French land in Virginia "we must take to the Woods and fight from behind the Trees"; [on verso]: Peter Fontaine to [Elizabeth?] Torin: discusses the death of a relative and divine providence.
Subject: Seven Years' War, 1756-1763.; Racism against Black people.; Racism against indigenous peoples; Royal African Company.; Slavery.
Date: 1757-03-30; 2022

Title: Maury, Rev. James to Philip Ludwell, 1756 February 10; No. 923 Rev. James Maury to Philip Ludwell
Identifier(s): text:353642
Description: Discusses depopulation of the frontier because of attacks "by those bloody Instruments of French Policy, the Indians" and describes in detail a plan to build a chain of forts across Virginia.; Moses Fontaine's copy?; includes a transcription of the letter, 15 pp.
Creator: Maury, James, 1718-1769et al
Subject: Indigenous peoples; Indians of North America; Indians, Treatment of--North America; Virginia--History--French and Indian War, 1754-1763
Date: 1756-02-10; 2023

Title: Harrison Allen to the American Philosophical Society, May 7, 1897
Identifier(s): text:276144
Description: Phila., Typed L. 1p., end. Offers paper by R.H. Mathews on Australian rock-carvings. Refers to Academy of Natural Sciences. For printed paper, see: "Australian Rock Carvings," APS Proceedings vol. 36, pp. 195-208
Creator: Allen, Harrison, 1841-1897et al
Subject: American Philosophical Society; Allen, Harrison, 1841-1897; Mathews, R. H. (Robert Hamilton), 1841-1918; Indigenous peoples--Australia; Petroglyphs
Date: 1897-05-07

Title: R. H. (Robert Hamilton) Mathews to J [sic] Minis Hays, 1898 March 5
Identifier(s): text:275380
Description: Parramatta, N.S. Wales, A.L.S. 2p. Sends paper on totems of Australian tribes. For printed paper, see: "Divisions of Australian tribes," APS Proceedings, vol. 37, pp. 151-154.
Subject: Mathews, R. H. (Robert Hamilton), 1841-1918; Hays, I. Minis (Isaac Minis), 1847-1925; American Philosophical Society; Indigenous peoples--Australia; Kinship; Muruwari (Australian people)
Date: 1898-03-05

Title: A:9770 #2. Shinnecock Indians, 1933
Identifier(s): text:349091
Subject: Shinnecock Indians; Shinnecock Reservation (N.Y.); Eugenics--United States; Indians of North America--Education; Indians, Treatment of--United States; Racism against indigenous peoples
Date: 1933

Title: R. H. (Robert Hamilton) Mathews to I[saac] Minis Hays, 1898 October 4
Identifier(s): text:275385
Description: Parramatta, [N.S.Wales], A.L.S. 4p. Sends paper on tribal divisions of Queensland aborigines. For printed paper, see: "Divisions of Queensland Aborigines," APS Proceedings, vol. 37, pp. 327-336.
Subject: Mathews, R. H. (Robert Hamilton), 1841-1918; Hays, I. Minis (Isaac Minis), 1847-1925; American Philosophical Society; Indigenous peoples--Australia; Queensland
Date: 1898-10-04

Title: Robert Hamilton Mathews to Isaac Minis Hays, 1898 January 27
Identifier(s): text:276151
Description: Parramatta, N.S. Wales, A.L.S. 4p. Concerns his papers on rock paintings and initiation ceremonies. Regrets death of Harrison Allen. For printed papers, see: "Rock Carvings and Paintings of the Australian Aborigines," APS Proceedings, vol. 36, pp. 466-478, and "Initiation Ceremonies of Australian Tribes," APS Proceedings, vol. 37, pp. 54-73.
Creator: Mathews, R. H. (Robert Hamilton), 1841-1918et al
Subject: American Philosophical Society; Mathews, R. H. (Robert Hamilton), 1841-1918; Indigenous peoples--Australia; Petroglyphs; Painting; Kumbainggar (Australian people); New South Wales; Gumbaynggir
Date: 1898-01-27

Title: Maury, Rev. James to Moses Fontaine, 1755 August 9; No. 919 Rev. James Maury to Moses Fontaine
Identifier(s): text:353617
Description: Discusses a map of Virginia, points out where their relatives reside, and mentions the place on the map "where our brave [George] Washington was last Year attacked by the French & Indians" and the fort from which the "brave but unfortunate. . . & imprudent" Gen. [Edward] Braddock marched; discusses the "suffering & calamitous Condition" of society because of the war between Britain and France and also problems of debt, taxes, drought, and attacks on frontier settlements by Indians and "papists"; argues that France's resources in America compare unfavorably with Britain's except in regard to "Wisdom & Prudence"; points out the desirability of a defensive coalition of the British colonies in America and remarks that Americans do not want British soldiers to fight for them, but instead want money and supplies to equip themselves; complains about an official who recently infringed on the liberties of the people and the constitution of the government.
Creator: Maury, James, 1718-1769et al
Subject: Maps; Taxation; Droughts; United States--History--French and Indian War, 1754-1763; Great Britain--Relations--France; Indigenous peoples; Indians of North America; Indians, Treatment of--North America; Washington, George, 1732-1799; Braddock, Edward, 1695?-1755
Date: 1755-08-09; 2023