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Collection: Cherokee Papers Manuscript Collection

97 Items

Handwritten notice from Return J. Meigs, War Department in Tennessee to John Browder

Columbian Centinel and Massachusetts Federalist, Volume XXXII, Whole Number 1630, Number 18, Boston, Massachusetts

Letter from H. Price, Commissioner of Indian Affairs, to Chief D.W. Bushyhead

April 9, 1804 | ink on paper

Handwritten copy of document of National Council of the Cherokees

May 28 1904 | ink on paper

Power of Attorney for Father or Mother for Child's Property for Lucy Silk

June 5, 1913 | ink on paper

Photostat of list of property transferred from Cherokee Capital to Carnegie Library

mid-20th century | ink on paper

Blank application forms for Kee-Too-Wah Society

circa 1927 | ink on paper

The Removal of the Cherokee

mid-19th century - mid-20th century | ink on paper

Handwritten Argument on the 9th Article of the Cherokee Treaty

mid-19th century - mid-20th century | ink on paper

Letter written in Cherokee syllabary with translated copy

mid-19th century - mid-20th century | ink on paper

Handwritten documents in Cherokee syllabary with typed and written translations

April 10, 1864 | ink on paper

Letter in Cherokee syllabary from Lewis Downing to Cooweescoowee (John Ross)

May 5, 1811 | ink on paper

A statement signed by six persons of the Indian Council

February 27, 1806 | ink on paper

Handwritten copy of request by Return J. Meigs to John Browder

July 21, 1838 | ink on paper

Resolution of General Council of the Cherokee Nation for negotiating removal efforts

mid-19th century | ink on paper

Sheet music for "The Celebrated Death Song of the Cherokee Indians"

February 3, 1892 | ink on paper

Letter from G.W. Hicks to George Benge

mid-19th century - mid-20th century | ink on paper

Handwritten list of names in Cherokee syllabary with photocopy

June 22, 1807 | ink on paper

Letter from Meigs at Southwest Point to John Browder

August 1, 1838 | ink on paper

Resolution of General Council of the Cherokee Nation regarding land entitlement