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Collection: Cherokee Papers Manuscript Collection

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Finding Aid: Cherokee Papers

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

Document in Cherokee language

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

Document in Cherokee language

April 10, 1864 | ink on paper

Letter in Cherokee signed in English by Lewis Downing

May 5, 1811 | ink on paper

A statement signed by six persons of the Indian Council

May 28 1904 | ink on paper

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

mid-20th century | ink on paper

Blank application forms for membership in Kee-Too-Wah Society

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

Handwritten argument on the 9th Article of the Cherokee Treaty concerning the evaluation of ferries owned by Cherokees and their incomes

circa 1927 | ink on paper

Typescript essay entitled "The Removal of the Cherokee" by John Madden

June 5, 1913 | ink on paper

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

April 9, 1804 | ink on paper

Handwritten copy of document of National Council of the Cherokees

April 14, 1811 | ink on paper

A letter from Return J. Meigs to John Browder

February 3, 1892 | ink on paper

Letter from G.W. Hicks, Wichita Baptist Mission, Anadarko in Oklahoma Territory to George Benge in Tahlequah, Cherokee Nation

January 29, 1834 | ink on paper

Tennessee Journal newsprint clipping

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

Document in Cherokee language

December 7, 1848 | ink on paper

Proceedings of the Council of the "Old Settlers" Party of Cherokees

May 14, 1811 | ink on paper

A letter from Return J. Meigs to John Browder

January 3, 1896 | ink on paper

Letter from Waddie Hudson in Tahlequah to G.W. Benge, Washington, D.C.

early 20th century | ink on paper

Photocopy of newspaper report of a hearing before the Commission to the Five Tribes

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

Document in Cherokee language