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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

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

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

April 6, 1806 | ink on paper

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

May 22, 1871 | ink on paper

Handwritten copy of a letter from the Cherokee Delegation signed by W. P Adair and C. N Vann to Senator James Harlan

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

Handwritten voting record of committee for president and for clerk

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

Document in Cherokee language

August 1, 1838 | ink on paper

Resolution of the General Council of the Cherokee Nation stating that original title and ownership of lands are still vested in the Cherokee Nation

June 22, 1807 | ink on paper

Letter from Meigs at Southwest Point to John Browder

May 23, 1871 | ink on paper

Handwritten copy of a letter from Senator James Harlan to Secretary of the Interior Columbus Delano

mid-19th century | ink on paper

Handwritten 18-page document addressed to the Congress of the United States regarding conditions of the Western Cherokees after the Treaty of 1833

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

Document in Cherokee language