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Collection: Cherokee Papers Manuscript Collection

99 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 requesting location of specific places in the Cherokee Nation

April 9, 1804 | ink on paper

Handwritten copy of document of National Council of the Cherokees

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

June 5, 1913 | ink on paper

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

mid-20th century | ink on paper

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

circa 1927 | ink on paper

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

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

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

July 8,1835 | ink on paper

Letter from William N. Bishop, Agent in Spring Place, Georgia, to Walter S. Adair, in Cass County, Georgia

December 7, 1848 | ink on paper

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

December 15, 1883 | ink on paper

Photocopies of "An Act in Relation to Minerals" to be enacted by the National Council, Cherokee Nation

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

December 2, 1835 | ink on paper

Letter from William N. Bishop, Agent, to Walter S. Adair

December 8, 1848 | ink on paper

Proceedings of the "Old Settlers" Committee