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Collection: Cherokee Papers Manuscript Collection

97 Items

December 7, 1809 | ink on paper

Petition signed by six persons regarding Henry Knave

January 16, 1841 | ink on paper

Typed copy of resolutions by a Cherokee Nation committee concerning a conspiracy against the Principal Chief

June 22, 1876 | ink on paper

Typed transcript of "The Trial of Calvin Coker" originally published in The Indian Journal

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

Handwritten committee voting record for president and clerk

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

Typescript of biography of Joseph Roger's family

March 9, 1810 | ink on paper

Statement signed by five persons regarding John Browder and his services

January 5, 1843 | ink on paper

Letter from Robert H. Hynds to General John Cocke

1882 | ink on paper

Photocopy of the booklet "The Indian Question Discussed by Spencer S. Stevens of the Cherokee Nation"

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

Typescript of an act amended by the Cherokee National Council

April 17, 1802 | ink on paper

Bill to Colonel Return J. Meigs for bar irons for use of garrison

May 14, 1811 | ink on paper

Letter from Return J. Meigs to John Browder

March 24, 1844 | ink on paper

Supply order from Archibald Harris to Henry Cunningham

August 27, 1883 | ink on paper

Printed copy of Petition and Abstract of Testimony in the Matter of Application of Peter Hollenbeck et al.

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

Typescript regarding conditions of the Hopewell Treaty of 1775 and the Holston Treaty of 1791

April 14, 1811 | ink on paper

Letter from Return J. Meigs to John Browder

1824 | ink on paper

Map of Brainard Mission and family tree of Samuel Caswell and Miss Mindwell

April 14, 1845 | ink on paper

Letter from Soup Watts to Captain John Kogan

December 15, 1883 | ink on paper

Photocopies of "An Act in Relation to Minerals"

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

Hand-drawn map of New Echota, Georgia

October 30, 1840 | ink on paper

Resolution of General Council of the Cherokee Nation regarding right to self-govern