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Collection: John W. Swain Manuscript Collection

14 Items

Certified longhand copy of portion of the Cherokee Emigrant Payroll of 1852

March 29, 1857 | ink and pencil on paper

Letter from Susie E. Foreman in Park Hill to cousin Susi

January 12, 1882 | ink and pencil on paper

Certified copy of certificate of Cherokee citizenship No. 114 issue to John Swain

November 12, 1886 | ink on paper

Certified copy of Act of Cherokee National Council to dissolve marriage between T.W. Lindsay and Susan R. Lindsay

June 3, 1890 | ink on paper

Bill of sale of lots in Vinita from C.N. Austin and Eliza Tucker to John Swain

April 17, 1895 | ink on paper

Copy of Cherokee Mineral Law certified by Robert T. Hawks

April 1, 1891 | ink on paper

License to prospect for coal and oil issued by Robert B. Ross to John Swain

July 10, 1897 | ink on paper

Bill of sale by W. E. and Sarah E. Foster to Mollie Shelton, assigned to R. M. Swain

September 2, 1915 | ink on paper

Envelope with the notation 'Made out blank for Widow's Pension today"

July 5, 1897 | ink on paper

Receipt issued from J. Hastings Clerk for Delaware District Cherokee Nation to R. M. Swain

December 15,1911 | ink on paper

Letter from Robert L. Owen, U.S. Senate to Rebecca M. Swain

May 19, 1891 | ink on paper

Agreement between John Swain and J.M. Pipes assigning mineral license rights

July 21, 1885 | ink on paper

Letter from Principal Chief D. W. Bushyhead to R. M. Swain and K. S. Blythe

Manuscript Collection: John W. Swain