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Sequoyah Sequoyah

Cherokee

13 Items

July 28, 1947

Letter from Stone to Gilcrease about working on a bust of Sequoyah with a drawing of "The Sofkie Makers"
Willard Stone

mid-20th century | ink on paper

Handwritten biography of Sequoyah with transcription by Levi Gritts
Sequoyah

mid-19th century | ink on paper

Letter from Sequoyah to "Friend John" in English
Sequoyah

mid-19th century | ink on paper

Letter signed "Sequoyah" in English
Sequoyah

May 1, 1860 | ink on paper

Affidavit of John Ross and John Drew stating Sally Guess is widow of George Guess (Sequoyah)
Sequoyah

February 29, 1856 | ink on paper

Record of George Guess' (Sequoyah) military service
Sequoyah

October 17, 1855 | ink on paper

Affidavit of Sally Guess, widow of Sequoyah, given before George Butler, Oonachinsa, and Archibald Campbell
Sequoyah

May 15, 1845 | ink on paper

Letter in Cherokee syllabary from Oo-no-leh to P. M. Butler concerning Sequoyah's death
Sequoyah

May 15, 1845 | ink on paper

Letter from P. M. Butler to T. Hartley Crawford forwarding Oo-no-leh's report of Sequoyah's death
Sequoyah

May 15, 1845 | ink on paper

Letter from Oo-no-leh to P. M. Butler concerning death of Sequoyah
Sequoyah

September 12, 1844 | ink on paper

Letter from M. Duval concerning Kee Chie Band, George Guess, and John Drew
John Drew

September 12, 1844 | ink on paper

Letter from P. M. Butler to T. Hartley Crawford
Sequoyah

1839 | ink on paper

Cherokee Number System and Syllabary
Sequoyah