Claim by Jesse McLain against Cherokee Nation when his keelboat was sunk by steamboat Victoria, December 2, 1845
Item — Folder: 87
Identifier: 4026.1633
Description
Claim by Jesse McLain against Cherokee Nation when his keelboat was sunk by the national steamboat Victoria. Claim amount is for $1,522.12 1/2. Folder 87
Dates
- Creation: December 2, 1845
Language of Materials
From the Collection:
Materials in English
Access Restrictions
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Full Extent
From the Collection: 1485 item(s)
Medium
ink on paper
Cultural context
Genre / Form
- Claim
- manuscripts
- beds (furniture) -- bed
- boats -- boat
- books -- Book
- bridles (animal work equiment) -- bridle
- buckets (vessels) -- bucket
- calico -- calicos -- calicoes
- candlesticks -- candlestick -- candle stick -- socket candleholders (candlesticks)
- carriages (vehicles) -- carriage
- chains (object genres) -- chain
- claims -- Claim
- clocks -- clock
- cloth -- cloths -- fabric (textile material)
- clothing -- clothes -- garments -- apparel
- coats (garments) -- coat
- drawknives -- drawknife
- dresses (garments) -- dress
- files (tools) -- file (tool)
- flour -- flours
- furniture
- glass (material)
- judges -- judge
- mahogany (wood)
- martingales -- martingale
- nails (fasteners) -- nail
- oil (organic material) -- oils
- paint -- paints
- pistols -- pistol
- plows -- plow
- saddlebags -- saddlebag -- saddle bags
- salt -- sodium chloride
- saws -- saw
- shoes -- shoe
- spinning wheels -- spinning wheel
- steamboats -- steamboat
- tables (support furniture) -- table
- tools -- tool
- waffle irons -- waffle iron
- whips -- whip
Geographic
- Arkansas River -- Kansas River
- Cherokee Nation -- tsalagi ayeli -- tsalagiyi
- Illinois District
- New York
- Tahlequah -- Daliqua
Style / Period
- Cherokee (culture or style) -- Keetoowah
- Native American (culture or style) -- American Indian -- Indigenous American
- post-Removal
Topical
Repository Details
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