Opinion of William Wirt on the Claims for Improvements by the State of Georgia on the Cherokee Nation, circa 1830
Description
Opinion of William Wirt on the claims for improvements by the State of Georgia on the Cherokee Nation under the Treaties of 1817 and 1828. (Moulton Vol. I, p. 196). Eight folded papers and two sheets of paper. Folder 49A
Dates
- Creation: circa 1830
Creator
- Wirt, William (Author, Person)
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Access Restrictions
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Full Extent
From the Collection: 11 Linear Feet
Medium
ink on paper
Dimensions
Folded (Dimensions of folded page): 12 5/8 × 8 in. (32 × 20.3 cm) Overall (The dimensions of the open letter pages): 12 5/8 × 16 in. (32 × 40.6 cm) Folded (The dimensions of folded letter page.): 12 5/8 × 8 in. (32 × 20.3 cm) Overall (The Dimensions of open letter segment): 12 5/8 × 16 in. (32 × 40.6 cm) Folded (The dimensions of folded letter section): 12 5/8 × 8 in. (32 × 20.3 cm) Overall (The Dimensions of open letter page): 12 5/8 × 16 in. (32 × 40.6 cm) Folded (The dimensions of folded page): 12 5/8 × 8 in. (32 × 20.3 cm) Overall (The dimensions of open sheet of letter): 12 5/8 × 16 in. (32 × 40.6 cm) Folded (The dimensions of folded sheet of letter): 12 5/8 × 8 in. (32 × 20.3 cm) Overall (The dimensions of an open letter sheet): 12 5/8 × 16 in. (32 × 40.6 cm) Folded (Dimensions of folded segment of letter): 12 5/8 × 8 in. (32 × 20.3 cm) Overall (The dimensions of an open segment of letter): 12 5/8 × 16 in. (32 × 40.6 cm) Folded (The Dimensions of folded section of letter): 12 5/8 × 8 in. (32 × 20.3 cm) Overall (The dimensions of open segment of letter): 12 5/8 × 16 in. (32 × 40.6 cm) Folded (The dimensions of folded segment of letter): 12 5/8 × 8 in. (32 × 20.3 cm) Overall (The dimensions of an open segment of letter): 12 5/8 × 16 in. (32 × 40.6 cm) Overall (The dimensions of single sheet of a letter): 12 5/8 × 8 in. (32 × 20.3 cm) Overall (The dimensions of the last sheet of the letter): 12 5/8 × 8 in. (32 × 20.3 cm)
Source
- Hargett, J. L. (Donor, Person)
Cultural context
Genre / Form
- Claim
- manuscripts
- money
- Official Document
- Treaty of Fort Wayne (1809)
- Treaty of Washington (1828)
- actions (judicial events) -- action -- cases -- suits
- archives -- archive
- courts (judicial bodies) -- court -- tribunals
- emigrants -- emigrant
- fees (compensation) -- fee -- charges (compensation)
- judges -- judge
- laws (documents) -- Law
- lawyers -- lawyer -- attorneys
- Payment -- payments
- presidents -- president
- Treaties -- Treaty
Geographic
- Cherokee Lower Towns
- Cherokee Nation (before 1838)
- Cherokee Overhill Towns
- Cherokee Territory
- Cherokee Upper Towns
- Coosa
- Georgia
- Highwassee River -- Hiwassee River
- Washington City
Style / Period
- Cherokee (culture or style) -- Keetoowah
- Native American (culture or style) -- American Indian -- Indigenous American
- pre-Removal
Topical
- Andrew Jackson
- Cherokee Delegation
- Cherokee National Committee
- Cherokee National Council
- John Ross -- Chief John Ross -- Cooweescoowee -- Kuwees Koowee -- guwisguwi
- John Ross Papers
- Principal Chief
- Supreme Court
- William Rogers
- William Wirt
- citizens -- citizen
- Congress
- fee simple
- intruders
- invaders
- jurisdiction
- property (legal concept)
- sovereignty -- sovereignity
- White Man
Repository Details
Part of the Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research Repository