Act for Punishment of Thefts and Other Crimes Adopted by National Council, September 19, 1839
Description
Act for punishment of thefts and other crimes adopted by National Council signed by William Shorey Coodey; Pres. Nat. Committee, Young Wolf and David Carter, Speaker and Clerk, of National Council; also Chief John Ross. Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on three pages. Folder 634
Dates
- September 19, 1839
Creator
- William Shorey Coodey (Author, Person)
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Access Restrictions
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Extent
From the Collection: 11 Linear Feet
Medium
ink on paper
Signed
Signed, "W. Shorey Coodey, Young Wolf, David Carter, John Ross"
Dimensions
Overall: 9 1/4 × 15 1/2 in. (23.5 × 39.4 cm) Folded: 9 1/4 × 7 3/4 in. (23.5 × 19.7 cm)
- Cherokee
- Cherokee
- Cherokee Nation -- tsalagi ayeli -- tsalagiyi
- Cherokee National Committee
- Cherokee National Council
- David Carter
- John Ross
- John Ross Papers
- Judges
- Legislative Act
- Manuscripts
- Native American
- Native American
- Negro
- Principal Chief
- Tahlequah -- Daliqua
- William Shorey Coodey
- Young Wolf
- archives (groupings)
- arsonists
- bond
- chief (tribal leader)
- clerical workers
- clerks
- committees
- compensation
- conviction
- courts
- crime
- criminal
- free negro
- ink
- laws
- magistrates
- murder
- negro slave
- post-Removal
- presidents
- property
- punishment
- slave
- slavery
- theft
- whipping
Repository Details
Part of the Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research Repository
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