Act to Legalize Intermarriage with White Men, September 28, 1839
Item — Folder: 653
Identifier: 4026.842-.1
Description
Act to legalize intermarriage with white men. (Same signers as in September 19, 1839, 4026.824) Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on three pages. Folder 653
Dates
- September 28, 1839
Creator
- William Shorey Coodey (Author, Person)
Language of Materials
From the Collection:
Materials in English
Access Restrictions
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Extent
From the Collection: 11 Linear Feet
Medium
ink on paper
Signed
Signed, "David Carter, W. Shorey Coodey, Young Wolf, John Ross"
Dimensions
Overall: 10 × 16 in. (25.4 × 40.6 cm) Folded: 10 × 8 in. (25.4 × 20.3 cm)
- Cherokee
- Cherokee (culture or style) -- Keetoowah
- Cherokee Nation -- tsalagi ayeli -- tsalagiyi
- Cherokee National Committee
- Cherokee National Council
- David Carter
- John Ross -- Chief John Ross -- Cooweescoowee -- Kuwees Koowee -- guwisguwi
- John Ross Papers
- Legislative Act
- Manuscripts
- Native American
- Native American (culture or style) -- American Indian -- Indigenous American
- Principal Chief
- Removal Period
- Tahlequah -- Daliqua
- William Shorey Coodey
- Young Wolf
- archives -- archive
- citizens -- citizen
- intruders
- judges -- judge
- laws (documents) -- law
- legislative acts -- legislative act -- acts
- licenses -- license
- marriage -- marriages -- matrimony -- wedlock
- men -- man
- post-Removal
- white man
- woman -- women
Repository Details
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