Act of National Council, December 11, 1841
Description
Act of National Council, repealing an act of October 20, referring to application for per capita distribution, and providing for all moneys received from the United States (after payment of claims and excluding money appropriated for special purposes) shall be divided equally "among all the Cherokee people." Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on three pages. Folder 788
Dates
- December 11, 1841
Creator
- Unidentified (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, "T. F. Taylor, John Ross, A. Fields, J. Vann, J. Bushyhead"
Dimensions
Overall: 12 1/2 × 15 in. (31.8 × 38.1 cm) Folded: 12 1/2 × 7 1/2 in. (31.8 × 19.1 cm)
- A. Fields
- Archie Fields
- Cherokee
- Cherokee
- Cherokee Council
- Cherokee Indians
- Cherokee Nation -- tsalagi ayeli -- tsalagiyi
- Cherokee National Committee
- Jesse Bushyhead
- John Ross
- John Ross Papers
- Joseph Vann
- Legislative Act
- Manuscripts
- Money
- Native American
- Native American
- Principal Chief
- Tahlequah -- Daliqua
- Thomas Fox Taylor
- United States
- acts, legislative
- archives (groupings)
- claims
- distribution (function)
- funds
- headrights
- payments
- post-Removal
- surplus
Repository Details
Part of the Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research Repository
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