Box 1
Contains 69 Results:
Handwritten document in Cherokee syllabary, circa 1834
Handwritten document addressed to the United States Congress regarding Western Cherokees after Treaty of 1833, mid-19th century
Handwritten complaint from the Western Cherokee tribe to the United States Senate and House of Representatives discussing the legislative treatment of the Eastern and Western Cherokee tribes in relation to Treaty of 1833 alongside the matter of forced removal and land costs. Discusses the Western Cherokee's land stolen by the Eastern Cherokee that was then sold to the U.S. government. Eighteen pages long. Folder 63
Notebook in Cherokee syllabary, 1906 - 1914
Bound journal handwritten in Cherokee syllabary. Dated enteries ranging between 1906 to 1914, likely a personal diary and/or ledger book. Mentions C.R. Hall of Wahhiyah, N.C. Folder 64
The Removal of the Cherokee, circa 1927
Typescript of an essay titled "The Removal of the Cherokee" by John Madden. Describes how the comissioner J.F. Schermerhorn arranged the Treaty of 1835 in absence of Cherokee officers. By this treaty, the Cherokee Nation ceded to the U.S. all territory east of the Mississippi River. Includes history of the removal from June 1838 to March 1839. Folder 65
Handwritten committee voting record for president and clerk, mid-19th century - mid-20th century
Handwritten committee voting record for president and for clerk positions. Includes committee nomination members. Folder 67
Handwritten Argument on the 9th Article of the Cherokee Treaty, mid-19th century - mid-20th century
Handwritten "Argument on the 9th Article of the Cherokee Treaty" concerning the evaluation of ferries owned by Cherokee individuals and their net income. Eight pages. Folder 68
Typescript of an act amended by the Cherokee National Council, mid-19th century - mid-20th century
Typescript of an act by the Cherokee National Council to amend an act titled "Tax on Stock grazing upon Cherokee Lands west of the 96° Meridian." Four pages. Folder 69
Typescript regarding conditions of the Hopewell Treaty of 1775 and the Holston Treaty of 1791, mid-19th century - mid-20th century
Typescript summarizing the conditions of the Hopewell Treaty of 1775 and the Holston Treaty of 1791. Folder 70
Bill to Colonel Return J. Meigs for bar irons for use of garrison, April 17, 1802
Bill of sale from Colonel Return J. Meigs for 64 bars of iron for the use of his garrison. Folder 2