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Box 3

 Container

Contains 8 Results:

Cherokee Papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MC.1954.39
Collection Overview The Cherokee Papers consist of a collection of materials such as personal letters and legal documents ranging from before, during, and after removal, including various correspondences from Colonel Return J. Meigs, Senator James Harlan, President Ulysses S. Grant, Colonel Stand Watie, and others. There are several documents pertaining to Cherokee land rights and negotiations, including the Old Settlers’ group with the Old Settlers' Council Proceedings (1838-1865) and a list of 119 Old...
Dates: 1799-1950

Photocopy of newspaper report of hearing before Commission to the Five Tribes, 1906

 Item — Box: 3, Folder: 58
Identifier: 4127.140
Description

Two photocopies of newspaper report of a hearing before the Commission to the Five Tribes regarding the admission of Anna Flippin et al. to citizenship in the Cherokee Nation, describing illegal court proceedings and payoffs to Charles O. Frye. Original moved to flat storage, Indian Documents Drawer 5, number 11. Folder 58

Dates: 1906

Handwritten list of "Old Settlers" names, mid-19th century - mid-20th century

 Item — Box: 3, Folder: 66
Identifier: 4026.5283
Description

Handwritten list of the names of 119 (actually 120) "Old Settler" Treaty Party members from the Delaware, Going Snake, and Flint Districts. Signed by David and Ellis McDaniel of Going Snake District. Folder 66

Dates: mid-19th century - mid-20th century

Handwritten document in Cherokee syllabary, mid-19th century - mid-20th century

 Item — Box: 3, Folder: 76
Identifier: 4926.267
Description

Handwritten document in Cherokee syllabary. Folder 76

Dates: mid-19th century - mid-20th century

Chart showing original Cherokee allotments, mid-19th century - mid-20th century

 Item — Box: 3, Folder: 91
Identifier: 5127.489
Description

Chart showing original Cherokee allotments which include Lowery, Smith, Hammer, Morris, Cobb, and Thomas. Folder 91

Dates: mid-19th century - mid-20th century

Columbian Centinel and Massachusetts Federalist, Volume XXXII, Whole Number 1630, Number 18, Boston, Massachusetts, November 2, 1799

 Item — Box: 3, Folder: 1
Identifier: 4126.532
Description

Publication of a Treaty Between the United States of America and the Cherokee Indians. 4 pages. Folder 1

Dates: November 2, 1799

Map of Brainard Mission and family tree of Samuel Caswell and Miss Mindwell, 1824

 Item — Box: 3, Folder: 13
Identifier: 3926.254
Description

A hand drawn and annotated map of the Brainard Mission, including building descriptions and a compass. Fields and orchards are described with estimated acreages. On the leftmost panel there is an illustration of the family tree of Samuel Caswell and Miss Mindwell B. with their five children, decorated with a farmhouse and trees in the background. Folder 13

Dates: 1824

Letter from Charles P. Jones to Timothy Jones, February 12, 1831

 Item — Box: 3, Folder: 16
Identifier: 3826.1276
Description

A handwritten letter from Charles P. Jones in Augusta, Georgia, to his father Timothy Jones in Hartford County, Connecticut. Charles misses his parents but wishes to remain in the South for the summer as a peddler. He also tries to persuade his parents to convert to Christianity. Includes a short typed summary. Folder 16

Dates: February 12, 1831