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Box 2

 Container

Contains 21 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

Photostat of printed document in Cherokee syllabary, 1863

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 93
Identifier: 4416.97
Description

Photostat of printed document in Cherokee syllabary, no physical translation included. Folder 93

Dates: 1863

Hand-drawn map of New Echota, Georgia, mid-19th century - mid-20th century

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 71
Identifier: 3926.264
Description

Hand-drawn map of New Echota, Georgia, noting a Federal monument, council house, tribal cemetary, and Elias Boudinot's house where the Cherokee Phoenix was printed. Folder 71, larger version in Map 455

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

Letter written in Cherokee syllabary from James McDaniel to Chiefs Ross and Lewis, mid-19th century - mid-20th century

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 73
Identifier: 4926.264
Description

Letter written in Cherokee syllabary from James McDaniel to Chiefs Ross and Lewis, dated March 17 at the Place of the Chiefs regarding a man hunt for himself. McDaniel is a council member, refers to himself as "It's-Breaking-Out-of-Him", and signs the letter in English. Handwritten and typescript tranlation included alongside photocopy. Folder 73

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

Handwritten list of names in Cherokee syllabary with photocopy, mid-19th century - mid-20th century

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 75
Identifier: 4926.266
Description

Handwritten document in Cherokee syllabary, list of names with numbers associated with them. Photocopy included. Folder 75

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

Handwritten list of names in Cherokee syllabary with envelope, mid-19th century - mid-20th century

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 77
Identifier: 4926.268
Description

Handwritten list of 192 names in Cherokee syllabary. Includes original envelope (with untranslated writing) alongside a photocopy and handwritten translation. Folder 77

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

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

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 78
Identifier: 4926.269
Description

Handwritten document in Cherokee syllabary, no translation. Folder 78

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

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

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 79
Identifier: 4926.270
Description

Handwritten document in Cherokee syllabary, no translation. Folder 79

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