Congress
Found in 29 Collections and/or Records:
Letter of introduction for George Benge as a Cherokee Delegation member to Congress , March 24, 1897
Letter of introduction for George Benge as a Cherokee Delegation member to Congress from R. B. Ross, Secretary of the Treasury of the Cherokee Nation, to the Honorable M. A. Hanna, Washington City, D. C. Folder 50
Opinion of William Wirt on the Claims for Improvements by the State of Georgia on the Cherokee Nation, circa 1830
Opinion of William Wirt on the claims for improvements by the State of Georgia on the Cherokee Nation under the Treaties of 1817 and 1828. (Moulton Vol. I, p. 196). Eight folded papers and two sheets of paper. Folder 49A
Page 5 and 6 of letter from William Wirt to William H. Underwood, Esquire, 1797 - 1897
Pages 5 and 6 of letter from William Wirt to Willian H. Underwood, Esquire suggesting that while the Supreme Court had decided Cherokee Nation was not a foreign state, it might hold Georgia laws unconstitutional. Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on two pages. Folder 57A
Printed Statement of the Cherokee Funds requested by D. W. Bushyhead, Treasurer, July 1866 - July 1874
Printed Statement of the Cherokee Funds requested by D. W. Bushyhead, Treasurer of the Cherokee Nation, and supplied by Edward P. Smith, Office of Indian Affairs, Department of the Interior. It includes information on the sale of neutral lands, the amount paid by the Delaware and Shawnee tribes for Cherokee land, proceeds from sales of the Cherokee strip in Kansas, and totals of the Cherokee Stock Account. Folder 45
Ten individuals in Washington, District of Columbia, pictured left to right: an unidentified man, Representative Al Green, two obscured individuals, Karen Jackson Simpson, survivors Genevieve Tillman-Jackson and Wess Young, Sr. (seated), Raymond Knight, and Representative Bobby Lee Rush, is facing away at the bottom right of the photograph, March 8, 2005
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
Two letters from Joel Roberts Poinsett to the Cherokee Delegation with envelope, 1797 - 1897
Envelope for letter from Joel R. Poinsett, Secretary of War, to delegation in Washington City. Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on two sides. Folder 349
Two unidentified individuals facing away from the camera with Eddie Faye Gates and then Senator Barack Obama at the United States Congress in Washington, District of Columbia, March 8, 2005
Unsigned Copy of Letter to William H. Underwood, Esquire, June 1, 1831
Unsigned copy of letter to William H. Underwood, Esquire seeking information about the developments since the Supreme Court decision. One sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on recto and verso. Folder 59
Inscription(s)
Inscribed in ink, "Copy of a letter"