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Cherokee Letters

 Subject
Subject Source: Gilcrease Keywords
Scope Note: Correspondence in the Cherokee language

Found in 15 Collections and/or Records:

Certifications in Aquohee District, April 9, 1834

 Item — Folder 104: [Barcode: 187.104]
Identifier: 4026.133
Description

Certifications by three Cherokees and attested by E. Jones, Clerk of Circuit Court in Aquohee District. One sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on recto and verso. Folder 104

Dates: April 9, 1834

Document written in Cherokee syllabary, December 22, 1861

 Item — Folder 1149: [Barcode: 187.1149]
Identifier: 4026.1342
Description

Unidentified document written in Cherokee syllabary. One sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on recto and verso. Folder 1149

Dates: December 22, 1861

Letter from Suntadegi to Chief John Ross, April 3, 1834

 Item — Folder 93: [Barcode: 187.93]
Identifier: 4026.136
Description

Letter from Suntadegi to Chief John Ross, R. Taylor, Daniel McCoy, John Timson, and Hair Conrad; Cherokee Delegation. Describing forced enrollment, and seizure of his lands by a white man. Attested by Evan Jones regarding McCrory. One sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on recto and verso. Folder 93

Dates: April 3, 1834

Letter in Cherokee, 1865

 Item — Folder 36: [Barcode: 188.36]
Identifier: 4026.305

Letter in Cherokee, 1866

 Item — Folder 39: [Barcode: 188.39]
Identifier: 4026.306

Letter Signed Agili Written to Chief John Ross, September 22, 1837

 Item — Folder 246: [Barcode: 187.246]
Identifier: 4026.470
Description

Letter signed Agili written to Chief John Ross in Washington City. (Written in Cherokee Syllabary) One sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on recto and verso. Folder 246

Dates: September 22, 1837

Letter written in Cherokee, April 24, 1864-1867

 Item — Folder 58: [Barcode: 188.58]
Identifier: 4026.301