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A typed Resolution of the Council of the Old Settler Cherokees. Folder 62

Description

Resolutions adopted by the Council at Aquokee Camp asserting that the Sovereignty of the Cherokee Nation, its constitution, laws and usages shall continue in perpetuity, etc. (15 signers)

Collection Overview

Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: Items in this collection relate to McIntosh's tenure as Superintendent of Creek Schools. Included are reports, expense accounts and claims for education and correspondence between McIntosh and the National Council.

Collection Overview Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: George W. Fields (n. d.) was an attorney for the Texas Cherokees. Three documents relate to the contract for Field's services and one is the account of the Proceedings of the General council of Texas Cherokees and Associated Bands empowering him to act in the matter of the claim against the State of Texas.. One typed, bound manuscript, dated 1920, is entitled "The Texas Cherokees, 1820-1839" and has ninety-two pages. There is...

Collection Overview Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: Most of these documents pertain to the founding and settling of the Colony of Georgia. There is a most interesting letter with an account of the sea voyage of the "Anne" with General James Oglethorpe and 120 settlers for Georgia, including homely facts about health, food and activities of the passengers and their leaders. Another paper tells of General Oglethorpe's handling of attempted mutiny at St. Andrews Fort. Also...

Collection Overview Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: John Howard Payne (1791-1852) visited the Cherokee country in the 1830's, and two of these letters are introductions to John Ross, the Cherokee Chief. There is an exchange of seven letters between them, mostly personal. Some letters and photostats concern the arrest of Ross and Payne. One letter from John Ridge offers his regrets that Payne cannot visit his house and mentions sending him various Cherokee papers. Payne was...

Collection Overview Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: Samuel Austin Worcester (1798-1859) was a missionary to the Cherokees in Georgia and in Indian Territory. His great contribution was his translation of various works into Cherokee, securing the type of the Sequoyah Syllabary, and the many publications from his press for the Cherokees, Choctaws, and Creeks. In this collection, there is only one original item: the agreement of the "Old Settlers" Council to allow him, with...

Collection Overview Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: William Addison Phillips (1824-1893), born at Paisley, Scotland, was a soldier, congressman from Kansas, author, and, with four associates, founder of the town of Salina, Kansas. He was a colonel in the Union Army and commander of the Union Indian Brigade from January, 1863, until the end of the War. Among the papers is a typed document which has his signature as special agent and counsel for the Cherokees. Senate Bill No. 25...

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Two copies of National Council Resolution instructing Chief John Ross to notify agent regarding cattle illegally driven across Cherokee Nation en route to California. Also white men and free negroes wrongfully residing in Nation (including Fort Gibson). Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on four pages. Folder 1022