civil war
Found in 150 Collections and/or Records:
Photostat of letter from Smith Christie in Fort Gibson to Lewis Ross concerning General Curtis and protection, January 26, 1864
Smith Christie was the acting Principal Chief. Christie was asking Ross to visit General Curtis in Leavenworth. Christie was also seeking protection for loyal Cherokee farmers and urging Superintendents of Indian Affairs to supply bread stuffs to the destitute people. Folder 326
Receipt by Jno. G. Smith for $45,100.00 depository certificate and $3.00 in one dollar bills Confederate paper in favor of Samuel Checote and Tuckabatchee Micco, June 15, 1865
John G. Smith was National Treasurer and Samuel Checote and Tuckabatchee Micco were Principal Chiefs of the Creek Nation. Folder 261
Receipt for professional services for Henry Ross, paid by Mr. Lewis Ross , April 15, 1864
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Receipt from Edward Franklin for boots purchased by J. W. Staples for Henry C. Ross, March 28, 1864
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Receipt from Edward Reichel, Principal of Nazareth Hall, to Lewis Ross for $100.00 tuition payment for Henry C. Ross, April 7, 1864
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Receipt from Joseph Bachman to Lewis Ross for a carriage hire from Bethlehem, Pennsylvania to Nazareth Hall, Moravian Boarding School, April 7, 1864
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Receipt to Lewis Ross from E. Roberts for tuition of his son, Henry Ross posted at Nazareth Pennsylvania , April 4, 1863
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Special Orders No. 138 by order of Genl. McCulloch to John Drew concerning his regiment, October 6, 1861
General McCulloch wrote from Camp Jackson in Arkansas to Colonel Drew instructing his regiment to join Cols. McIntosh and Cooper to move against disaffected Creeks. Folder 284
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
Typescript of "My Life", with pencil corrections and notes by Margaret Louise Wallace, early 20th century
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