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Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
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Found in 22 Collections and/or Records:

Letter from N. J. Jones to 'Dear Pastor', January 12, 1856

 Item — Folder 1031: [Barcode: 187.1031]
Identifier: 3826.7564-.3
Description

Letter from N. J. Jones, Baptist Mission, to "Dear Pastor." As a newly arrived missionary, he writes of libraries of Mr. Jones and his father, the slavery issue, impressions of Cherokees, a Preachers' meeting, etc. Two folded sheets of paper with handwritten text in ink on seven pages. Folder 1031

Dates: January 12, 1856
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / MC.1954.185, Manuscript Collection: John Ross Papers

Letter from Rebecca B. Spring to Chief John Ross, March 14, 1863

 Item — Folder 1180: [Barcode: 187.1180]
Identifier: 4026.1379-.1
Description

Letter from Rebecca B. Spring in Englewood, Perth Amboy, New Jersey to Chief John Ross congratulating him on New York Tribune report that Cherokee contemplate emancipation. Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on four pages. Folder 1180

Dates: March 14, 1863
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / MC.1954.185, Manuscript Collection: John Ross Papers

Letter to Captain William M. Boyce from Prairie de Chien, July 29, 1836

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: 3826.60
Description

Letter to Captain William Matthews Boyce in Burlington, New Jersey from Taylor at Fort Crawford, Prairie du Chien. Refers to Creek (Muscogee) and Seminole Wars.

Dates: July 29, 1836
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / MC.1964.203, Zachary Taylor Papers

Manuscript Collection: John Drew

 Collection
Identifier: MC.1954.58
Collection Overview Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: A miscellaneous collection reflecting a long and busy life of John Drew (c. 1800-1865), a leading Cherokee, both at the time of removal and later as a representative of the tribe in Washington. Drew served as a Confederate soldier and officer; he was also a banker, a lawyer of sorts, and a storekeeper. Much of the collection consists of business papers of all sorts, many reflecting various aspects of the traffic in slaves, and...
Dates: 1812-1916
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / Manuscript Collection: John Drew

Manuscript Collection: John Ross Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MC.1954.185
Collection Overview Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: John Ross (1790-1866) chief of the First Indian Republic, was principal chief of the Cherokees during the time of the Removal , establishment of the Cherokee Nation, and until his death. During the Civil War he split with the Cherokees who favored the Southern cause and ruled in exile after 1863 from Philadelphia. The collection contains correspondence, proclamation as chief of the Cherokee Tribe, legal papers, records,...
Dates: [no date]
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / Manuscript Collection: John Ross Papers

Muster roll of John Benge detachment, September 28, 1838

 Item — Folder 504: [Barcode: 187.504]
Identifier: 4026.707
Description

Muster roll of John Benge to January 17, 1839. Two sheets of paper with handwritten text in ink on recto. The two sheets of paper attached together with handwritten text in ink on recto. Folder 504

Dates: September 28, 1838
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / MC.1954.185, Manuscript Collection: John Ross Papers

Note From Return J. Meigs to John Ross, 1797 - 1897

 Item — Folder 12A: [Barcode: 187.12A]
Identifier: 4026.1963
Description

Note from Cherokee Indian Agent Return J. Meigs to Chief John Ross concerning slaves. One sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on recto and verso. Folder 12A

Dates: 1797 - 1897
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / MC.1954.185, Manuscript Collection: John Ross Papers

Resolution of Council, December 3, 1833

 Item — Folder 87: [Barcode: 187.87]
Identifier: 4026.123
Description

Resolution of council prohibiting slaves from owning property, gambling, or drinking ardent spirits. (OS). One sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on recto and verso. Folder 87

Dates: December 3, 1833
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / MC.1954.185, Manuscript Collection: John Ross Papers

The Removal of the Cherokee, circa 1927

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 65
Identifier: 4027.5291
Description

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

Dates: circa 1927
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / MC.1954.39, Cherokee Papers

Typescript of "An Account of My Escape from the South in 1861", circa 1930s

 Item — Folder 3: [Barcode: 76.3]
Identifier: 4026.4553
Description

Folder 3

Dates: circa 1930s
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / MC.1954.73, Manuscript Collection: Edmond J. Gardner

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