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Treaty of New Echota

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Found in 36 Collections and/or Records:

Letter from Acting Secretary of War S. Cooper to Cherokee Delegation, April 14, 1838

 Item — Folder 337: [Barcode: 187.337]
Identifier: 4026.560-.1
Description

Letter from Acting Secretary or War S. Cooper to Cherokee Delegation regarding letter of April 13 and reiterating determination to carry out Treaty of 1835. Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on three pages and handwritten text in pencil on one side. Folder 337

Dates: April 14, 1838

Letter from Brigadier General John E. Wool to the Cherokee People, September 19, 1836

 Item — Folder 196: [Barcode: 187.196]
Identifier: 4026.345-.1
Description

Letter from Brigadier General John E. Wool to the Cherokee People that the Treaty will not be altered and that removal is to be completed within two years from May 23, 1836. (Western Cherokee Item) Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on two pages. Folder 196

Dates: September 19, 1836

Letter from Chief John Ross and Edward Gunter to Colonel John Mason, Jr., December 6, 1837

 Item — Folder 272: [Barcode: 187.272]
Identifier: 4026.501-.2
Description

Letter from Chief John Ross and Edward Gunter in Washington City to Colonel John Mason, Jr. regretting termination of negotiations and acceptance of Senate ratification without assent of Cherokees to the Treaty. Three sheets of paper with handwritten text in ink on all rectos and versos. Folder 272

Dates: December 6, 1837

Letter from Commissioner of Indian Affairs C. A. Harris to Chief John Ross, March 27, 1838

 Item — Folder 328: [Barcode: 187.328]
Identifier: 4026.551
Description

Letter from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs C. A. Harris to Chief John Ross reporting that the Senate has tabled Cherokee Memorial thereby supporting Executive Branch in carrying Treaty of 1835 into effect. On the reverse of this letter is a letter dated April 12, 1838 from Lewis Ross asking him to place affairs of Cherokee in better light before May 23. Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on three pages. Folder 328

Dates: March 27, 1838

Letter from Evan Jones to Chief John Ross, March 20, 1838

 Item — Folder 322: [Barcode: 187.322]
Identifier: 4026.546
Description

Letter from Evan Jones to Chief John Ross concerning Boudinot pamphlet, Cherokee memorial, and suggesting that Richard Taylor, Situagi, and White Path write letters to the people regarding the Treaty of 1835. (Resembles Moulton Vol. I, pp. 614-615). One sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on recto and verso. Folder 322

Dates: March 20, 1838

Letter from General John E. Wool to the Cherokee, March 22, 1837

 Item — Folder 217: [Barcode: 187.217]
Identifier: 4026.443a-.1
Description

Longhand copy, two printed copies, and one Photostat of letter from Brigadier General John E. Wool to the Cherokee urging them to follow terms of the Treaty of New Echota. Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on four pages. Folder 217

Dates: March 22, 1837

Letter from General John E. Wool to the Cherokee, March 22, 1837

 Item — Folder 217: [Barcode: 187.217]
Identifier: 4026.443b-.1
Description

Longhand copy, two printed copies, and one Photostat of letter from Brigadier General John E. Wool to the Cherokee urging them to follow terms of the Treaty of New Echota. Folder 217.

Dates: March 22, 1837

Letter from General John E. Wool to the Cherokee, March 22, 1837

 Item — Folder 217: [Barcode: 187.217]
Identifier: 4026.443c-.1
Description

Longhand copy, two printed copies, and one Photostat of letter from Brigadier General John E. Wool to the Cherokee urging them to follow terms of the Treaty of New Echota. Folder 217.

Dates: March 22, 1837

Letter from General Matthew Arbuckle to Chief John Ross, September 4, 1839

 Item — Folder 630: [Barcode: 187.630]
Identifier: 4026.819-.1
Description

Letter from General Matthew Arbuckle to Chief John Ross and others. Holding that Order for George W. Adair and John D. Bell to appear before the Convention is not valid because their signing of the Treaty of New Echota in 1835 was "duly authorized." Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on three pages. Folder 630

Dates: September 4, 1839

Letter from Joel R. Poinsett to Chief John Ross, August 12, 1837

 Item — Folder 240: [Barcode: 187.240]
Identifier: 4026.462-.1
Description

Letter from Joel R. Poinsett [delivered by Sherburne] to Chief John Ross. President 'has no control over Treaty, and no alternative but its enforcement.' Sherburne hopes to induce the Cherokee through the influence of Chiefs to remove peaceably. Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on four pages. Folder 240

Dates: August 12, 1837