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Treaty of New Echota

 Subject
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Found in 36 Collections and/or Records:

Letter Reporting that Uncle Mackey States There is a Presidential Order to Arrest Delegation for Opposing Treaty, November 18, 1836

 Item — Folder 206: [Barcode: 187.206]
Identifier: 4026.422-.1
Description

Letter (fragments missing) written at Gunter's Landing and addressed "Dear Father". Reporting that Uncle Mackey states there is a Presidential Order to arrest the delegation for opposing the Treaty of New Echota; removal beginning. Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on three pages. Folder 206

Dates: November 18, 1836

Letter to Richard Taylor and Robert Daniel, November 16, 1847

 Item — Folder 979: [Barcode: 187.979]
Identifier: 4026.1137
Description

Unsigned draft copy of letter to Rich Taylor and Robert Daniel appointing them delegates to urge U. S. officers to speedily adjust claims under Treaties of 1835 and 1846, notably amounts improperly paid out of five million dollars (Moulton). One sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on recto. Folder 979

Dates: November 16, 1847

Manuscript Collection: Cherokee Claims Record

 Collection
Identifier: MC.1970.37
Collection Overview Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: Bound volume containing the text of 374 claims filed under the 1835 Treaty of New Echota. In addition to the claims are supporting affidavits and evidence. The claims were filed before Jesse Bushyhead, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Cherokee Nation; Evan Jones, Clerk; David M. Foreman, Solicitor or Clerk for the Going Snake District. (The Going Snake district was east of Tahlequah, near Westville. On page 122 and...
Dates: 1842

Memo of Allowances to be paid to Mr. Schermerhorn, April 2, 1835

 Item — Folder 142: [Barcode: 187.142]
Identifier: 4026.194
Description

Unaddressed and unsigned memo of allowances to be paid to Mr. Schermerhorn, Commissioner for Treaty, for attendance at council in New Echota. One sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on recto. Folder 142

Dates: April 2, 1835

Memorial and Petition Signed by 6 Eastern and 4 Western Cherokee Chiefs, February 22, 1837

 Item — Folder 210: [Barcode: 187.210]
Identifier: 4026.436-.3
Description

Memorial and Petition signed by 6 Eastern and 4 Western Cherokee Chiefs to Congress asking for a delay of the Treaty of New Echota and investigation of their assertions. (Moulton) Sheets of paper with handwritten text in ink. Folder 210

Dates: February 22, 1837

Memorial from the Cherokee Delegation to Congress, 1797 - 1897

 Item — Folder 706: [Barcode: 187.706]
Identifier: 4026.1973-.3
Description

Unsigned draft of a memorial from the Cherokee delegation to Congress. Reciting events from the Treaty of New Echota to Poinsett's letter of Jan. 4, 1840 [4026.880] defending Ross, and asking Congress to relieve "the evils under which we are now laboring" Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on four pages. Folder 706

Dates: 1797 - 1897

National Council Resolution, 1797 - 1897

 Item — Folder 1024: [Barcode: 187.1024]
Identifier: 4026.1971
Description

Unsigned Resolution of National Council. Prompted by planned establishment of Nebraska Territory which is to include "Neutral Land", Cherokee "outlet", and part of inhabited nation and by questions of U. S. vs. Cherokee Jurisdiction. (See Nov 2. 1853 and Moulton Vol. II, page 389). Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on four pages. Folder 1024

Dates: 1797 - 1897

Note from Chief John Ross to John Tipton, May 9, 1836

 Item — Folder 185: [Barcode: 187.185]
Identifier: 4026.247-.3
Description

Note from Chief John Ross to General John Tipton, Senator, handed to Colonel Standifer by Lewis Ross and delivered to Tipton, protesting Schermerhorn Treaty and indicating readiness to meet with new commissioners, if appointed by the President. (Moulton) Two folded sheets of paper with handwritten text in ink. Folder 185

Dates: May 9, 1836

Printed Text of Speech of Representative Chapman on Treaty with the Cherokee, June 29, 1836

 Item — Folder 187: [Barcode: 187.187]
Identifier: 3726.4
Description

Printed text of speech of Representative Chapman, Alabama. On bill making appropriations to carry Treaty with Cherokees into effect. Folded sheets of paper with types text. Folder 187

Dates: June 29, 1836

Protest of Cherokees in General Council, November 29, 1851

 Item — Folder 1003: [Barcode: 187.1003]
Identifier: 4026.1179
Description

Protest of Cherokees in General Council. Listing nine items in controversy under Treaties of 1835 and 1846. (Moulton) Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on four pages. Folder 1003

Dates: November 29, 1851