Treaty of New Echota
Found in 36 Collections and/or Records:
Resolution, August 1, 1838
Resolution adopted by Council at Aquokee Camp asserting that the sovereignty of the Cherokee Nation, its constitution, laws and usages shall continue in perpetuity, etc. There are fifteen signers. Folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on four pages. Folder 385
Resolution of General Council of the Cherokee Nation regarding land entitlement, August 1, 1838
Resolution of the General Council of the Cherokee Nation stating that the original title and ownership of indigenous lands are still vested in the Cherokee Nation, and that all losses resulting from the Treaty of New Echota are chargeable to the United States. Signatures include Richard Taylor, President; Going Snake, Speaker; and Stephen Foreman, Clerk. Folder 25
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
Unsigned Document Listing Objections to Treaty of New Echota, 1797 - 1897
Unsigned document listing objections to Treaty of New Echota (December 29, 1835). Folded sheets of paper wth handwritten text in ink on five pages. Folder 176
Unsigned Letter from Chief John Ross to William Shorey Coodey, December 1837
Unsigned letter from Chief John Ross to William Shorey Coodey regarding Treaty position of United States, failure of Western Cherokee to name delegation, and failure of Seminole negotiations. (Moulton). Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on four pages. Folder 282
Untitled Pencil Sheets Representing a "Talk for the President", 1797 - 1897
Untitled pencil sheets representing a 'Talk for the President.' Opening lines are identical with paragraph at bottom of second page and top of third page of speech. (See August 7, 1837) Nine sheets of paper with handwritten text in pencil on seventeen pages. Folder 235A