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Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Art & Architecture Thesaurus\STYLES AND PERIODS FACET\Styles and Periods\styles and periods by region\The Americas\Native American\Native American Periods\

Found in 67 Collections and/or Records:

Abstract, by Detachments, of Rations for Subsistence and Soap Issued to Emigrants, October 1, 1838 to March 25, 1839

 Item — Folder 452: [Barcode: 187.452]
Identifier: 4026.669-.1
Description

Abstract, by detachments, of rations for subsistence and soap issued to emigrants. 4026.669 is a folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on two pages. 4026.669.1 is a folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on three pages. Folder 452

Dates: October 1, 1838 to March 25, 1839
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / MC.1954.185, Manuscript Collection: John Ross Papers

Abstract of Rations Issued to George Hicks' Detachment, November 4, 1838 to March 14, 1839

 Item — Folder 525: [Barcode: 187.525]
Identifier: 4026.3174
Description

Abstract of rations issued to George Hicks' detachment and certified by him. Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on two pages. Folder 525

Dates: November 4, 1838 to March 14, 1839
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / MC.1954.185, Manuscript Collection: John Ross Papers

Abstract of Rations Issued to Jesse Bushyhead's Detachment, October 16, 1838 to February 24, 1839

 Item — Folder 518: [Barcode: 187.518]
Identifier: 4026.3170
Description

Abstract of rations issued to Jesse Bushyhead's detachment and certified by him. One sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on recto. Folder 518

Dates: October 16, 1838 to February 24, 1839
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / MC.1954.185, Manuscript Collection: John Ross Papers

Act to Legalize Intermarriage with White Men, September 28, 1839

 Item — Folder 653: [Barcode: 187.653]
Identifier: 4026.842-.1
Description

Act to legalize intermarriage with white men. (Same signers as in September 19, 1839, 4026.824) Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on three pages. Folder 653

Dates: September 28, 1839
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / MC.1954.185, Manuscript Collection: John Ross Papers

Cherokee Papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MC.1954.39
Collection Overview The Cherokee Papers consist of a collection of materials such as personal letters and legal documents ranging from before, during, and after removal, including various correspondences from Colonel Return J. Meigs, Senator James Harlan, President Ulysses S. Grant, Colonel Stand Watie, and others. There are several documents pertaining to Cherokee land rights and negotiations, including the Old Settlers’ group with the Old Settlers' Council Proceedings (1838-1865) and a list of 119 Old...
Dates: 1799-1950
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / Cherokee Papers

Fragment of account statement from Thomas Jefferson Pack, 1834 - 1838

 Item — Folder 14: [Barcode: 61.14]
Identifier: 4026.3511.7
Description

Fragment of an account from Thomas Jefferson Pack listing various articles of clothing with individual prices on each with receipts and acknowledgements of amount owed and payments. Includes names of Thomas Jefferson Pack, John Drew, Enoch Tucker, Richard Thompson and Johnson K. Rogers. Folder 14

Dates: 1834 - 1838
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / MC.1954.58, Manuscript Collection: John Drew

Incomplete and unsigned claim of Polly Vann regarding property in Georgia abandoned by her in 1833, 1830s

 Item — Folder 35: [Barcode: 61.35]
Identifier: 4026.1567
Description

An incomplete and unsigned claim after 1836 of Polly Vann for two thousand fifty nine dollars and fifty cents representing the value of a saw mill and gristmill and other improvements on land in Georgia abandoned by her in 1833 and claimed by a U.S. citizen under the lottery law. The document indicated Polly was the wife of Joseph Vann. Folder 35

Dates: 1830s
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / MC.1954.58, Manuscript Collection: John Drew

Letter from Chief John Ross and Edward Gunter to Joel Roberts Poinsett, June 15, 1838

 Item — Folder 357: [Barcode: 187.357]
Identifier: 4026.582-.1
Description

Letter from Delegation, Chief John Ross and Edward Gunter, signers, to Joel Roberts Poinsett, Secretary of War, Regarding his letter of May 18, asking what modifications the President is willing to grant under new law, and asking for a change in the persons adjusting claims. (Moulton) Folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on two pages. Folder 357

Dates: June 15, 1838
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / MC.1954.185, Manuscript Collection: John Ross Papers

Letter from John Ross to John Howard Payne , July 5, 1838

 Item — Folder 13: [Barcode: 171.13]
Identifier: 3826.1981
Description

Folder 13

Dates: July 5, 1838
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / MC.1954.169, Manuscript Collection: John Howard Payne (Grant Foreman Collection)

Letter from John Ross to John Howard Payne regarding the Cherokees' removal, February 10, 1838

 Item — Folder 12: [Barcode: 171.12]
Identifier: 3826.1980
Description

Folder 12

Dates: February 10, 1838
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / MC.1954.169, Manuscript Collection: John Howard Payne (Grant Foreman Collection)

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