Eastern Cherokee
Found in 20 Collections and/or Records:
Minutes of meetings of the Grand Annual Council of the Eastern Band of the Cherokees, October 2 - 4, 1876
Copy of minutes of meetings of the Grand Annual Council of the Eastern Bank of the Cherokees Folder 21
Passport for Benjamin Bracket and his family to travel independently from Cherokee Agency East to Cherokee Agency West, October 30, 1838
Signed by Nat. Smith. Folder 139
Power of Attorney from Big Mush to Chief John Ross, March 27, 1845
Power of Attorney from Big Mush to Ross. To pursue claim with respect to reservation of Choctaw. Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on two pages. Folder 965
Power of Attorney from Jesse Lovett to Chief John Ross, November 15, 1839
Power of Attorney from Jesse Lovett to Chief John Ross. To obtain warrant, title or remuneration for a reservation to Caty Stephens under Treaty of 1817 and 1819. Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on one page. Folder 678
Resolution of Council authorizing John Ross to engage a person to prosecute treaty claims of Eastern Cherokees, October 9, 1872
Resolution of Council authorizing John Ross to engage a person to prosecute treaty claims of Eastern Cherokees and approved by John Ross, Principal Chief, whose name is signed in English and in Cherokee. Folder 20
Resolution of National Committee and Council , October 10, 1832
Front side of document is a Resolution of National Committee and unknown, regarding improvements. Both signed by John Rogers, President and Wm. Thornton, Clerk and appear to be Old Settler items. It is dated October 9, 1832. The back side is a Resolution of National Committee and Council regarding spoliation claims against the Osage. (OS). It is dated October 10, 1832. One sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on recto and verso. Folder 74
Resolution of National Committee and Council , October 10, 1832
Resolution of National Committee and Council regarding the date of annual council. Repeals act requiring General Council meeting to be held first Monday in September and sets meeting date to first Monday in October. (OS). Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on one page. Folder 75
Text of Address by Chief John Ross to National Council , September 12, 1839
Text of Address by Chief John Ross to newly-elected National Council under Constitution adopted under July 12 Act of Union. This is first document in file written at Tahlequah Cherokee Nation. (Moulton) Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on four pages. Folder 633
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
Two letters from Joel Roberts Poinsett to the Cherokee Delegation with envelope, 1797 - 1897
Envelope for letter from Joel R. Poinsett, Secretary of War, to delegation in Washington City. Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on two sides. Folder 349