Cherokee Papers Manuscript Collection
Found in 96 Collections and/or Records:
Agreement between Shawnee and Cherokee tribes regarding Shawnee settlement and incorporation, June 9, 1869
Printed government document of an agreement between the Shawnee and Cherokee tribes approved by President Ulysses S. Grant, allowing the Shawnee to settle on Cherokee land east of ninety-six degrees and to become Cherokee citizens. Sealed by Cherokee delegates H. D. Reese and Wm. P. Adair and Shawnee delegates Graham Rogers and Charles Tucker. Folder 40
Bill to Colonel Return J. Meigs for bar irons for use of garrison, April 17, 1802
Bill of sale from Colonel Return J. Meigs for 64 bars of iron for the use of his garrison. Folder 2
Blank application forms for Kee-Too-Wah Society, mid-20th century
Blank application forms for membership in Kee-Too-Wah Society. Folder 61
Candidates and election of the Committee of Five, August 6, 1847
List of candidates and election of the Committee of Five as provided in the Treaty of August 6, 1847. The president of the Committee decides in favor of Calvin Smith after he ties with Samuel Chambers. Folder 33
Chart showing original Cherokee allotments, mid-19th century - mid-20th century
Chart showing original Cherokee allotments which include Lowery, Smith, Hammer, Morris, Cobb, and Thomas. Folder 91
Cherokee Papers
Columbian Centinel and Massachusetts Federalist, Volume XXXII, Whole Number 1630, Number 18, Boston, Massachusetts, November 2, 1799
Publication of a Treaty Between the United States of America and the Cherokee Indians. 4 pages. Folder 1
Hand-drawn map of New Echota, Georgia, mid-19th century - mid-20th century
Hand-drawn map of New Echota, Georgia, noting a Federal monument, council house, tribal cemetary, and Elias Boudinot's house where the Cherokee Phoenix was printed. Folder 71, larger version in Map 455
Handwritten Argument on the 9th Article of the Cherokee Treaty, mid-19th century - mid-20th century
Handwritten "Argument on the 9th Article of the Cherokee Treaty" concerning the evaluation of ferries owned by Cherokee individuals and their net income. Eight pages. Folder 68
Handwritten committee voting record for president and clerk, mid-19th century - mid-20th century
Handwritten committee voting record for president and for clerk positions. Includes committee nomination members. Folder 67