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Cherokee Papers Manuscript Collection

 Subject
Subject Source: Gilcrease Subcollections
Scope Note: Authorities\Attributes\Sub-Collection\

Found in 96 Collections and/or Records:

Handwritten copy of letter from Cherokee Delegation to President U. S. Grant, May 29, 1871

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 44
Identifier: 3826.1290
Description

Handwritten copy of letter from W. P. Adair and C. N. Vann of the Cherokee Delegation to President Ulysses S. Grant requesting a fair price for Cherokee lands west of ninety-six degrees and south of thirty-seven degrees. Folder 44

Dates: May 29, 1871

Handwritten copy of letter from Cherokee Delegation to Senator James Harlan, May 22, 1871

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 41
Identifier: 3826.1287
Description

Handwritten copy of letter from Cherokee Delegation signed by W. P. Adair and C. N Vann to Senator James Harlan, Chairman of the U. S. Senate Indian Committee, regarding pricing of land to be sold by Cherokees, with references to the Treaties of 1866, 1867, and 1869. Folder 41

Dates: May 22, 1871

Handwritten copy of letter from Secretary of the Interior Columbus Delano to Cherokee Delegation, May 26, 1871

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 43
Identifier: 3826.1289
Description

Handwritten copy of letter from Secretary of the Interior Columbus Delano in Washington, D.C., to W. P. Adair and C. N. Vann of the Cherokee Delegation concerning pricing of Cherokee lands. He states that if the concerned parties do not agree, the price should be fixed by the President of the United States. Folder 43

Dates: May 26, 1871

Handwritten copy of letter from Senator James Harlan to Secretary of the Interior Columbus Delano, May 23, 1871

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 42
Identifier: 3826.1288
Description

Handwritten copy of a letter from Senator James Harlan to Secretary of the Interior Columbus Delano. Harlan suggests that a committee be established to set the price of Cherokee lands. He also references the Treaty of 1866 and implicates inequal wealth between tribes. Folder 42

Dates: May 23, 1871

Handwritten copy of preliminary examination in the case of George Christy charged with the murder of Nicholas B. Saunders, August 26, 1885

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 51
Identifier: 5126.486
Description

Handwritten copy of preliminary examination in the case of George Christy charged with the murder of Nicholas B. Saunders in Tahlequah. Written by Allen Ross, Clerk, declaring that the prisoner should be bound over for trial. Includes original envelope. Folder 51

Dates: August 26, 1885

Handwritten copy of request by Return J. Meigs to John Browder, February 27, 1806

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 4
Identifier: 3826.1268
Description

Handwritten copy of request by Return J. Meigs to John Browder to stop fords on the Tennessee River in order to keep the cattle from indigenous lands. Folder 4

Dates: February 27, 1806

Handwritten copy of request by Return J. Meigs to Mr. John Browder, April 6, 1806

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 5
Identifier: 3826.1269
Description

Handwritten copy of request by Return J. Meigs to Mr. John Browder to keep the barriers on the Tennessee river in order to prevent white persons from ranging cattle on indigenous lands. Folder 5

Dates: April 6, 1806

Handwritten document addressed to the United States Congress regarding Western Cherokees after Treaty of 1833, mid-19th century

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 63
Identifier: 4026.5290
Description

Handwritten complaint from the Western Cherokee tribe to the United States Senate and House of Representatives discussing the legislative treatment of the Eastern and Western Cherokee tribes in relation to Treaty of 1833 alongside the matter of forced removal and land costs. Discusses the Western Cherokee's land stolen by the Eastern Cherokee that was then sold to the U.S. government. Eighteen pages long. Folder 63

Dates: mid-19th century