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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 list of names in Cherokee syllabary with photocopy, mid-19th century - mid-20th century

 Item — Box 2, Folder: 75
Identifier: 4926.266
Description

Handwritten document in Cherokee syllabary, list of names with numbers associated with them. Photocopy included. Folder 75

Dates: mid-19th century - mid-20th century

Handwritten list of names in Cherokee syllabary with photocopy, mid-19th century - mid-20th century

 Item — Box 2, Folder: 85
Identifier: 4926.277
Description

Handwritten list of 90 individuals in Cherokee syllabary with photocopy and handwritten translation. Folder 85

Dates: mid-19th century - mid-20th century

Handwritten list of names in Cherokee syllabary with photocopy, mid-19th century - mid-20th century

 Item — Box 2, Folder: 86
Identifier: 4926.278
Description

Handwritten list of 255 people in Cherokee syllabary, with 114 individuals listed on one page and 141 on the other. Includes photocopy and handwritten translation. Folder 86

Dates: mid-19th century - mid-20th century

Handwritten list of names in Cherokee syllabary with photocopy, mid-19th century - mid-20th century

 Item — Box 2, Folder: 87
Identifier: 4926.279
Description

Handwritten list of 53 names in Cherokee syllabary with a photocopy and handwritten translation. Folder 87

Dates: mid-19th century - mid-20th century

Handwritten list of names in Cherokee syllabary with photocopy, mid-19th century - mid-20th century

 Item — Box 2, Folder: 88
Identifier: 4926.280
Description Handwritten list of 71 names in Cherokee syllabary with a photocopy included. There is a handwritten note on the photocopy saying the names were translated on June 25, 1968, but a physical translation is absent. Folder 88 Transcription/Transliteration This document has been transliterated from the Cherokee syllabary into Romanized Cherokee Phonetics.[First Column] tsatsi tsudotlila sawi wadi sawi tsimi gadoga kaquonv [quo in...
Dates: mid-19th century - mid-20th century

Handwritten list of "Old Settlers" names, mid-19th century - mid-20th century

 Item — Box 3, Folder: 66
Identifier: 4026.5283
Description

Handwritten list of the names of 119 (actually 120) "Old Settler" Treaty Party members from the Delaware, Going Snake, and Flint Districts. Signed by David and Ellis McDaniel of Going Snake District. Folder 66

Dates: mid-19th century - mid-20th century

Handwritten notice from Return J. Meigs, War Department in Tennessee to John Browder, September 6, 1806

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 6
Identifier: 3826.1270
Description

Handwritten notice from Return J. Meigs, War Department in Tennessee, to John Browder stating that lenient measures have not kept white people from running their cattle on indigenous lands, with instructions that they are to remove their cattle by September 20, or be prosecuted by law. Folder 6

Dates: September 6, 1806

Letter from A. Henry to Henry Cunningham, July 21, 1846

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 31
Identifier: 3826.1284
Description

Letter from A. Henry in Maysville to Henry Cunningham in Van Buren, Arkansas, concerning the sale of a house and lots. Folder 31

Dates: July 21, 1846

Letter from Attorney General of the U.S. William Wirt to John C. Calhoun, Secretary of State, April 2, 1824

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 14
Identifier: 5126.475
Description

A Letter of Opinion from Attorney General of the United States William Wirt to John C. Calhoun, Secretary of State. He explains why the Cherokee Nation cannot tax traders licensed by the United States government as they have the "sole and exclusive right of regulating" trade. Folder 14

Dates: April 2, 1824

Letter from Charles P. Jones to Timothy Jones, February 12, 1831

 Item — Box 3, Folder: 16
Identifier: 3826.1276
Description

A handwritten letter from Charles P. Jones in Augusta, Georgia, to his father Timothy Jones in Hartford County, Connecticut. Charles misses his parents but wishes to remain in the South for the summer as a peddler. He also tries to persuade his parents to convert to Christianity. Includes a short typed summary. Folder 16

Dates: February 12, 1831