Cherokee Papers Manuscript Collection
Found in 96 Collections and/or Records:
Letter from G.M. Lavender to Elias Boudinot, February 4, 1837
Letter from G.M. Lavender to Elias Boudinot, both of New Echota, concerning Charles Moore's ownership of the ferry on the Hightower River often used by Lavender. Folder 21
Letter from G.W. Hicks to George Benge, February 3, 1892
Letter from G.W. Hicks, Wichita Baptist Mission, Anadarko in Oklahoma Territory to George Benge in Tahlequah, Cherokee Nation, asking for the return of fifty dollars sent to S. Benge and W.P. Ross for a trip to Washington, D.C. that had to be canceled. Folder 54
Letter from H. Price, Commissioner of Indian Affairs, to Chief D.W. Bushyhead, June 25, 1883
Letter from H. Price, Commissioner of Indian Affairs, to Chief D.W. Bushyhead requesting the locations of specific places in the Cherokee Nation needed for a new map of Indian Territory. Folder 49
Letter from J. C. Dickinson to Friend Tatum, October 16, 1860
A letter from J. C. Dickinson in Tahlequah, Cherokee Nation, to Friend Tatum discussing a Cherokee Council session in which the selling of neutral lands were protested in Washington. Folder 36
Letter from L.B. Gritts to Miss Teenor regarding membership cards for the Kee-Too-Wah Society, April 16, 1950
Letter from L.B. Gritts to Miss Teenor regarding cards for membership in the Kee-Too-Wah Society and the printing date for the Cherokee Advocate. Folder 61
Letter from Meigs at Southwest Point to John Browder, June 22, 1807
Letter from Meigs at Southwest Point to John Browder advising that Sam Graves must be restrained from drunken quarrels with white people or be "removed away" by the chiefs. He states that some white people would take advantage of Native Americans and indulge themselves in violent acts, and that additional troops may be needed. Folder 7
Letter from Return J. Meigs to John Browder, April 14, 1811
Letter from Return J. Meigs to John Browder stating that Daniel Snider and Elias Gwin are to take two wagonloads of corn to the Indian Turnpike for payment of $3.50 each per day. Folder 10
Letter from Return J. Meigs to John Browder, May 14, 1811
A letter from Return J. Meigs to John Browder discussing the possibility of Browder occupying an island at the mouth of the Tennessee River. Folder 12
Letter from Robert H. Hynds to General John Cocke, January 5, 1843
Letter from Robert H. Hynds in Dandridge, Georgia, to General John Cocke, recollecting his journey to the Cherokee Nation in 1827. He went to negotiate a treaty for the cession of lands east of the Mississippi. Folder 28
Letter from Soup Watts to Captain John Kogan, April 14, 1845
Letter from Soup Watts in Vian, Cherokee Nation, to Captain John Kogan in Fort Smith, Arkansas, listing the heads of families not included in a former schedule. They also agree to establish a depot on "Sallisaw at Richard Benge's, directly on the Whiskey Road." Folder 30