Cherokee
Found in 3726 Collections and/or Records:
Handwritten copy of letter from Senator James Harlan to Secretary of the Interior Columbus Delano, May 23, 1871
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
Handwritten copy of preliminary examination in the case of George Christy charged with the murder of Nicholas B. Saunders, August 26, 1885
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
Handwritten copy of request by Return J. Meigs to John Browder, February 27, 1806
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
Handwritten copy of request by Return J. Meigs to Mr. John Browder, April 6, 1806
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
Handwritten copy of Senator W. Sebastian's Creditors and $20,000 to Ross and Treaty Party advance to obtain Old Settler approval of treaty, August 1, 1848
Handwritten copy of Senator W. Sebastian's Creditors and $20,000 to Ross and Treaty Party advance to obtain Old Settler approval of treaty. Folder 127
Handwritten document addressed to the United States Congress regarding Western Cherokees after Treaty of 1833, mid-19th century
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
Handwritten document in Cherokee syllabary, circa 1834
Handwritten document in Cherokee syllabary, mid-19th century - mid-20th century
Handwritten document in Cherokee syllabary. Folder 76
Handwritten document in Cherokee syllabary, mid-19th century - mid-20th century
Handwritten document in Cherokee syllabary, no translation. Folder 78
Handwritten document in Cherokee syllabary, mid-19th century - mid-20th century
Handwritten document in Cherokee syllabary, no translation. Folder 79