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Cherokee

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Subject Source: Gilcrease Culture Terms

Found in 3726 Collections and/or Records:

Letter from General Winfield Scott to Committee, August 2, 1838

 Item — Folder 388A: [Barcode: 187.388A]
Identifier: 4026.616
Description

Letter from Scott to Committee (Cherokee Agents for emigration) fixing $15,880 as the estimated cost for emigration of 1000 Cherokees. Folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on two pages. Folder 388A

Dates: August 2, 1838
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / MC.1954.185, Manuscript Collection: John Ross Papers

Letter from General Winfield Scott to George Lowry, June 19, 1838

 Item — Folder 361: [Barcode: 187.361]
Identifier: 4026.587
Description

Letter from General Winfield Scott, Commander of Cherokee Removal, to George Lowry and others granting request that migration to West be delayed beyond September 1, if they give him a written pledge (see June 19, 1838) that they will comply with 3 conditions. Folded sheet with handwritten text in ink on three pages. Folder 361

Dates: June 19, 1838
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / MC.1954.185, Manuscript Collection: John Ross Papers

Letter from General Winfield Scott to John Ross, July 25, 1838

 Item — Folder 377: [Barcode: 187.377]
Identifier: 4026.603-.1
Description Letter from General Winfield Scott to Chief John Ross, E. Hicks, John Brown, E. Gunter, Sittewakee, White Path, and R. Taylor stating conditions under which he would permit the Cherokees to move themselves. Folded sheet with handwritten text in ink on four pages. Folder 377 Transcript Head Quarters Eastern Division Cherokee Agency, July 25, 1838 Gentlemen I have received your letter submitting certain proposals, dated the 23th...
Dates: July 25, 1838
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / MC.1954.185, Manuscript Collection: John Ross Papers

Letter from George A. McCall to Brigadier General Matthew Arbuckle, May 3, 1839

 Item — Folder 543: [Barcode: 187.543]
Identifier: 4026.737-.3
Description

Letter from Captain George A. McCall to Brigadier General Matthew Arbuckle. Reporting investigation of Camp Illinois hostility incident; also mentioning Cherokee temperance resolution (4026.730). Sheets of paper with handwritten text in ink. Folder 543

Dates: May 3, 1839
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / MC.1954.185, Manuscript Collection: John Ross Papers

Letter from George Butler, December 13, 1858

 Item — Folder 1054: [Barcode: 187.1054]
Identifier: 4026.1226
Description

Letter from George Butler, Cherokee Agent, Tahlequah, announcing arrival of annuity. One sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on recto. 4026.1226.1 is an envelope with handwritten text in ink recto. Folder 1054

Dates: December 13, 1858
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / MC.1954.185, Manuscript Collection: John Ross Papers

Letter from George C. Benge to Chief John Ross, November 5, 1837

 Item — Folder 259: [Barcode: 187.259]
Identifier: 4026.485
Description

Letter from George C. Benge to Chief John Ross regarding fraudulent spoliation claim concerning four slaves filed by Robert B. Vann. Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on two pages. Folder 259

Dates: November 5, 1837
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / MC.1954.185, Manuscript Collection: John Ross Papers

Letter from George C. Whitney to Commissioner of Indian Affairs Alfred B. Greenwood, June 22, 1860

 Item — Folder 1076: [Barcode: 187.1076]
Identifier: 4026.1246
Description

Letter from George C. Whitney, Pension Office, to Commissioner of Indian Affairs Alfred B. Greenwood concerning Bounty Land Claim of Susannah Taylor. One sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on recto. Folder 1076

Dates: June 22, 1860
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / MC.1954.185, Manuscript Collection: John Ross Papers

Letter from George Downing to Capt. A. J. Nicholson, care of Col. W. C. Young, October 26, 1861

 Item — Folder 295: [Barcode: 61.295]
Identifier: 4026.1823
Description

George Downing wrote to Capt. A. J. Nicholson in Fort Smith, Arkansas requesting a certificate approved by the colonel of the regiment for the services he rendered with his wagon last summer. Folder 295

Dates: October 26, 1861
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / MC.1954.58, Manuscript Collection: John Drew

Letter from George H. Manypenny to Elijah Hicks, April 28, 1853

 Item — Folder 1011: [Barcode: 187.1011]
Identifier: 4026.1188-.2
Description

Letter from George H. Manypenny, Commissioner of Indian Affairs, to Messrs. Elijah Hicks and Adair. Notifying them of appointment with President. Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on one page. 4026.1188.2 is an envelope with handwritten text in ink on the recto with a wax seal. Folder 1011

Dates: April 28, 1853
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / MC.1954.185, Manuscript Collection: John Ross Papers

Letter from George H. Manypenny to Elijah Hicks, May 7, 1853

 Item — Folder 1013: [Barcode: 187.1013]
Identifier: 3826.7563
Description

Letter from Commissioner George H. Manypenny to delegation. Reporting failure to find names of Cherokees deprived of their guns in 1836, 1837, or 1838. Folder 1013.

Dates: May 7, 1853
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / MC.1954.185, Manuscript Collection: John Ross Papers

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