Cherokee
Found in 3726 Collections and/or Records:
Memorandum showing the payments made to the heirs of Looney McDaniel by John Drew, 1840s
Folder 43B
Memorial and Petition Signed by 6 Eastern and 4 Western Cherokee Chiefs, February 22, 1837
Memorial and Petition signed by 6 Eastern and 4 Western Cherokee Chiefs to Congress asking for a delay of the Treaty of New Echota and investigation of their assertions. (Moulton) Sheets of paper with handwritten text in ink. Folder 210
Memorial and Petition Signed [Printed January 15 by Chief John Ross and Edward Gunter] Samuel Gunter, James Brown, Elijah Hicks, Richard Taylor, Sitewakee, and White Path to United States Congress, December 15, 1837
Memorial and Petition signed [printed January 15, by Chief John Ross and Edward Gunter] Samuel Gunter, James Brown, Elijah Hicks, Richard Taylor, Sitewakee, and White Path Cherokee delegation to United States Congress. [Moulton]. Folder 275.
Memorial from the Cherokee Delegation to Congress, 1797 - 1897
Unsigned draft of a memorial from the Cherokee delegation to Congress. Reciting events from the Treaty of New Echota to Poinsett's letter of Jan. 4, 1840 [4026.880] defending Ross, and asking Congress to relieve "the evils under which we are now laboring" Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on four pages. Folder 706
Memorial from the Cherokee Delegation to Congress, Feb. 28, 1840
Draft of memorial from (Feb. 28, 1840) Cherokee delegation to Congress (See 4026.898, Feb. 28, 1840) Reciting removal, Joint Council at Takatoka, June 1839, Ridge-Boudinot murders, National Convention, General Matthew Arbuckle and Old Settlers, false charges of violence, the banning of communication with Ross, etc. and seeking settlement with the U. S. (Moulton gives complete text) Sheets of paper with handwritten text in ink. Folder 708
Memos Regarding Sequoyah and the Pheasant Dance, no date
Memos (on typewriting exercise sheet). Regarding Sequoyah and the Pheasant Dance. On verso is mention of his pension. Folder 1398.
Message from Chief John Ross, July 21, 1838
Message by Chief John Ross to Cherokees upon return from Washington calling for General Council at which Delegation and people would exchange sentiments (Moulton) Folded sheet with handwritten text in ink on four pages. Folder 375
Minutes of Executive Council , June 27 to July 2, 1861
Minutes of Executive Council (Chief John Ross, James Brown, William Potter Ross, Daniel Colston, and Joseph Vann). Reviewed and approved Proclamation and correspondence with Lieutenant Colonel J. R. Kannady, Brigadier General (No Suggestions), Confederate Commissioner of Indian Affairs David Hubbard, and Albert Pike. Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on four pages. Folder 1109
Minutes of Executive Council , August 1, 1861
Minutes of Executive Council (Chief John Ross, Assistant Chief Joseph Vann, James Brown, Captain John Drew, and William Potter Ross) calling general meeting of Cherokee people at Tahlequah on August 20, 1861. (Moulton) One sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on recto and verso. Folder 1114
Minutes of Meetings of Chief John Ross and Edward Gunter with Colonel John Mason, Jr., 1797 - 1897
Minutes of meetings of Chief John Ross and Edward Gunter with Colonel John Mason, October 30 to November 6, 1831. (Moulton). Sheets of paper with handwritten text in ink on seven pages. Folder 260A