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Cherokee

 Subject
Subject Source: Gilcrease Culture Terms

Found in 3726 Collections and/or Records:

Power of Attorney to John Drew by Sam Walker to represent Cherokee claimants before Commissioners of the U. S., July 20, 1838

 Item — Folder 32: [Barcode: 61.32]
Identifier: 4026.1582
Description

Power of Attorney to John Drew by Sam W. Walker transferring his power to represent various Cherokee claimants before Commissioners of the U. S. in Calhoun, Tennessee. Adjusting the Cherokee claims for land, improvements and other property under several treaties with the Cherokee Nation. Executed before M. Stokes, Indian Agent at the Cherokee Agency, Fort Gibson. Folder 32

Dates: July 20, 1838

Power of Attorney to John Drew by Susan and Ellen Conetuh to obtain and dispose of named slaves, December 24, 1825

 Item — Folder 6: [Barcode: 61.6]
Identifier: 4026.1558
Description

Power of Attorney to John Drew by Susan and Ellen Conetah to obtain and dispose of named slaves. Folder 6

Dates: December 24, 1825

Preliminary Draft of Letter to Mary Connelly, September 12, 1841

 Item — Folder 778: [Barcode: 187.778]
Identifier: 3826.7560
Description

Preliminary draft of letter to "My Dear Friend" [Mary Connelly, Bethlehem, PA. (Moulton) One sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on recto and verso. Folder 778

Dates: September 12, 1841

Presentation to U. S. Supreme Court in Parke v. Ross Alleging Error by Circuit Court., December 13, 1850

 Item — Folder 994: [Barcode: 187.994]
Identifier: 3726.200
Description

Presentation to United States Supreme Court in Parke v. Ross alleging error by Circuit Court in Parke's suit to recover portion of U. S. payment to Ross. For return of wagons despite fact Parke's wagon were not returned to East. (Moulton, Vol. II, P.345, has synopsis). Folder 994.

Dates: December 13, 1850

Presented to Grant Foreman… to be used in making the History of Oklahoma, 1850 - 1900

 Item — Folder Cherokee.38: [Barcode: 3.Cherokee.38]
Identifier: 4326.3291
Description

Black and white portrait photograph of Spencer S. Stephens. Man seated in studio setting with white hair and mustache, and formal business attire. Folder 38



Inscription(s)

Inscribed, "Spencer S. Stephens, Presented to Grant Foreman by Mrs. O. O. Brannon to be used in making the History of Oklahoma." on verso

Dates: 1850 - 1900

Pressed Flowers Given to Mary B. Stapler by Ex-President Madison's Widow, 1844 - 1849

 Item — Folder 941: [Barcode: 187.941]
Identifier: 5326.290
Description

Pressed flowers given to Mary B. Stapler by Ex-President Madison's widow. The exact date this document was given is unknown. The pressed flowers and document were given to Mary B. Stapler after the marriage of John and Mary (1844) and before Dolley Madison's death in 1849 thus the date range listed. Folder 941

Dates: 1844 - 1849

Principal debt attachment to claim against Thomas Pack, October 6, 1838

 Item — Folder 11: [Barcode: 61.11]
Identifier: 4026.3276
Description

Principal debt attachment to claim against Thomas Pack for the sum of fifty-five dollars and ninety-nine cents signed by J.D. Trayor. Folder 11

Dates: October 6, 1838

Printed 'Address' of Major General Winfield Scott to the Cherokee, May 10, 1838

 Item — Folder 343: [Barcode: 187.343]
Identifier: 4026.565a-b
Description

Printed 'address' of Major General Winfield Scott to the Cherokee asking them to make preparations for removal and gather at Ross' Landing or Gunter's Landing. One sheet of paper with typed text in ink on recto and handwritten text in ink on verso. Folder 343

Dates: May 10, 1838

Printed circular "The Fort Towson Bulletin" , October 21, 1864

 Item — Folder 331: [Barcode: 61.331]
Identifier: 4126.83
Description

The circular reports on dispatches received about the troops that were in the vicinity. Folder 331

Dates: October 21, 1864

Printed Communication from Principal Chief Dennis W. Bushyhead to National Council, April 30, 1883

 Item — Folder 1332: [Barcode: 187.1332]
Identifier: 3026.200
Description

Printed communication from Principal Chief D. W. Bushyhead to National Council on disposition of $300,000 for lands assigned to Pawnee, Ponca, Nez Perce, Otoe, Missouri, and Osage. One sheet of paper with typed text in ink on Folder 1332

Dates: April 30, 1883