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Cherokee

 Subject
Subject Source: Gilcrease Culture Terms

Found in 3726 Collections and/or Records:

Columbian Centinel and Massachusetts Federalist, Volume XXXII, Whole Number 1630, Number 18, Boston, Massachusetts, November 2, 1799

 Item — Box 3, Folder: 1
Identifier: 4126.532
Description

Publication of a Treaty Between the United States of America and the Cherokee Indians. 4 pages. Folder 1

Dates: November 2, 1799

Commission of Wm. West as District Sheriff of the Canadian District, November 16, 1881

 Item — Folder 468: [Barcode: 61.468]
Identifier: 4026.2053
Description

The word "Bond" is written in blue pencil at the top of the page. Commission was by D. W. Bushyhead, Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation. Folder 468

Dates: November 16, 1881

Commissioner George H. Manypenny's Acknowledgement of Receipt of May 10 Letter, May 11, 1853

 Item — Folder 1015: [Barcode: 187.1015]
Identifier: 4026.1190
Description

Commissioner George H. Manypenny's acknowledgment of receipt of May 10 letter (May 10, 1853). Agent Butler to investigate. Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on one page. Folder 1015

Dates: May 11, 1853

Communication from Cherokee Delegation to President Andrew Johnson, January 31, 1866

 Item — Folder 1298: [Barcode: 187.1298]
Identifier: 4026.1876-.20
Description

Communication from Cherokee Delegation of Smith Christie, White Catcher, Daniel H. Ross, Thomas Pegg, S. H. Benge, and James McDaniel to President Andrew Johnson regarding loyalty of Chief John Ross and the Cherokee. Twenty one pages with handwritten text in ink. Folder 1298

Dates: January 31, 1866

Communication from Three Delaware Chiefs to Grand Council of Indian Nations on North Fork of Canadian River, June 9, 1861

 Item — Folder 1106: [Barcode: 187.1106]
Identifier: 4026.1273-.1
Description

Communication from three Delaware Chiefs to Grand Council of Indian Nations on North Fork of Canadian River urging neutrality in Civil War. Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on four pages. Folder 1106

Dates: June 9, 1861

Communication Signed by Cherokee Delegates to Lewis Case, February 24, 1836

 Item — Folder 182: [Barcode: 187.182]
Identifier: 4026.244
Description

Communication signed by 19 delegates to Lewis Case, Secretary of War. Instructing him to pay $6,666.66 annuity to John Martin, Treasurer of Cherokee Nation East. One sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on recto and handwritten text in pencil on verso. Folder 182

Dates: February 24, 1836

Compensation, by rank, in the Confederate Army and note about allowances in the U. S. Army, 1860s

 Item — Folder 258: [Barcode: 61.258]
Identifier: 4026.3316-.1
Description 4026.3316 showed compensation for volunteer cavalry troops of the Confederate Army. Each member of the regiment had to have a good serviceable horse which he would receive $0.40 a day for the use of. If the horse was killed in action the volunteer would receive compensation according to their appraised value. In addition to pay every man would recieve$21.00 every six months in lieu of clothing. 4026.3316.1 is a note written in pencil concerning allowances, by rank, for rations, forage, and...
Dates: 1860s

Confederate States of America twenty dollar bill, September 2, 1861

 Item — Folder 7: [Barcode: 47.7]
Identifier: 5126.166

Contract between E. B. Alexander and John Drew for corn and oats, September 27, 1844

 Item — Folder 77: [Barcode: 61.77]
Identifier: 4026.1624
Description

Contract between Captain E. B. Alexander and John Drew, where John Drew agreed to furnish 5,000 bushels of corn and 1,000 bushels of oats by February 1, 1845. John Drew was to deliver the corn and oats to Fort Gibson and be compensated $0.55 for each bushel of corn and $0.45 for each bushel of oats. Folder 77

Dates: September 27, 1844

Contract between Public Schools in the Illinois District and teacher James Rawles concerning a common English class, February 21, 1844

 Item — Folder 70: [Barcode: 61.70]
Identifier: 4026.1617
Description

Contract between three directs of the public schools in the Illinois District and teacher James Rawls. Rawls is contracted to teach a common English School for five months. Folder 70

Dates: February 21, 1844