Old Settlers
Found in 73 Collections and/or Records:
Schedule of Claims to be Paid Out of Annuity for Year 1835, October 1835
Schedule of claims to be paid out of annuity for year 1835. (OS). Folded sheet of paper with handwriting in ink on four sides. One sheet with handwriting in ink on two sides. Another sheet folded with handwriting in in on three sides. Folder 165
The Removal of the Cherokee, circa 1927
Typescript of an essay titled "The Removal of the Cherokee" by John Madden. Describes how the comissioner J.F. Schermerhorn arranged the Treaty of 1835 in absence of Cherokee officers. By this treaty, the Cherokee Nation ceded to the U.S. all territory east of the Mississippi River. Includes history of the removal from June 1838 to March 1839. Folder 65
Unsigned Letter from Chief John Ross to William Shorey Coodey, December 1837
Unsigned letter from Chief John Ross to William Shorey Coodey regarding Treaty position of United States, failure of Western Cherokee to name delegation, and failure of Seminole negotiations. (Moulton). Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on four pages. Folder 282