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Cherokee Delegation

 Subject
Subject Source: Gilcrease Keywords
Scope Note: Authorities\John Ross\

Found in 197 Collections and/or Records:

Letter Signed by George Blair, Situagi, Sweetwater, and Peter to Chief John Ross, Taylor, McCoy, Timson, and Hair Conrad, April 10, 1834

 Item — Folder 107: [Barcode: 187.107]
Identifier: 4026.143
Description

Letter signed by George Blair, Situagi, Sweetwater, and Peter of Aquohee District to Chief John Ross, Taylor, McCoy, Timson, and Hair Conrad in Washington City as a delegation. Enclosing certifications and commenting on Cherokees "deceived by the mixed blood emigrants" and enrolling for removal. One sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on recto and verso. Folder 107

Dates: April 10, 1834
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / MC.1954.185, Manuscript Collection: John Ross Papers

Letter to Henry Ross from Lewis Ross, Grand Saline, Cherokee Nation listing delegates in Washington and Neighbors, January 26, 1866

 Item — Folder 37: [Barcode: 188.37]
Identifier: 4026.285.1
Description

Folder 37

Dates: January 26, 1866
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / MC.1975.186, Manuscript Collection: Mary Jane Ross

Letter to Richard Taylor and Robert Daniel, November 16, 1847

 Item — Folder 979: [Barcode: 187.979]
Identifier: 4026.1137
Description

Unsigned draft copy of letter to Rich Taylor and Robert Daniel appointing them delegates to urge U. S. officers to speedily adjust claims under Treaties of 1835 and 1846, notably amounts improperly paid out of five million dollars (Moulton). One sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on recto. Folder 979

Dates: November 16, 1847
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / MC.1954.185, Manuscript Collection: John Ross Papers

List of Cherokee Nation Committee of Old Settlers and delegate vote, November 19, 1846

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 32
Identifier: 5126.480
Description

List of the members of the Cherokee Nation Committee of Old Settlers with a tally vote to decide which delegates to send to Washington. Folder 32

Dates: November 19, 1846
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / MC.1954.39, Cherokee Papers

List of Valuation Claims Due Cherokees, 1797 - 1897

 Item — Folder 1381: [Barcode: 187.1381]
Identifier: 4026.1961
Description

List of valuation claims due Cherokees to be investigated by Drew. (John Drew was delegate in 1849.) Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on recto and pencil on verso. Folder 1381

Dates: 1797 - 1897
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / MC.1954.185, Manuscript Collection: John Ross Papers

Manuscript Collection: George W. Benge

 Collection
Identifier: MC.1954.15
Collection Overview Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: These papers concern the circuit court of which G.W. Benge was judge at the time. There are letters and "House Bills" regarding the sale of land in the Cherokee Outlet - especially some dealing with E.D. Chadwick and R.T. Wilson. One document, an amendment to House Bill No. 10,002, relates to the "Old Settlers or Western Cherokees Fund." There is one petition asking that the town of Catoosa be incorporated. Most of the items...
Dates: 1885-1919
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / Manuscript Collection: George W. Benge

Manuscript Collection: John Howard Payne (Grant Foreman Collection)

 Collection
Identifier: MC.1954.169
Collection Overview Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: John Howard Payne (1791-1852) visited the Cherokee country in the 1830's, and two of these letters are introductions to John Ross, the Cherokee Chief. There is an exchange of seven letters between them, mostly personal. Some letters and photostats concern the arrest of Ross and Payne. One letter from John Ridge offers his regrets that Payne cannot visit his house and mentions sending him various Cherokee papers. Payne was...
Dates: 1832-1945
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / Manuscript Collection: John Howard Payne (Grant Foreman Collection)

Manuscript Collection: John Ross Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MC.1954.185
Collection Overview Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: John Ross (1790-1866) chief of the First Indian Republic, was principal chief of the Cherokees during the time of the Removal , establishment of the Cherokee Nation, and until his death. During the Civil War he split with the Cherokees who favored the Southern cause and ruled in exile after 1863 from Philadelphia. The collection contains correspondence, proclamation as chief of the Cherokee Tribe, legal papers, records,...
Dates: [no date]
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / Manuscript Collection: John Ross Papers

Manuscript Collection: Mary Jane Ross

 Collection
Identifier: MC.1975.186
Collection Overview

Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: A collection of letters, some written in Cherokee, receipts, birth and marriage certificates and newspaper clippings. Most letters are between Lewis and Henry Ross.

Dates: 1826 -1948
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / Manuscript Collection: Mary Jane Ross

Memorandum of Lieutenant B. Poole on meeting of Major General Thomas Jessup with Seminole Chiefs, December 7, 1837

 Item — Folder 273: [Barcode: 187.273]
Identifier: 4026.502
Description

Memorandum of Lieutenant B. Poole on meeting of General Thomas Jesup with Seminole Chiefs in which Micanopy attributed unity to mediation of Cherokee Delegation. One sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on recto. Folder 273

Dates: December 7, 1837
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / MC.1954.185, Manuscript Collection: John Ross Papers

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