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New Echota

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Found in 20 Collections and/or Records:

Bound volume containing text of 374 claims filed under the 1835 Treaty of New Echota also some Muscogee Creek claims, March 1, 1842 - May 12, 1842

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 39.1]
Identifier: 4026.3501
Description Bound volume containing text of 374 claims filed under the 1835 Treaty of New Echota. In addition to the claims, there are also supporting affidavits and evidence. The claims were filed before Jesse Bushyhead, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Cherokee Nation; Evan Jones, Clerk; David M. Foreman, Solicitor or Clerk for the Going Snake District (The Going Snake District was east of Tahlequah, near Westville). On page 122 and entry 336 there is a title that says Creek Claims. Folder...
Dates: March 1, 1842 - May 12, 1842
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / MC.1970.37, Manuscript Collection: Cherokee Claims Record

Cherokee Papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MC.1954.39
Collection Overview The Cherokee Papers consist of a collection of materials such as personal letters and legal documents ranging from before, during, and after removal, including various correspondences from Colonel Return J. Meigs, Senator James Harlan, President Ulysses S. Grant, Colonel Stand Watie, and others. There are several documents pertaining to Cherokee land rights and negotiations, including the Old Settlers’ group with the Old Settlers' Council Proceedings (1838-1865) and a list of 119 Old...
Dates: 1799-1950
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / Cherokee Papers

Copy of letter from Chief John Ross to General John Coffee, December 13, 1829

 Item — Folder 30: [Barcode: 187.30]
Identifier: 4026.69
Description

Copy of letter from Chief John Ross to General John Coffee regarding a meeting at the Cherokee Agency. Arranged but not kept by General Coffee. (Moulton). Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on four pages. Folder 30



Inscription(s)

Inscribed in ink, "Copy of a letter"

Dates: December 13, 1829
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / MC.1954.185, Manuscript Collection: John Ross Papers

Copy of Letter from John McLean to Chief John Ross, May 23, 1832

 Item — Folder 71: [Barcode: 187.71]
Identifier: 4026.107-a.1
Description

Copy of letter from John McLean to Chief John Ross. Recommends the exchange of Cherokee eastern lands for lands west of the Mississippi. Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on four pages. Folder 71

Dates: May 23, 1832
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / MC.1954.185, Manuscript Collection: John Ross Papers

Copy of letter from John McLean to Chief John Ross, May 23, 1832

 Item — Folder 71: [Barcode: 187.71]
Identifier: 4026.107b-b3
Description

Copy of letter from John McLean to Chief John Ross. Recommends the exchange of Cherokee eastern lands for lands west of the Mississippi. Sheets of paper with handwritten text in ink on eight pages. Folder 71



Inscription(s)

Inscribed in ink on recto, "A Copy"

Dates: May 23, 1832
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / MC.1954.185, Manuscript Collection: John Ross Papers

Diary of Reverend S. A. Worcester, including letter to Mr. Boudinot, January - July 1831

 Item — Folder 2: [Barcode: 228.2]
Identifier: 3626.207-.7
Description

Folder 2

Dates: January - July 1831
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / MC.1954.226, Manuscript Collection: Samuel Austin Worcester

Hand-drawn map of New Echota, Georgia, mid-19th century - mid-20th century

 Item — Box 2, Folder: 71
Identifier: 3926.264
Description

Hand-drawn map of New Echota, Georgia, noting a Federal monument, council house, tribal cemetary, and Elias Boudinot's house where the Cherokee Phoenix was printed. Folder 71, larger version in Map 455

Dates: mid-19th century - mid-20th century
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / MC.1954.39, Cherokee Papers

Handwritten text of a sermon delivered at New Echota and Park Hill, December 13, 1829

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 228.1]
Identifier: 4026.8418
Description

Handwritten text of a sermon delivered at New Echota and Park Hill on December 13, 1829 and February 26, 1837, respectively. Sermon notes are also included. Folder 1

Dates: December 13, 1829
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / MC.1954.226, Manuscript Collection: Samuel Austin Worcester

Letter from Ann Orr Worcester in New Echota to Reverend Thomas Savage, February 2, 1833

 Item — Folder 4: [Barcode: 228.4]
Identifier: 3826.2847-.2
Description

Letter from Ann Orr Worcester pertaining to "cask of clothing". Folder 4

Dates: February 2, 1833
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / MC.1954.226, Manuscript Collection: Samuel Austin Worcester

Letter from General Matthew Arbuckle to Chief John Ross, September 4, 1839

 Item — Folder 630: [Barcode: 187.630]
Identifier: 4026.819-.1
Description

Letter from General Matthew Arbuckle to Chief John Ross and others. Holding that Order for George W. Adair and John D. Bell to appear before the Convention is not valid because their signing of the Treaty of New Echota in 1835 was "duly authorized." Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on three pages. Folder 630

Dates: September 4, 1839
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / MC.1954.185, Manuscript Collection: John Ross Papers

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