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 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Art & Architecture Thesaurus\OBJECTS FACET\Information Forms\information forms\document genres\document genres by form\versions of documents\

Found in 224 Collections and/or Records:

Letter to General Scott, June 19, 1838

 Item — Folder 360: [Barcode: 187.360]
Identifier: 4026.585
Description

Draft of a similar letter to 4026.586 to General Scott, accepting answer to petition of June 9, 1838 with conditions. Folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on two pages and handwritten text in pencil on one page. Folder 360

Dates: June 19, 1838

Letter to General Scott, June 19, 1838

 Item — Folder 360: [Barcode: 187.360]
Identifier: 4026.586
Description

Draft of letter to General Scott that is incomplete. Draft discussing accepting answer to petition of June 9, 1838 with conditions. Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on three pages. Folder 360

Dates: June 19, 1838

Letter to General Winfield Scott, July 31, 1838

 Item — Folder 384: [Barcode: 187.384]
Identifier: 4026.611
Description

Draft copy of letter to General Winfield Scott, unsigned, naming seven runners to bring in Cherokees in mountains and requesting passports for them. One sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on recto and verso. Folder 384



Inscription(s)

Inscribed in ink, "Copy of a letter"

Dates: July 31, 1838

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

Letters from U. S. Coodey to John Brown, August 27, 1839

 Item — Folder 628: [Barcode: 187.628]
Identifier: 4026.817-.1
Description

Draft copy of letters from U. S. Coodey transmitting copy of "Proceedings of the Cherokee People" to consider conduct of Brown and Rogers resulting in leveling them to "the rank of ordinary citizens" - to Brown (also Rogers), to Armstrong (also Stokes). Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on two pages. Folder 628

Dates: August 27, 1839

Lines (draft) by Chief John Ross, September 1844

 Item — Folder 944: [Barcode: 187.944]
Identifier: 4026.1105
Description

Lines (draft) by Chief John Ross (Kooweskowee) to be inscribed in a lady's album. Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on two pages. Folder 944

Dates: September 1844

List of Property, no date

 Item — Folder 1377: [Barcode: 187.1377]
Identifier: 4026.1917-.1
Description

List of property (wagons harness, horses, mules and oven) sold by Geo. Clevenger. Folder 1377.

Dates: no date

Memorial from the Cherokee Delegation to Congress, 1797 - 1897

 Item — Folder 706: [Barcode: 187.706]
Identifier: 4026.1973-.3
Description

Unsigned draft of a memorial from the Cherokee delegation to Congress. Reciting events from the Treaty of New Echota to Poinsett's letter of Jan. 4, 1840 [4026.880] defending Ross, and asking Congress to relieve "the evils under which we are now laboring" Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on four pages. Folder 706

Dates: 1797 - 1897

Proclamation by Chief John Ross, November 7, 1851

 Item — Folder 997: [Barcode: 187.997]
Identifier: 4026.8440
Description

Draft copy of Proclamation by Chief John Ross. Calling upon Cherokee citizens to gather at Tahlequah on November 17 to consider sale of "Neutral Land" to pay debts of Nation. (Moulton). One sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on recto and verso. Folder 997

Dates: November 7, 1851

Project for a Treaty, 1797 - 1897

 Item — Folder 349A: [Barcode: 187.349A]
Identifier: 4026.1916
Description

Unsigned and unfinished draft titled "Project for a Treaty". This may be a preliminary version that is described in May 18, 1838 letter. Single folded sheet with handwritten text in ink on four pages. Folder 349A

Dates: 1797 - 1897