drafts (documents)
Found in 224 Collections and/or Records:
Letter to General Scott, June 19, 1838
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
Letter to General Scott, June 19, 1838
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
Letter to General Winfield Scott, July 31, 1838
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"
Letter to Richard Taylor and Robert Daniel, November 16, 1847
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
Letters from U. S. Coodey to John Brown, August 27, 1839
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
Lines (draft) by Chief John Ross, September 1844
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
List of Property, no date
List of property (wagons harness, horses, mules and oven) sold by Geo. Clevenger. Folder 1377.
Memorial from the Cherokee Delegation to Congress, 1797 - 1897
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
Proclamation by Chief John Ross, November 7, 1851
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
Project for a Treaty, 1797 - 1897
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