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Found in 80 Collections and/or Records:

Opinion of William Wirt on the Claims for Improvements by the State of Georgia on the Cherokee Nation, circa 1830

 Item — Folder 49A: [Barcode: 187.49A]
Identifier: 4026.510-.17
Description

Opinion of William Wirt on the claims for improvements by the State of Georgia on the Cherokee Nation under the Treaties of 1817 and 1828. (Moulton Vol. I, p. 196). Eight folded papers and two sheets of paper. Folder 49A

Dates: circa 1830

Order 129 Signed by Captain Jas. Baker, July 13, 1843

 Item — Folder 888: [Barcode: 187.888]
Identifier: 4026.1051-.1
Description

Order 129 signed by Capt. Jas. Baker by order of Col. Davenport, Fort Gibson. I. Favors Cherokee laws regarding gambling and whites in Nation without authority. II. Prohibits professional gambling in Fort's vicinity; III. and IV. Deal with dragoon cantonment. Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on four pages. Folder 888

Dates: July 13, 1843

Page 5 and 6 of letter from William Wirt to William H. Underwood, Esquire, 1797 - 1897

 Item — Folder 57A: [Barcode: 187.57A]
Identifier: 4026.1979
Description

Pages 5 and 6 of letter from William Wirt to Willian H. Underwood, Esquire suggesting that while the Supreme Court had decided Cherokee Nation was not a foreign state, it might hold Georgia laws unconstitutional. Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on two pages. Folder 57A

Dates: 1797 - 1897

Permit for Blankenship and Reynolds to labor as farmers in the Canadian District of the Cherokee Nation, November 6, 1882

 Item — Folder 483: [Barcode: 61.483]
Identifier: 4026.2065
Description

Permit granted to W. G. Robinson, A Cherokee citizen, to employ Blankenship and Reynolds, United States citizens, as farmers for the term of two months. Permit signed by H. J. Vann, Clerk of the Canadian District in the Cherokee Nation. Folder 483

Dates: November 6, 1882

Photostat of Cherokee Council Rules in syllabary, 1887

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 53
Identifier: 4926.259
Description

Photostat of Cherokee Council rules written in Cherokee syllabary. Folder 53

Dates: 1887

Resolution, August 1, 1838

 Item — Folder 385: [Barcode: 187.385]
Identifier: 4026.612.1
Description

Resolution adopted by Council at Aquokee Camp asserting that the sovereignty of the Cherokee Nation, its constitution, laws and usages shall continue in perpetuity, etc. There are fifteen signers. Folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on four pages. Folder 385

Dates: August 1, 1838

Resolution of Cherokee General Council to Chief John Ross, July 18, 1830

 Item — Folder 37: [Barcode: 187.37]
Identifier: 4026.75a-a.1
Description

Resolution of Cherokee General Council instructing Chief John Ross to institute legal proceedings against Georgia, and authorizing him to engage and pay counsel. Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on four pages. Folder 37

Dates: July 18, 1830

Resolution of Council, September 16, 1831

 Item — Folder 61: [Barcode: 187.61]
Identifier: 4026.101
Description

Resolution of Council concerning the punishment for the crime of rape. (OS). One sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on recto and verso. Folder 61

Dates: September 16, 1831

Resolution of Council, September 19, 1831

 Item — Folder 62: [Barcode: 187.62]
Identifier: 4026.97
Description

Resolution of Council regarding the sale of "Ardent Spirits" within 5 miles of General Council in session. (OS). One sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on recto and verso. Folder 62

Dates: September 19, 1831

Resolution of Council, September 24, 1831

 Item — Folder 63: [Barcode: 187.63]
Identifier: 4026.98
Description

Resolution of Council regarding cases in which District Judges are unable to form a decision. (OS) Document is dated September 10, 1831, but the Clerk's signature is dated September 24, 1831. One sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on recto and verso. Folder 63

Dates: September 24, 1831