petitions
Found in 15 Collections and/or Records:
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
Memorial and Petition Signed by 6 Eastern and 4 Western Cherokee Chiefs, February 22, 1837
Memorial and Petition signed by 6 Eastern and 4 Western Cherokee Chiefs to Congress asking for a delay of the Treaty of New Echota and investigation of their assertions. (Moulton) Sheets of paper with handwritten text in ink. Folder 210
Memorial and Petition Signed [Printed January 15 by Chief John Ross and Edward Gunter] Samuel Gunter, James Brown, Elijah Hicks, Richard Taylor, Sitewakee, and White Path to United States Congress, December 15, 1837
Memorial and Petition signed [printed January 15, by Chief John Ross and Edward Gunter] Samuel Gunter, James Brown, Elijah Hicks, Richard Taylor, Sitewakee, and White Path Cherokee delegation to United States Congress. [Moulton]. Folder 275.
Petition of Letter from New Echota to Chief John Ross, February 17, 1837
Petition of letter from New Echota to Chief John Ross in Washington City citing abuses of Cherokee and asking 'that you give us some encouragement of your reconciliation to the fate (which has now become evident) of the Cherokees…'Let us do the only thing that reason will allow us to do, which is to get away speedily from this state of affairs.' Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on four pages. Folder 212
Petition of Terapin Head to Judge Charles F. Keith, September 14, 1838
Petition of Terapin Head to Judge Charles F. Keith. Regarding improvement claim. One sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on recto and verso. Folder 425