pre-Removal
Found in 205 Collections and/or Records:
Handwritten copy of request by Return J. Meigs to Mr. John Browder, April 6, 1806
Handwritten copy of request by Return J. Meigs to Mr. John Browder to keep the barriers on the Tennessee river in order to prevent white persons from ranging cattle on indigenous lands. Folder 5
Handwritten document in Cherokee syllabary, circa 1834
Handwritten notice from Return J. Meigs, War Department in Tennessee to John Browder, September 6, 1806
Handwritten notice from Return J. Meigs, War Department in Tennessee, to John Browder stating that lenient measures have not kept white people from running their cattle on indigenous lands, with instructions that they are to remove their cattle by September 20, or be prosecuted by law. Folder 6
Instructions from Na-no-he-ta-hee to John Lowry, John Walker, Major Ridge, Richard Taylor, Che-u-cun-se-nee, and John Ross, January 10-11, 1816
John Drew's statement of account with John T. Barr, 1832
Folder 9
John Ross's Master Mason certificate, April 5, 1827
Certificate of Chief John Ross's initiation as a Master Mason by the Olive Branch Lodge in Jasper, Tennessee. Embossed seal on ribbon. One sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on recto. 4026.33b is a photocopy. Folder 19
Journal of Committee by John Drew, October 1827
Journal recorded claims admitted. Sheets of paper bound with string. 21 pages handwritten in ink. Front and back covers handwritten text in ink. Folder 21
Letter from Ann Orr Worcester in New Echota to Reverend Thomas Savage, February 2, 1833
Letter from Ann Orr Worcester pertaining to "cask of clothing". Folder 4
Letter from Attorney General of the U.S. William Wirt to John C. Calhoun, Secretary of State, April 2, 1824
A Letter of Opinion from Attorney General of the United States William Wirt to John C. Calhoun, Secretary of State. He explains why the Cherokee Nation cannot tax traders licensed by the United States government as they have the "sole and exclusive right of regulating" trade. Folder 14
Letter from Ayugui to Cherokee Delegation concerning land seizure, April 3, 1834
Letter from Ayugui to Cherokee Delegation concerning land seizure. Mentions Joel McCrory. Attested to by J. D. Wofford. One sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on recto and verso. Folder 95