Official Document
Found in 297 Collections and/or Records:
Act of National Council Naming Chief John Ross, Lewis Downing, James McDaniel, and Evan Jones as Delegates to Represent Cherokee before United State Government, February 19, 1863
Act of National Council at Cowskin Prairie, signed by Lewis Downing and J. B. Jones, Spring Frog and William M. Scraper; also Thomas Pegg, acting Principle Chief naming Chief John Ross, Lewis Downing, James McDaniel, and Evan jones as delegates to represent Cherokee before United States Government. Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on three sides. Folder 1178
Act of National Council naming Delegation of Chief John Ross, Smith Christie, Thomas Pegg, and George Scraper, October 18, 1864
Act of National Council naming Delegation of Chief John Ross, Smith Christie, Thomas Pegg, and George Scraper; approved by Smith Christie, Alex Foreman, Ta-la-la, and Acting Principal Chief Lewis Downing. Folder 1258.
Act of National Council Repealing All Laws Prohibiting Carrying Weapons, October 26, 1861
Act of National Council repealing all laws prohibiting carrying weapons; same signatures as in October 15, document except that Lewis Downing signs as President Pro Tem of National Committee. One sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on recto and verso. Folder 1136
Act of National Council to Accept Iroquois Petitions to Become Part of the Cherokee Nation, November 3, 1859
Act of National Council accepting Iroquois petition to become part of the Cherokee Nation, if approved by the United States, and calling upon Iroquois and Cherokee Nations to meet jointly with the United States Officials in Washington City. Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on four pages. Folder 1063
Act of National Council to Ameliorate the Condition of Orphans, October 30, 1863
Act of National Council to ameliorate the condition of orphans; signed by James Vann and J. B. Jones, Tan-lah-lah and Allen Ross, and Acting Principle Chief Smith Christie. Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on three pages. Folder 1193
Affidavit and Warrant of Arrest, November 2, 1858
Certified copy of affidavit and warrant issued by Looney Hicks, Clerk of Circuit Court Illinois District, for arrest of John M. Fields for murder of James Colson. Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on three pages. Folder 1052
Agreement between P. P. Pitchlynn and Albert Pike, January 5, 1872
Folder 2511
Agreement between Shawnee and Cherokee tribes regarding Shawnee settlement and incorporation, June 9, 1869
Printed government document of an agreement between the Shawnee and Cherokee tribes approved by President Ulysses S. Grant, allowing the Shawnee to settle on Cherokee land east of ninety-six degrees and to become Cherokee citizens. Sealed by Cherokee delegates H. D. Reese and Wm. P. Adair and Shawnee delegates Graham Rogers and Charles Tucker. Folder 40
Agreement to give G. W. Wright the power to collect money due the Choctaw Nation, no date
Folder 2666
An agreement between James W. Denver and the Choctaw tribe residing west of the State of Arkansas and the eastern boundary of Choctaw lands, April 16, 1867
Folder 2173a