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Subject Source: Gilcrease Subjects
Scope Note: Authorities\Attributes\Objects\Subjects\

Found in 45 Collections and/or Records:

Letter from Duncan Campbell, James Meriwether, Thomas Radcock, and James Blair to Cherokee Chiefs, Headmen, and Warriors, January 20, 1823

 Item — Folder 13: [Barcode: 187.13]
Identifier: 4026.28
Description

Letter from Duncan Campbell and James Meriwether (United States Commissioners) and Thomas Radcock and James Blair (Georgia Commissioners) to Cherokee Chiefs, Headmen, and Warriors regarding failure of Cherokees to meet on January 15, 1823. Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on four pages. Folder 13

Dates: January 20, 1823

Letter from James Barbour to Creek Nation, 1797 - 1897

 Item — Folder 18A: [Barcode: 187.18A]
Identifier: 4026.3045
Description

Article between James Barbour, Secretary of War, and the Creek Nation declaring the Creek Treaty of Indian Springs null and void (in fragment of letter discussing the same). Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on two pages. Folder 18A

Dates: 1797 - 1897

Letter from James Lang to Chief John Ross, June 10, 1832

 Item — Folder 72: [Barcode: 187.72]
Identifier: 4026.108
Description

Letter from James Lang to Chief John Ross, Chiefs, and Headmen about their move to the lands west of the Mississippi. Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on four pages. Folder 72

Dates: June 10, 1832

Letter from John Ridge to Chief John Ross, January 12, 1832

 Item — Folder 68: [Barcode: 187.68]
Identifier: 4026.104
Description

Letter from John Ridge, who is on tour with Elias Boudinot, to Chief John Ross commenting on the political situation and condition of the Arkansas Cherokees, etc. Two folded sheets of paper with handwritten text in ink on eight pages. Folder 68

Dates: January 12, 1832

Letter from John Ridge to Chief John Ross, April 3, 1832

 Item — Folder 70: [Barcode: 187.70]
Identifier: 4026.106-.3
Description

Letter from John Ridge to Chief John Ross about support for Elias Boudinot's trip. Is happy about decision in Worchester v. Georgia, and reports on the Secretary of War Lewis Cass who wants a removal treaty. Also says he has given a letter of introduction to Chief John Ross for John Dunlap from Scotland. (Moulton Vol. I, pp. 241-42 resembles this letter). Folded sheets of paper with handwritten text in ink on six pages. Folder 70

Dates: April 3, 1832

Letter from Meigs at Southwest Point to John Browder, June 22, 1807

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 7
Identifier: 3826.1271
Description

Letter from Meigs at Southwest Point to John Browder advising that Sam Graves must be restrained from drunken quarrels with white people or be "removed away" by the chiefs. He states that some white people would take advantage of Native Americans and indulge themselves in violent acts, and that additional troops may be needed. Folder 7

Dates: June 22, 1807

Letter from Richard Fields to Chief John Ross, December 6, 1837

 Item — Folder 271: [Barcode: 187.271]
Identifier: 4026.500-.3
Description

Letter from Richard Fields at Fort Mellon in East Florida to Chief John Ross referring to meeting with Seminole Chiefs in which Chief John Ross' 'Talk' was read. (Moulton). Sheets of paper with handwritten text in ink. Folder 271

Dates: December 6, 1837

Letter from William Shorey Coodey to Agent Montfort Stokes, October7, 1839

 Item — Folder 665: [Barcode: 187.665]
Identifier: 4026.854-.2
Description

Draft copy of letter by William Shorey Coodey, Chief John Ross, Young Wolf and Joseph M. Vann, to Agent Montfort Stokes. Protesting arrest of Cherokees and their imprisonment at Garrison (Moulton) 4026.854-.1 is a folded sheet with handwritten text in ink on four pages. 4026.854.2 is one sheet with handwritten text in ink on recto and verso. Folder 665

Dates: October7, 1839

List of Amounts Due to Members of the National Committee, National Council, Chiefs, and Clerks, November 1834

 Item — Folder 130: [Barcode: 187.130]
Identifier: 5126.869-.3
Description

List if amounts due to members of the National Committee, National Council, Chiefs, and Clerks. (OS) Folder 130.

Dates: November 1834

Memorandum of Lieutenant B. Poole on meeting of Major General Thomas Jessup with Seminole Chiefs, December 7, 1837

 Item — Folder 273: [Barcode: 187.273]
Identifier: 4026.502
Description

Memorandum of Lieutenant B. Poole on meeting of General Thomas Jesup with Seminole Chiefs in which Micanopy attributed unity to mediation of Cherokee Delegation. One sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on recto. Folder 273

Dates: December 7, 1837