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

Found in 25 Collections and/or Records:

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

Report to Cherokee Agent James McKissick from Superintendent James M. Payne concerning public schools in Cherokee Nation, August 7, 1847

 Item — Folder 103: [Barcode: 61.103]
Identifier: 4026.1647
Description

Report to Cherokee Agent James McKissick from James M. Payne. James M. Payne is the Superintendent of Public Schools in Cherokee Nation. Folder 103

Dates: August 7, 1847

Resolution of Cherokee Nation Council Concerning the Documents Used in Cherokee Controversy, July 17, 1830

 Item — Folder 36: [Barcode: 187.36]
Identifier: 4026.74-.2
Description

Resolution from the Cherokee Nation Council concerning certain documents used in Cherokee controversy signed by John Ridge, Lewis Ross, and William S. Coodey. Approved by Chief John Ross. Two folded sheets of paper with handwritten text in ink on seven pages. Folder 36

Dates: July 17, 1830

Resolution of National Committee and Council , October 10, 1832

 Item — Folder 74: [Barcode: 187.74]
Identifier: 4026.109
Description

Front side of document is a Resolution of National Committee and unknown, regarding improvements. Both signed by John Rogers, President and Wm. Thornton, Clerk and appear to be Old Settler items. It is dated October 9, 1832. The back side is a Resolution of National Committee and Council regarding spoliation claims against the Osage. (OS). It is dated October 10, 1832. One sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on recto and verso. Folder 74

Dates: October 10, 1832

The Removal of the Cherokee, circa 1927

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 65
Identifier: 4027.5291
Description

Typescript of an essay titled "The Removal of the Cherokee" by John Madden. Describes how the comissioner J.F. Schermerhorn arranged the Treaty of 1835 in absence of Cherokee officers. By this treaty, the Cherokee Nation ceded to the U.S. all territory east of the Mississippi River. Includes history of the removal from June 1838 to March 1839. Folder 65

Dates: circa 1927