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Council House

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

Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:

Copy of letter from Secretary of War J. H. Eaton to Colonel Ward, August 2, 1830

 Item — Folder 40: [Barcode: 187.40]
Identifier: 4026.77-.9
Description

Copy of letter from Secretary of War J. H. Eaton to Colonel Ward transmitting a copy of his July 29th letter to Colonel Montgomery, Cherokee Agent, setting forth the President's views on Indian removal. Five folded sheets of paper with handwritten text in ink on 19 pages. Folder 40



Inscription(s)

Inscribed in ink on recto, "Copy"

Dates: August 2, 1830

Creek Council House, Okmulgee, 1850 - 1900

 Item — Folder Muscogee (Creek).15: [Barcode: 3.Muscogee (Creek).15]
Identifier: 4327.3921
Description

Folder 15



Inscription(s)

Inscribed, "Creek Council House, Okmulgee" on verso

Dates: 1850 - 1900

Dimensions of National Council House by William Thornton, January 12, 1838

 Item — Folder 284: [Barcode: 187.284]
Identifier: 4026.512
Description

Dimensions of National Council House by William Thornton, Clerk of National Council. (OS). One sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on recto and verso. Folder 284

Dates: January 12, 1838

Hand-drawn map of New Echota, Georgia, mid-19th century - mid-20th century

 Item — Box 2, Folder: 71
Identifier: 3926.264
Description

Hand-drawn map of New Echota, Georgia, noting a Federal monument, council house, tribal cemetary, and Elias Boudinot's house where the Cherokee Phoenix was printed. Folder 71, larger version in Map 455

Dates: mid-19th century - mid-20th century

Seminole council house and Governor's residence, near Wewoka, 1850 - 1900

 Item — Folder Seminole.4: [Barcode: 3.Seminole.4]
Identifier: 4326.4571
Description

Black and white photograph of the Seminole council house near Wewoka. A man, woman, and child are seated on the building's porch. Folder 4

Dates: 1850 - 1900

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