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Petition

 Subject
Subject Source: Gilcrease Object Names

Found in 27 Collections and/or Records:

Petition sign by 32 Cherokee asking Chief John Ross to declare a day of public thanksgiving, November 1846

 Item — Folder 94: [Barcode: 61.94]
Identifier: 4026.1640
Description

Petition signed by 32 Cherokees asking Chief John Ross to declare a day of public thanksgiving. Petition reflects thanksgiving for end of reign of error which prevailed as a result of post-removal factionalism. Folder 94

Dates: November 1846

Petition signed by six persons regarding Henry Knave, December 7, 1809

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 8
Identifier: 3826.1272
Description

A petition signed by six people stating that no person should settle under the protection of Henry Knave as he has made use of "grate liberties" and "shall not live in our country". Folder 8

Dates: December 7, 1809

Petition to General Council by John Martin concerning Childers Place, November 19, 1847

 Item — Folder 110: [Barcode: 61.110]
Identifier: 4026.1654
Description

Petition to General Council by John Martin concerning Childers Place. John Martin bought Childers Place but it was sold by sheriff to Huston Ross. Folder 110

Dates: November 19, 1847

Petition to start a weekly newspaper at Doaksville, September 20, 1855

 Item — Folder 1019: [Barcode: 177.1019]
Identifier: 4026.4767

Petition to Wm. West protesting J. A. Foreman operating a sheep ranch , July 19, 1882

 Item — Folder 478: [Barcode: 61.478]
Identifier: 4026.2062
Description

William West was the Sheriff of the Canadian District of the Cherokee Nation. J. A. Foreman was a not citizen operating a sheep ranch two miles east of Muskogee. The were problems with the sheep ranch operating near all the cattle so the petitioners wanted the sheep ranch to be moved. Folder 478

Dates: July 19, 1882

Printed copy of Petition and Abstract of Testimony in the Matter of Application of Peter Hollenbeck et al., August 27, 1883

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 48
Identifier: 2826.193
Description

Printed copy of Petition and Abstract of Testimony in the Matter of Application of Peter Hollenbeck et al., to Secure Prior Rights to Stock Ranges on the Cherokee Strip. Written to the Department of Interior discussing difficulties with new land leases. Folder 48

Dates: August 27, 1883