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Cherokee Agent

 Subject
Subject Source: Gilcrease Keywords
Scope Note: Authorities\John Ross\

Found in 104 Collections and/or Records:

Letter from Principal Chief D. W. Bushyhead to Principal Chief of the Seminole Nation requesting arrest of Dick Glass, August 31, 1883

 Item — Folder 507: [Barcode: 61.507]
Identifier: 4026.2089-.1
Description

Letter requested arrest of Dick Glass, a Creek, who had fled from justice. Folder 507

Dates: August 31, 1883

Letter from Return J. Meigs to Captain Charles Hicks, December 19, 1815

 Item — Folder 3: [Barcode: 187.3]
Identifier: 4026.20
Description

Letter from Return J. Meigs, Cherokee Agent, to Captain Charles Hicks. Seeking return of narrative relative to the boundary line and any additional info Hicks has acquired. Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on two pages. Folder 3

Dates: December 19, 1815

Letter from Return J. Meigs to John Browder, April 14, 1811

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 10
Identifier: 3826.1274
Description

Letter from Return J. Meigs to John Browder stating that Daniel Snider and Elias Gwin are to take two wagonloads of corn to the Indian Turnpike for payment of $3.50 each per day. Folder 10

Dates: April 14, 1811

Letter from Secretary of War Joel Roberts Poinsett to M. St. Clair Clarke, July 15, 1840

 Item — Folder 734: [Barcode: 187.734]
Identifier: 4026.904
Description

Letter from Secretary of War Joel Roberts Poinsett to M. St. Clair Clarke. Rejecting request of July 13. Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on two pages. Folder 734

Dates: July 15, 1840

Letter from Secretary of War William H. Crawford to Return J. Meigs, March 2, 1816

 Item — Folder 7: [Barcode: 187.7]
Identifier: 4026.22
Description

Letter from William H. Crawford, Secretary of War, to Return J. Meigs, Cherokee Indian Agent. This letter also contains instructions to President Andrew Jackson regarding removal of intruders upon Indian lands. Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on recto. Folder 7



Inscription(s)

The number 16 is written in pencil on recto.

Dates: March 2, 1816

Letter from Thomas W. Harris, Esquire to Chief John Ross, May 5, 1831

 Item — Folder 56: [Barcode: 187.56]
Identifier: 4026.92-.2
Description

Letter from Thomas W. Harris, Esquire to Chief John Ross concerning attorney fees. Two sheets of paper. One sheet is folded with handwritten text in ink on four pages. One is a single sheet of paper that has handwritten text in ink on the recto and verso. Folder 56

Dates: May 5, 1831

Letter from William N. Bishop to Walter S. Adair regarding Cherokee land ownership, July 8,1835

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 19
Identifier: 3826.1277
Description

Printed transcript and original manuscript letter from William N. Bishop, Agent, in Spring Place, Georgia to Walter S. Adair in Cass County, Georgia requesting for Adair to give up land held under Cherokee claims to the legal owner. Folder 19

Dates: July 8,1835

Letter from William N. Bishop to Walter S. Adair regarding illegal occupation of land, January 10, 1838

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 22
Identifier: 3826.1280
Description

Letter from William N. Bishop, Agent, to Walter S. Adair, notifying Adair to leave Lot No. 172-15-3, which is owned by another, or face "the penalty of the law." Folder 22

Dates: January 10, 1838

Letter from William N. Bishop to Walter S. Adair regarding Mr. Morrow's land, December 2, 1835

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 20
Identifier: 3826.1278
Description

Letter from William N. Bishop, Agent, to Walter S. Adair, requesting that Adair grant possession of cleared land to Mr. Morrow, who has legal ownership. Folder 20

Dates: December 2, 1835

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