Commissioner of Indian Affairs
Found in 78 Collections and/or Records:
Letter from Thomas L. McKenney to Charles Hicks, March 29, 1825
Letter from Thomas L. McKenney, Comm. of Indian Affairs, to Charles Hicks. Regarding medal for Sequoyah, care of David Brown, and President's message to Congress. Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on three pages. Folder 16
Letter from Thos. Ryan, Acting Commissioner, January 14, 1909
Letter from Thos. Ryan, Acting Commissioner, to Ozie T. Hodges, Atoka. Concerning Cattle removed by Indian Police from Tribal land not rented by him from Tahlequah. One sheet of paper with typed text in ink on recto. Folder 1361.
Longhand text of Article from National Intelligencer citing Commissioners action barring Chief John Ross., September 26, 1865
Longhand text of Article from National Intelligencer citing Commissioners action barring Chief John Ross. Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on three pages. Folder 1287
Memo of Allowances to be paid to Mr. Schermerhorn, April 2, 1835
Unaddressed and unsigned memo of allowances to be paid to Mr. Schermerhorn, Commissioner for Treaty, for attendance at council in New Echota. One sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on recto. Folder 142
Printed Statement of the Cherokee Funds requested by D. W. Bushyhead, Treasurer, July 1866 - July 1874
Printed Statement of the Cherokee Funds requested by D. W. Bushyhead, Treasurer of the Cherokee Nation, and supplied by Edward P. Smith, Office of Indian Affairs, Department of the Interior. It includes information on the sale of neutral lands, the amount paid by the Delaware and Shawnee tribes for Cherokee land, proceeds from sales of the Cherokee strip in Kansas, and totals of the Cherokee Stock Account. Folder 45
Protest Signed be Lewis Downing and Ten Others at Fort Smith Against Action of United States Commissioners on September 15, 1865 in Barring Chief John Ross from the Deliberations., September 18, 1865
Protest signed be Lewis Downing and 10 others at Fort Smith against action of United States Commissioners on September 15, 1865 in barring Chief John Ross from the deliberations. Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on four pages. Folder 1286
Report by Commissioner Thomas Hartley Crawford to Secretary of War Joel Roberts Poinsett, August 8, 1840
Report by Commissioner Thomas Hartley Crawford to Secretary of War Joel Roberts Poinsett of his examination of the Cherokee removal claim and recommending its disallowance. Sixteen folded sheets of paper with handwritten text in ink on thirty two pages. Folder 738
The Removal of the Cherokee, circa 1927
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