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Mississippi River

 Subject
Subject Source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
Scope Note: The Thesaurus of Geographic Names\World\continents\North and Central America\nations\United States\rivers\

Found in 40 Collections and/or Records:

Printed Text of House Bill 747 for Cherokee Land Patent West of the Mississippi River, February 19, 1835

 Item — Folder 138: [Barcode: 187.138]
Identifier: 3726.3a-1-3
Description

Printed Text of House Bill 747 [blanks uncompleted] Authorizing the President to issue to the Cherokee a patent to lands west of the Mississippi, and to purchase their lands in Georgia. Also laying out the terms for emigration. 3726.3a is two sheets of folded paper with typed text in ink on all sides. 3726.3b is the same bill as 3726.3a just smaller sheets of paper. 3726.3b is four sheets of paper with typed text in ink on all pages. Folder 138

Dates: February 19, 1835

Printed Text of House Bill 747 for Cherokee Land patent west of the Mississippi River, February 19, 1835

 Item — Folder 138: [Barcode: 187.138]
Identifier: 3726.3b-1-3
Description

Printed Text of House Bill 747 (blanks uncompleted) Authorizing the President to issue to the Cherokee a patent to lands west of the Mississippi, and to purchase their lands in Georgia. Also laying out the terms for emigration. Four sheet of paper with typed text in ink on eight pages. Folder 138

Dates: February 19, 1835

Printed Text of Speech of Representative Chapman on Treaty with the Cherokee, June 29, 1836

 Item — Folder 187: [Barcode: 187.187]
Identifier: 3726.4
Description

Printed text of speech of Representative Chapman, Alabama. On bill making appropriations to carry Treaty with Cherokees into effect. Folded sheets of paper with types text. Folder 187

Dates: June 29, 1836

Progress Map of the U. S. Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian, 1877

 Item — Folder Unknown: [Barcode: 233.Unknown]
Identifier: 3926.360
Collection Overview From the Collection: Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: The Gilcrease Cartographic Collection was initially created as a storage designation for maps found in the manuscript collections and for the few original maps purchased during the life of Thomas Gilcrease. From the collections initial humble beginnings, it has continued to grow into am official map collection through additional gifts and purchases. The collection includes atlases, hand drawn maps from the manuscript...
Dates: 1877

Receipted Invoice from George Snyder, January 21, 1839

 Item — Folder 510: [Barcode: 187.510]
Identifier: 5126.899
Description

Receipted invoice from George Snyder, Willard's Ferry on Mississippi, $212.62-1/2 for shoeing horses, etc; paid by John N. Strain for Chueluka. One sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on two sides. Folder 510.

Dates: January 21, 1839

Red Clay Council, 1797 - 1897

 Item — Folder 1397: [Barcode: 187.1397]
Identifier: 4126.85.5
Description

Newspaper clipping referencing the Red Clay Council. Folder 1397

Dates: 1797 - 1897

Resolution of National Committee and Council , October 10, 1832

 Item — Folder 75: [Barcode: 187.75]
Identifier: 4026.111
Description

Resolution of National Committee and Council regarding the date of annual council. Repeals act requiring General Council meeting to be held first Monday in September and sets meeting date to first Monday in October. (OS). Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on one page. Folder 75

Dates: October 10, 1832

Resolution of National Council protesting War Department Order prohibiting Evan Jones Residence in Cherokee Nation, October 2, 1839

 Item — Folder 657: [Barcode: 187.657]
Identifier: 4026.846
Description

Resolution of National Council protesting War Department order prohibiting Evan Jones residence in Cherokee Nation. One sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on recto and verso. Folder 657

Dates: October 2, 1839

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

Two letters from Joel Roberts Poinsett to the Cherokee Delegation with envelope, 1797 - 1897

 Item — Folder 349: [Barcode: 187.349]
Identifier: 4026.572
Description

Envelope for letter from Joel R. Poinsett, Secretary of War, to delegation in Washington City. Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on two sides. Folder 349

Dates: 1797 - 1897